Attendance
Tardies and Absences
Class and Credit
Letters and Appeals
Fort Lee High School
100

To stay on track for graduation, make sure to miss no more than ____ days of school a year!

9

100

The two types of absences

Verified and unverified

100

How many absences do you need to be removed from a semester course?

12

100

What is an attendance appeal?

Remove an absence from your calendar

100

Name all 4 grades.

Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior
200

Attendance is an important life skill that will help you in the real world, such as ___________________________________ 


Maintaining a job or attending college

200

An unverified absence is also known as a 

Class cut
200

How many absences do you need to be removed from a full year course?

21

200

For a semester course, your parents will receive letters when you reach:

_ Unexcused Absences

_ Unexcused Absences

3 Unexcused Absences

6 Unexcused Absences

200

The name of the English teacher who recently transferred from the middle school to Fort Lee High School

Ms. Yoon

300

Frequent absences can be a sign that a student is? (At least 3 signs)

Losing interest in school, struggling with school work, dealing with a bully, or facing some other difficulty.

300

How many minutes or more late to period 1 is an absence?

20 minutes

300

What will happen if you lose credit for a course?

You will be placed into a study hall

300

For a full-year course, your parents will receive letters when you reach:

_ Unexcused Absences

_ Unexcused Absences

_ Unexcused Absences

_ Unexcused Absences

3 Unexcused Absences

6 Unexcused Absences

10 Unexcused Absences

15 Unexcused Absences

300

The name of the administrator you must contact to appeal

Mr. Finizio

400

____________________________________________ found that half the students who missed two to four days in September went on to be chronically absent for the year.

Baltimore Education Research Consortium

400

Full Year = _ absence(s)

Semester = _ absence(s)

3 tardies = _ absence(s)

18, 9, 1

400

How can you recover credits for a class? (At least 2)

1. After school credit recovery sessions

2. Saturday credit recovery sessions

3. Students assigned make-up work caused by missed classes

400

The amount of unexcused absences for your parents to receive a loss of credit letter for a full-year course and a semester course.

18 for full-year

8 for semester

400

The year Fort Lee High School was established in 

1916

500

The Fort Lee High School attendance office phone number

201-585-4675 Ext: 6503

500

What is considered an excused absence? (Name at least 8 out of the 10)

1. Illness

2. Attendance in court

3. Suspension

4. Death in family

5. College visit

6. Drivers license examination

7. Take your child to work day

8. Religious observance

9. Closure of busing school district

10. An absence considered excused by the Commissioner of Education and/or a New Jersey Department of Education rule

500

What can you do if you lose credit? (Both reasons)

Retake the course or do an online credit recovery course through Educere

500
The attendance appeal process steps

1. File a written appeal to Mr. Finizio within 5 days

2. State why you were absent and add proof

3. Principal will respond in no later than 7 days

4. Appeal meetings take place once per marking period or as needed


500

The celebrity chef who was a Fort Lee alumni

Lynja (Lynn Yamada Davis )