Weymouth High School uses an online attendance reporting system to notify our Attendance Secretary of student absences. The form MUST be submitted using a parent/guardian email address currently linked to the student's Aspen record. Any student found misrepresenting themselves as their guardian by filling out this form may face disciplinary action, as this constitutes forgery. Please submit the form separately for each individual student requiring an absence report.
From the WHS Student Handbook:
According to state law, high schools are required to hold school for a minimum of 990 hours and 180 days a year. Regular attendance for the entire school day by a student is a primary requisite for learning. We strongly discourage vacations or trips abroad when school is in session. These absences will not be considered excused absences.
Students may be absent up to four times per quarter without documentation. After four absences, documentation is required to prevent an attendance failure (F*) for the term unless extenuating circumstances exist.
Absences with documentation include:
- Absence validated by a doctor’s note provided documentation is submitted to the student’s dean/attendance secretary.
- A post-secondary visit (college and/or military visit, union interviews, etc.)
- Legal obligations with documentation provided to the student’s dean.
- Religious holidays with a parent/guardian note provided to the student’s dean.
- Bereavement with a parent/guardian note provided to the student’s dean.
Additional considerations for an absence with documentation will require prior approval of the principal.
Read the full attendance policy in the WHS Student Handbook »
Checking Student's Attendance
- Please click here for directions on how to access students' attendance.
- If questions arise after the parent portal has been reviewed regarding class attendance, please contact the teacher directly.
- Attendance Secretary Diane Padula - Grades 9 - 12 - Ext 25102 - diane.padula@weymouthps.org.
Homeroom
- Homeroom is required.
- If your student is in the building and does not attend Homeroom, they will receive detentions and calls home.
- Homeroom is not optional and it impacts your school records.
Dismissals
- Dismissals require a minimum of a 2-hour notice prior to dismissal time to the appropriate attendance secretary.
- We cannot accommodate immediate dismissal unless it is an emergency situation and your student's Dean has been contacted.
- Inaccurate or incomplete requests may not be processed.
- Parents/guardians can dismiss students at Door #36 with proper identification and MUST be listed in the student's contacts in Aspen.
- Dismissal hours are between 8:00 am and 1:45 pm. No dismissal will be processed after 1:45 pm.
- If a parent is dismissing a student at Door #36 for a 1:45 pm dismissal time, please arrive no later than 1:30 pm to allow security time to process.