A Message from the NTCI Parents Mailing List: _______________________________________________
Dear Parents & Guardians, Excellent attendance and punctuality are essential for your son/daughter's success. I wanted to remind you of some of our practices to ensure there is clear communication between the home and the school. Please contact the school if you have any questions. -If a student must be absent for a full day or any part of a day, the parent or guardian must notify the school by telephone or in writing. If a parent chooses to submit a note, it must be presented, immediately upon return to school, with a satisfactory written explanation for the absence, and signed by the parent or guardian. This note is to be brought to the Main Office by 8:45 a.m., and will be signed by the Office Staff. Students will bring the signed note to show the teacher whose class was missed. Students who are 18 years of age or older may write their own notes. -In the case of student illness resulting in an absence, parents are required to telephone prior to the start of the school day. Voice mail is available at all times. Please call 416-393-9180 option #1 to report an absence. If you prefer, an office assistant will receive parent calls after 8:00 a.m. Parents (students if over 18) should indicate if a test, presentation or due date is scheduled for that day. Any unexplained absence will generate an automated phone call (or email) to the student's home, reporting which class(es) of the day the student has missed. If there are errors, students are requested to come to the Main Office to arrange for corrections to their attendance record. -An attendance summary will be provided to teachers daily so that they may track individual student attendance and use the information to follow up with the student, parent or Vice-Principal. -A record of absences will be included on all report cards. A student who fails to maintain regular attendance may be withdrawn from a course(s) or from school. -Some departments or courses may require a parental note for an absence (in addition to a telephone call to the office). This requirement will be communicated to parents directly by the teachers in these departments. Punctuality / Signing In Students are expected to arrive in enough time to be in their homerooms before the bell at 9:00 a.m. and the class directly following lunch. If a student arrives late at either of these times, s/he must report directly to the Main Office. Signing Out If it becomes necessary to request an excusal from school for an appointment, the student must sign out in the Main Office before 8:45 a.m. and present, at that time, a written note from a parent explaining the reason for the request. Occasionally, unavoidable circumstances may occur during the day to warrant a student's leaving school. If so, the student should report directly to the Main Office. An attendance secretary or school official will then contact parents to arrange for the sign-out. Planned Absences It is expected that students and their families prioritize the importance of education by scheduling absences during non-school times. Students absent during regular school days must provide a letter of notification from their parents to the Principal or Vice-Principal at least two weeks prior to leaving. The note must state that the parents and the student are aware that the student is responsible for work missed. Arrangements for missed tests and assignments must be made two weeks before the planned absence with individual teachers. Ministry of education regulations dictate that summative assessment must occur during the final six weeks of the school year. Students and parents should be aware that scheduled vacations at this time can significantly impact student achievement. With the exception of medical emergencies, all summative tests and assignments that are missed as a result of these absences will be assigned a mark of zero. J. Gorenkoff Principal _______________________________________________ Please do not reply to this e-mail. If you do not wish to receive e-mail from North Toronto, please unsubscribe at http://ntci.on.ca/ntparents-unsub/ To contact the school, 393-9180 or e-mail: northtoro...@tdsb.on.ca ________________________________________________ North Toronto Collegiate Institute 17 Broadway Avenue Toronto, Ontario, M4P 1T7 ________________________________________________ NTparents mailing list: NTparents@ntci.on.ca http://ntci.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/ntparents_ntci.on.ca _______________________________________________
