Tardiness (Archway Classical Academy Arete Family Handbook, p. 39)
ACA recognizes that a student may be late on occasion due to transportation problems or a family emergency. Students who arrive on campus before 7:50 should go directly to class; students who arrive after 7:50 must report directly to the front office for a late pass. If your child is late, please provide him/her with a signed excuse or sign them in at the office on arrival.
Instructional time will not be interrupted. Every minute at our academy is precious and useful time. Students and/or parents entering the classroom after 7:50 disrupt the learning environment for both the teacher and the rest of the students. Parents may not expect to go back to the classroom during instructional time unless they are scheduled to volunteer. Lunches can be left at the front desk and students may come and pick them up during their lunch break.
ACA does distinguish between cases of excused tardiness (e.g., due to a doctor’s appointment) and unexcused tardiness (due to a student oversleeping, transportation problems, or some other late start). In cases of excused tardiness, families should try to deliver their student near the end of an instructional period, and should either send the student in with a signed note of explanation or walk the student in to sign him/her in.
The school frowns, however, upon the accumulation of unexcused tardiness. Persistent tardiness interrupts the instruction and undermines the morale that are of benefit to all students and families. On the fourth occasion of tardiness, a report will be sent home that will need to be signed by the parents and returned. On the fifth occasion of tardiness a student will serve a 15 minute detention after school. On the sixth-ninth tardies, the student will serve two 15 minute detentions after school. A tenth tardy will result in a suspension.
ACA recognizes that a student may be late on occasion due to transportation problems or a family emergency. Students who arrive on campus before 7:50 should go directly to class; students who arrive after 7:50 must report directly to the front office for a late pass. If your child is late, please provide him/her with a signed excuse or sign them in at the office on arrival.
Instructional time will not be interrupted. Every minute at our academy is precious and useful time. Students and/or parents entering the classroom after 7:50 disrupt the learning environment for both the teacher and the rest of the students. Parents may not expect to go back to the classroom during instructional time unless they are scheduled to volunteer. Lunches can be left at the front desk and students may come and pick them up during their lunch break.
ACA does distinguish between cases of excused tardiness (e.g., due to a doctor’s appointment) and unexcused tardiness (due to a student oversleeping, transportation problems, or some other late start). In cases of excused tardiness, families should try to deliver their student near the end of an instructional period, and should either send the student in with a signed note of explanation or walk the student in to sign him/her in.
The school frowns, however, upon the accumulation of unexcused tardiness. Persistent tardiness interrupts the instruction and undermines the morale that are of benefit to all students and families. On the fourth occasion of tardiness, a report will be sent home that will need to be signed by the parents and returned. On the fifth occasion of tardiness a student will serve a 15 minute detention after school. On the sixth-ninth tardies, the student will serve two 15 minute detentions after school. A tenth tardy will result in a suspension.