Ava Stockwell, Attendance Clerk
Hours: 8:00a.m.-3:34p.m.
Phone: 832-668-7601

HELLO FROM MRS. STOCKWELL!

As your Attendance Clerk at Deepwater Junior High, I am the person your son or daughter should see anytime he or she arrives late to school, leaves classes early, or has been absent from school for any part of the school day. I will manage your child’s attendance records and will work together with you, the parent or guardian, to keep those records in good standing. The following information will help you understand the rules that help a student maintain a good attendance record.

STUDENT TARDINESS

If your student will be arriving late to school, please call the Attendance Office before the first class of the day stating the reason for the tardiness and the expected time of arrival. When the student arrives, I will give him or her a pass of excused tardy or unexcused tardy based on the reason for the late arrival. The only reasons accepted for an excused tardy are as follows: medical or dental appointment, court date, personal illness, and some personal business will be considered. Students will receive an unexcused tardy for the following reasons: missed bus or other means of transportation, car trouble, doing homework, babysitting sibling(s), and any reason not acceptable to the Administration of Deepwater Junior High. If you cannot call, you must send a note with the student explaining the reason for the late arrival. Without a note or call from you, the student will be given an unexcused tardy for the day.

Example of a note from parent for a student tardiness:

STUDENT ABSENCES

If your student will be absent from school, please call me at the beginning of the school day(s) on which your child will not be coming to school. Please note: If I have not heard from you, the parent or guardian, I am required to call you at your home or office to verify the reason for your child’s absence from school. If I am unable to contact you, your child will be considered truant until I have received some form of contact from the parent/guardian. When the student returns to school, he or she must bring a note to the Attendance Office which has been signed by you and which states the reason for the absence(s). A student will be given an unexcused absence without a note from the parent as well as for being absent for reasons other than medical, dental, court appointments, personal illness, and death in the immediate family. In the event of a death, Funeral Home associates will provide documentation for a student who is absent to attend funeral services. If your child has 2 or more unexcused absences on record, your child will be considered truant on those days. Therefore, you will receive a Court Warning informing you of the school attendance laws of the State of Texas and the consequences to parents and students for such absences. Additional note: A student cannot be excused for absence from school for the purpose of staying home to take care of a sibling or other individual.

Example of a note from parent for a student absence:

STUDENTS LEAVING SCHOOL DURING THE SCHOOL DAY

If your student must leave school during the school day for a scheduled appointment (doctor, dentist, court date, personal business, etc.), please call the Attendance Office or send a note with the student that morning which states the reason and the time for the student to leave class. The note must be signed by you, the parent or guardian. The student should bring the note to my office before reporting to the first class of the day. There he or she will be given a permission slip to leave at the appropriate time to meet you in the front office where you will sign the student out. In this way, we will not have to interrupt class to get your student. If the student returns to classes on the same day, he or she must report to the Attendance Office to obtain an excused absence pass for admission back into class.

If your child becomes ill during the day, and wants to go home, the student must go the Clinic, where the nurse will contact the parent to obtain permission for the student to leave. At no time must the student call from any telephone to have someone to pick him or her up from school until he or she has seen the school nurse, Mrs. Michael, or has received permission from the office to call someone. Any student leaving school for any reason must be signed out in the Attendance Office before leaving.

CONTACTING STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM

Please do not call the school to speak to your student or to give him or her a message unless it is something that absolutely cannot wait until after school. The only way to give a message to a student is to interrupt a class. State law requires that we do not interrupt a class unless it is an emergency.

For more specific information about school attendance rules and requirements by the state of Texas, as well as, any particular guidelines by the Deer Park Independent School District, please refer to the Student Handbook, which has been provided to each student.

Welcome to Deepwater Junior High School! I am looking forward to another good year as your Attendance Clerk.

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