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Attendance
In order to maximize instructional time and encourage student responsibility, Nicolet High School has implemented a system for classroom attendance. Students will be required to scan into class using the barcode on their student ID card. Students may also access a digital copy of the barcode using the Skyward mobile app on their phone. Every classroom space will have a scanner available to record attendance.
Tardy Procedure
To promote a responsible, respectful, and effective learning environment, students will be marked tardy if they are not inside the assigned classroom and ready to learn.
- When the bell rings for all periods, teachers will close their doors and students will only be permitted to class with a pass. Students arriving late to any class, including first period, must report to the High School Office. In the High School Office, students will be required to scan their student ID into a tardy kiosk and a pass will be printed.
- Tardiness will automatically be tracked in Skyward
- Consequences will be managed based on the number of tardy offenses a student accumulates for all periods during the course of a semester.
- 5 tardies = 30 minute lunch detention
- 10 tardies = 30 minute lunch detention and loss of exam exemption
- 15 tardies = 30 minute lunch detention and meeting with administrator
- 20 tardies = 30 minute lunch detention and meeting with parent and administrator
- 30 minute lunch detention for each additional 5 tardies (25, 30, 35, etc.)
Tardy to School (New for 2018-19)
Students that are chronically tardy to school will be considered truant from school. A student is considered a habitual truant if he or she is absent from school without an acceptable excuse for part or all of five (5) or more days on which school is held during a school semester. Open Enrollment status may be revoked at the end of a semester or year for open enrolled students who reach habitual truancy status.
Absences
Under s.118.15 (3), exceptions to compulsory attendance include any child excused in writing by his or her parent or guardian before the absence. Nicolet’s policy for excusing absences is as follows: Parents/guardians should notify the school in advance of their student’s anticipated school absence(s). However, parent/guardian notifications must be made upon the within two (2) school days. Please make note of the following to ensure your child’s absence is excused in a timely manner.
- Parents and students should check attendance regularly by simply logging on to their Skyward Family Access account.
- To excuse any absence, the High School Office or Front Desk attendant must receive one of the following stating the reason for the absence (see list of excusable reasons below).
- a phone call to the attendance hotline: 414-351-8282
- an e-mail to attendance@nicolet.us
- a written, signed, note from parent
- a fax to 414-351-7526
Early Dismissal
Students requiring early dismissal for doctor’s appointment, family reasons, etc. must have a parent/guardian call the attendance hotline (414-351-8282), e-mail attendance@nicolet.us, or send student with a written note in order for student to be issued a pass to leave school.
It is the student’s responsibility to obtain a pass from the high school office before school or at lunch for early dismissal. Parent should contact the office before 9:00 a.m. on the day of the early dismissal. Excuses for early dismissal should state the student’s full name, reason for early dismissal, and the time the student will leave school.
- Parents do NOT need to come into school to pick up students.
- If the student returns to school that same day, he/she must check in upon return.
*Pre-Arranged Absence
There are circumstances that may require a student’s absence from school for an extended period of time. When a planned absence has been scheduled during the school year, students need to obtain a “Pre-Arranged Absence Form” from the high school office. The form will need to be filled out and submitted one week prior to the absence. Parents are not encouraged to take their child out of school for vacations. School absence due to family vacations may impact the student’s eligibility to earn an exam exemption for the current semester.
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