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August 26, 2019
Dear Parents and Families,
We are committed to providing our students with a high quality education. A key to academic success is excellent school attendance. Students who come to school on time every day are building critical life skills they will use the rest of their lives.
Did you know?
- Students who attend 90% or more of the school year are more likely to graduate from high school on time.
- Even if a student is excused from school for more than 10% of the school year, this adversely effects our accreditation status with VDOE.
- A pattern of absences (whether unexcused or excused) is one of the main reasons students have lower academic achievement.
Support is available:
Additional attendance related resources can be found online at http://www.fcps.edu/attendance. Your counselor or subschool administrator can address your attendance concerns, issues, or barriers.
In compliance with Virginia state law and FCPS attendance policies, we will contact parents when your student has five or more full day unexcused absences. If you know in advance that your student will miss one or more days of school, please contact the school or use the form at the link below:
https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/forms/se289.pdf.
You can log onto your Student Information System (SIS) Parent Account to view your child's attendance. For additional support accessing and using the SIS Parent Account visit our SIS Parent Account overview page: https://www.fcps.edu/index.php/resources/technology/student-information-system-sis-fcps/sis-parent-account-overview
Please remember to call the attendance line at 703-488-6316 to report all student absences. If the school is not notified of the reason for your student’s absence within 48 hours, the absence will automatically be recorded as an unexcused absence. When contacting the school, please include your student’s name and the specific reason for the absence.
We appreciate your partnership in this effort. We will provide more information throughout the school year about the importance of school attendance.
Sincerely,
Anthony E. Copeland, PhD
Principal
Twitter: @westfield_hs
Webpage: https://westfieldhs.fcps.edu/
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