Attendance

ATTENDANCE

Wilder Elementary Attendance Policy & Procedures

Attendance Matters. Every Student. Every Day. Attendance is a critical building block for student learning. If students are not present, they cannot engage in learning.

• The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction notes, “Students that miss just two days a month for any reason, are more likely to not read at grade level, and more likely not graduate.”
• Did you know? When learning foundational reading skills, the typical student required 4-14 repetitions, with some needing 14-40. Missing school interrupts this.
• Completing missed assignments without instruction and interaction does not duplicate learning.
• Quizzes, tests, projects, group activities, partner tasks, and more cannot often be made up.
• Student report cards note absences & tardies and can include missing scores noted because of absences and/or missed classes.

Please consult the district calendar to plan vacation during scheduled school breaks.  District Calendar

TARDIES

Being late interrupts learning for all students. It is impactful to the student who is late and to the learning in the classroom. To ensure your student is on campus and ready for the day, they should be here at Wilder no later than 8:35am. *Parents/Guardians – please model responsibility and timeliness as an important life skill for students to practice at this age.

If your child is going to be absent from school, please notify the school using one of the following three ways and include the student's name and reason for their absence.

1. Email your student's teacher and the attendance secretary, Kendra Bohm, at kbohm@lwsd.org
2. Send a ParentSquare message to your student's teacher and the attendance secretary, Kendra Bohm
3. Call the attendance line and leave a message at (425) 936-2741

Is your student Too Sick for School?

If your child is going to be late to school, please notify the school using one of the following three ways and include the student's name and date and time of arrival.

1. Email your student's teacher and the attendance secretary, Kendra Bohm, at kbohm@lwsd.org
2. Send a ParentSquare message to your student's teacher and the attendance secretary, Kendra Bohm
3. Call the attendance line and leave a message at (425) 936-2741

*Reminder - Students arriving after the First Bell (8:40am) MUST check in at the Front Office before going to their classroom. If Wilder staff is not out front when you arrive, please park your vehicle, and walk your student(s) to the office to sign them in. Tardy/Late Arrival students must have a Blue Tardy Slip and will not be admitted to the classroom through their back door.

If your child is going to leave school early, please notify the school using one of the following three ways and include the student's name, date & time of pick-up, and if they will be returning to school.

1. Email your student's teacher and the attendance secretary, Kendra Bohm, at kbohm@lwsd.org
2. Send a ParentSquare message to your student's teacher and the attendance secretary, Kendra Bohm
3. Call the attendance line and leave a message at (425) 936-2741

*Reminder – Early Release students must be picked up 20 minutes before school release. (2:50pm on M/T/TH/F & 1:20pm on W)

If your student(s) will be missing three or more consecutive days, please fill out an Extended Absence Form and attach it to an email or ParentSquare message to both the student's teacher and the attendance secretary, Kendra Bohm or hand deliver it to the Wilder office. 

If a family has not notified the attendance secretary of a student's absence or late arrival by 9:50am, an attendance notification will go out to the family.  

Daily ParentSquare attendance notifications automatically go out around 10am.  If you receive a notification, please reply back with a response.  The attendance secretary will receive the response and update the student's attendance accordingly.