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If you are driving your student to school, please get them to school on time. All students need to be at school and ready to go to their classes by 0720; the last bell rings at 0725 On a day that a student misses school, parents are requested to either:
1. Call the school between 0730 and 0830 to inform the Attendance Clerk of the absence (645-6883)
2. Notify the Attendance Clerk by Email when your child is going to be absent
3. Or send a written note to school upon your child’s return. The student will drop the note in the designated box in the Counseling Center and go immediately to class.

Absence Policy ttop
Parents must come to the Counseling Center to sign students out when the student has to leave school. As an option, students leaving the school grounds while school is in session must have a valid note from a sponsor, which must be confirmed by the Main Office. Students must sign in/out or be signed in/out at the Counseling Center. Students leaving school grounds without such permission will be considered truant.
Kubasaki High School has an “open campus” for 12th grade students during lunchtime. This means that 12th grade students may leave campus for lunch only. The campus is “closed” for the 9th, 10th, AND 11th grades. Students leaving campus without permission or failing to return after lunch will be considered truant.

Excused Absences allow a student to make up any class work that was missed. It is the student's responsibility, however, to obtain missed assignments. Students missing one day of school must meet with teachers at the next scheduled class meeting to determine what assignments and/or tests they may have missed. Such assignments or tests are then due at the subsequent class meeting. For absences longer than one day, the student must make arrangements with classroom teachers, at the next scheduled class meeting, to determine when class assignments and tests must be completed.

Excused Absences include, but are not limited to:
• Illness of student
• Family emergency
• Religious holiday
• Medical, dental, or legal appointment (Efforts should be made to schedule these appointments before school, after school, or during Seminar)
• School-sponsored or school-approved events

• Family trips that are pre-arranged with administration
• Special opportunities at community leadership conferences
• Promotion and change-of-command ceremonies for a member of the immediate family
• Suspension

Unexcused Absences include, but are not limited to:
• Personal moneymaking ventures
• Transportation problems
• Oversleeping
• Senior skip day
• Seeing friends or relatives off at the AMC
• terminal or airport
• Non-school sponsored functions
• Truancy

Students will not have the right to make up work for credit if it is determined by the administration that the absence is unexcused.

Leaving Campus ttop
Kubasaki High School has an open campus for 12th grade students for lunch only. Students in grades 9, 10 and 11 are not permitted to leave the campus. Students who are 18 and older may sign themselves out; however, they must have permission to leave school (by using the proper school permission forms or by confirmation from the parent in writing or telephonically). Students who are 18 and older who leave school during the school day must sign out in the Counseling Center logbook and sign back in upon return that day. These students will not be allowed to sign out and leave campus without: a note signed by their parent and verified by the Attendance Clerk; an appointment slip which indicates an appointment date and time (and verified by the Attendance Clerk); or a telephone call from the parent. This procedure applies to all students regardless of their legal age. If students do not sign out of school, they are considered truant and appropriate disciplinary measures will be taken. When a student returns to school, he/she must sign the logbook and will then be given a pass back to class.
A tardy occurs when a student is not in class and in their seat when the tardy bell sounds. Tardiness caused by oversleeping, missing the bus, or car trouble are unexcused. The school reserves the right to determine the excused or unexcused status of each tardy. Abusing “personal” reasons for excusing a student’s lateness, by parents or sponsors, will be reported to the Base Inspector’s Office for follow-up.

Tardy Policy ttop
Tardiness is cumulative throughout the quarter, and every class-tardy is included in the quarterly count. It is the responsibility of the tardy student to check with the classroom teacher at the end of the class to verify that a tardy was indicated on the daily attendance record. (Students arriving on a late bus will be given an excused tardy and immediately admitted to class).

Teachers will follow individual discipline plans for students that are tardy four times. In addition, when a student receives a fourth tardy, the Attendance Clerk will notify the parent or sponsor. When tardy a fifth, or sixth time, the student will have to serve a Saturday Detention (failure to do so will result in suspension). Each subsequent tardy will also result in suspension.

Physical Education ttop
Excuses provided by the sponsor must be cleared with the school nurse before presenting them to the PE teacher. If a student cannot participate in PE for a period of more than three days, he or she must have a doctor’s written statement explaining why, and for how long, the student will be excused.
When a student is excused for more than twenty days within a given quarter, he/she will be withdrawn for medical reasons and “WP” or “WF” recorded on the student transcript. When a student is unable to participate in class, but remains enrolled in physical education, credit may be earned through other activities. Such activities will be at the discretion of the PE teacher.

Truancy ttop
Truancy is defined as a student leaving campus without signing out or a student being absent from class without the prior awareness and approval of the parent/sponsor. Kubasaki High School has zero tolerance for truancy. The school works closely with PMO to ensure school attendance. If the base police find a KBHS student who is not in school when he/she should be, that student is brought to school where his/her attendance record is verified. If the record indicates a prior truancy, the student is taken to PMO, and the sponsor is called to pick up the student.