CNG Primary School CCN: #28 - MARCH 15, 2024

.Lollipops or Candy with Sticks

We kindly ask for your cooperation in refraining from sending lollipops or any candy with sticks to school with your children. This precautionary measure is essential to prevent potential accidents and ensure the well-being of all students. Thank you for your understanding and support in promoting a safe school environment.

Smart Watches

This is a reminder that smartwatches are not allowed in Primary School. Starting next week, if students are found wearing them, they will be confiscated, and parents will have to pick them up in the PS office.

Bus Monitoras

Let´s remind our students that bus monitoras are the ones in charge of the bus. We need ALL students to show the core values on the bus and make sure to treat them with caring and respect. They are there to keep the students safe and we need your support and modeling with this.

Attendance Policy

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:  If a student has been absent (unexcused) for more than twelve (12) school days during the first two trimesters in the Primary/Elementary School, he or she may be placed on Matricular Hold due to missed instructional hours.

CNG expects students to be in attendance each and every day that school is scheduled.  Absences impact not only the student who is absent but can negatively impact the learning of other students in the class.  Parents should plan vacations, medical appointments, and other non-school events around school holidays and school hours whenever possible.  CNG has implemented the following policies and procedures to encourage regular attendance. 

Parents and students are expected to review Skyward on a regular basis and address any issues they see with either tardies or absences with their students/parents and/or administration to ensure records are accurate.  Parents must report student absences to the division office within 48 hours of the absence for it to be counted as excused.  Parent reports after that time will be noted but not generally excused.  For students who are absent due to an illness of three or more days, an official doctor’s note (incapacidad) must be delivered by hand to the building administrative assistant in charge of attendance or sent scanned via email to the appropriate building.  

For all absences that can be planned in advance (both personal and school sponsored), students must complete a Pre-Arranged Absence Form (*See note Below).  We require students to fill out a Pre-Arranged Absence Form if they are going to miss one or more class(es) and know about the absence in advance.  The form has space for writing additional information as well as explaining the reason behind the absence.  

These forms require students to talk with each of their teachers to make plans for the learning that will be missed during the absence, as well as have their parents sign that they are aware of the absence.  Additionally, students need to turn the Pre-Arranged Absence Form into the office.  Frequently, this also requires having a conversation with an administrator about the absence.  We believe this helps our students build the responsibility they will need throughout their lives in the world of work.

Absences are Excused for: 

• Illness or treatment (with medical note) 

• Unavoidable cause (e.g. accident, natural catastrophe) 

• Issues with school-provided transportation 

• Behavioral consequences 

• Religious celebrations 

• Field trip organized by the school 

• Student athletes selected to represent national/district events (Decree 2845 of 1984, article 48, required by law for athletes) 

• Passport/visa issues or legal/Embassy appointments 

• Transition visits or testing for other schools (for departing students) 

• AP Exams or AP Exam study days (in HS) 

• Other absences caused by extenuating circumstances, must be petitioned through a Pre-Arranged Absence Form or letter and will be reviewed by the division administration and/or committee.

*The request of a Pre-Arranged Absence Form may or may not be granted by the building administrator and/or committee.  Please note that although a Pre-Arranged Absence Form may not be approved and the absence excused, it is the student’s responsibility to submit a form for any advance absences they may have as these documents become part of the student’s CNG record. Excessive unexcused absences will result in administrative action.

This Attendance Policy taken directly from the booklet:  CNG Assessment Model and Protocol, Appendix C:  Attendance Policy,