It is imperative for students to be in regular attendance if learning is to take place. Parents communicate their attitude toward the importance of school by encouraging attendance. Attendance at school frequently dictates attendance patterns in the world of work. Because establishing excellent attendance during these early school years has consequences for learning and future habits, WCA will make health and safety a priority.

1. Office staff will keep medical records, attend to injuries, and communicate health situations to teachers and parents.
2. The value of good nutrition and exercise will be taught in health classes as well as in science.
3. Annual awards will be given for outstanding and perfect attendance.
4. Students who are sick with contagious diseases or conditions must stay home so they do not spread the problem to other students and prevent their attendance.
5. Parents are asked to cooperate by keeping children home until they have been fever free for 24 hours without medication when they have had a temperature of 100° or more.
6. Parents are asked to report contagious conditions to the school office so that other families can be notified that their child has been exposed and preventive measures can be taken symptoms diagnosed quickly.
7. Students will be trained in responding to tornado, earthquake, and fire emergencies so they will know how to respond should these situations occur.
8. Students will be taught rules for proper behavior at lunch, on the playground, in classrooms, bathrooms and hallways, and during arrival and dismissal. Rules will be established that allow students to live and learn together in safety.

Policy on Student Work During Times of Absence

1. When a student is absent, he or she will have two days for every day missed to turn in assignments with no penalty.
2. Homework will not be sent home if a child is only absent for one day; parents can request make up work fora child who is absent for two or more days.
3. Parents are asked to call for make up work in the morning hours so teachers can use plan time to get the work together and not take time from the class to do this.
4. A ten percent penalty is applied to the score of work turned in one day late. A twenty percent penalty is applied to work turned in two days late. After two days, the work can be done for the sake of learning, but no score will be recorded.