Attendance Information
Information related to attendance for Newville Elementary
Excuses
If a student is absent, an excuse must be returned within 3 school days to be considered an excused absence. You may submit excuses, tardy excuses, requests for early dismissals, and requests for Educational Trips via email. You can scan the document or take a picture of it and send it to cpeffer@bigspring.k12.pa.us.
Early Dismissals
If your student is to be dismissed early, please email cpeffer@bigspring.k12.pa.us or send a note to school with the student. If your student brings a note to school, he/she can turn it in to their homeroom teacher. The request should come from the student’s parent or guardian and should include the date, the dismissal time, and a reason for the dismissal. Please indicate who is picking the student up, if it is someone other than a parent or guardian.
Tardy
The school day begins at 9:20 AM. A student is tardy if he/she is not through our doors at this time (this does not include late/shuttle buses). If your student arrives late to school for any reason they must come through the office. If they are tardy for an appointment, a doctor’s excuse will suffice. If they are tardy for any other reason, they will need to be signed in on a tardy slip which requires a reason and signature of the parent.
Not providing an excuse
Not providing an excuse when absent, tardy, and/or an early release are unacceptable reasons and will be documented as an illegal absence. Illegal absences are subject to citation.
Educational Trip
Educational Trip requests must be received three days prior to the days of absences.