ATTENDANCE MATTERS! Please do not forget to email or write your note for your child's absence
While we encourage students to be at school every day, we understand that it is not possible due to illness or other emergencies. If your child must be absent from school, please communicate with their teacher through email/Dojo to your child's teacher or Attendance Secretary, Aurora Garza (aurora.garza@nisd.net) or a handwritten note. All absences are reported as unexcused by default and then excused upon receipt of a note with a valid reason for the absence. For more information, please consult the Student-Parent Handbook on the NISD website.
Northside continues to ask you to make your child's attendance a priority. Research shows that school attendance leads to future success and brings numerous benefits to students, including higher academic achievements.
Texas Education Code states that the students must be present in class 90% of the time in order to earn course credit or be promoted to the next grade level.
When students are tardy to school, they are missing valuable morning time with their class. Morning meetings begin promptly at 7:45 and this time allows for students to get ready for a successful day. We will begin recording tardies to school (arriving after 7:45 am).
As a reminder, not only do absences lead to learning loss, they can also lead to social-emotional deficiencies. We encourage all parents and students to make school attendance a top priority except for time when the student is sill. Be sure to send a note upon your student's return to school.
