Statement on Attendance 
     There are 180 class days set by the Diocese/State of Delaware. Students are allowed no more than 10 absences (illness or other emergencies). If a student misses more than 10 days he/she may be required to attend a make-up session at the end of the school year. Our first concern is the students' education and we want them in school daily. If a student will be absent, a parent should call the Business Office by 8:30 a.m. on that particular day, and the student should present a note signed by a parent to the Business Office on the day he/she returns to school. Phone calls and notes from siblings and friends are not acceptable.  
    The following situations are considered questionable:
     1. Frequent absence on test days
     2. Frequent absence on Monday/Friday, days immediately preceding or following school holidays, or absence on 'special' schedule days (color day, field day, etc.)
     The Attendance Committee, after considering the reasons for absence discovered as a result of the interview, may decide on some action:
    1. Require a physician's note to explain future absence. Failure to provide such a note will cause a student to be prohibited from making up work or receiving credit for work missed.
    2. Require a parental conference.
    3. Recommend that the student attend summer school (after 15 absences) or repeat the year (after 20 absences).
     Students can avoid most questions concerning the legitimacy of absence by providing, to the Dean/Assistant Dean of Students on the day of their return to school, a physician's certificate which lists the specific dates on which students were unable to attend school due to illness.  

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