Lincoln Middle School

Please call as early as possible to notify the office of the absence

Call the office and we will have your child waiting there for you. Upon arrival, come in to the office to sign “Excuse to Leave School Grounds”. If your student returns to school the same day, please have them check in the office prior to returning to class. Call or email the office during distance learning.

Send a note with your child to give to the office before their absence, if they are in school. They will receive a Homework Sheet, which they will take to each of their teachers. Families should call or email.

Attendance, Absences, and Leaving School Early

To achieve maximum learning, an ideal goal would be perfect attendance for each student every school day. However, if your child is ill and cannot attend school on a given day, please call the school by 9:00 a.m.

When a student must be released during the school day because of illness or a doctor/dental appointment, for example, a parent/guardian must send a note to the office to sign his/her child out of school.

If a restraining order prohibits one of the child’s parents from seeing or removing the child from school, we must have a copy on file.

State law requires a written excuse or telephone call from a parent/guardian upon the student’s return to school. Student learning increases when school attendance is regular and punctual. We ask that parents make every effort to schedule appointments and family vacations when school is not in session. We desire maximum learning opportunities for your children.

When it is known in advance that your child will be absent from school for several days, a note should be sent to school as early as possible to allow the child to obtain assignments, and make-up work, to be completed by the time the child returns to school. Prearranged absence notices should be given at least one (1) week in advance. The student is responsible for any make-up work assigned by the teacher.

When your student is absent, and we have not received proper notification, we will contact you. If two (2) unexcused absences per month or three (3) per semester occur, the school becomes concerned and will conference with the parent or guardian. A student may be suspended or expelled for habitual truancy or unexcused absences.

Thank you for your due diligence in this matter.

Prearranged Absence Form

Student attendance records are checked through Skyward Family Access.

1. Families can generally apply the format of: first 5 characters of last name, first 3 characters of first name, followed by 3 zeros, as their standard template username. If you need assistance with username or password information, feel free to call the office at 509-334-3411.
2. Once logged in, use the left-side menu options to navigate to the Attendance tab.
3. Families are able to view attendance for all students at one, or filter by a single student view (found in the upper-left screen – families with more than one student will see an All Students drop-down list.