Attendance

Attendance Requirements

• Attendance is logged daily in the Online School by parent/ Learning Coach.
• Students are expected to attend school Monday through Friday based on School Calendar.
• Students attend 4 to 6 hours per day and may have homework.
• All students must participate in Physical Education activities and are required submit completed PE logs every quarter.
• Extended family travel (more than 5 days) except during normal school vacation periods requires written notification to HTA teacher and the HTA Administrative office of at least one week.

High School Attendance

All general attendance requirements apply as well as:

• All families must attend a Parent Orientation and the student will attend a ‘Learning Online’ course via the online school.
• Attendance logged daily in HTA Online School by parent.
• Attendance is not the same as logging into the class room.
• All students participate in Physical Education (i.e. state requirements must be met to accumulate credit).
• The family must maintain regular (i.e. once a week) communication with the HTA Teachers.
• Student must check their email daily.

Learning Center Attendance

• Students will attend the Learning Center a minimum of 1 day a week.
• K-5 Students are required to attend one core class at the Learning Center. Core classes are English, Math, Science or History.
• 6-11 grade Students will be provided their Learning Center class requirements by their core content teachers.
• All 4th 7th and 9th grade HTA students are required to take the Hawaii State History course at the Learning Center.
• Students are required to make up Learning Center absences within the quarter they occur.
   

School Attendance Policy

Attendance is important for the success of a student, therefore the following policies guide HTA’s program.

• Attendance in the Hawaii Technology Academy is recorded in the Online School (OLS) by submitting attendance using the Attendance screen.
• It is expected that lessons would be completed and attendance will be logged by the end of each day.
• The following are examples of acceptable reasons for not logging attendance in the Online School: student illness, hospitalization, bereavement, family emergency, natural disaster etc. In such cases the absences would be considered excused. Some instances may require verification (such as a doctor’s note) be provided to your teacher.

If a student has 3 or more days of missing days of attendance, as recorded on the Online School we will follow the below procedure to ensure the Hawaii Technology Academy serves in the best interest of your child:

• Your teacher will contact you using the following methods: email and telephone.

If a student has 5 or more days of missing days of attendance, as recorded on the Online School we will follow the below procedure to ensure the Hawaii Technology Academy serves in the best interest of your child:

• Your teacher will contact you using the following methods: email, telephone and US mail.
• A telephone conference will be held between you and your teacher to discuss attendance policy.
• You will work together as a partnership to discuss corrective action that is both appropriate and in the best interest of the student.

If a student has 10 or more days of missing days of attendance, as recorded on the Online School we will follow the below procedure to ensure the Hawaii Technology Academy serves in the best interest of your child:

• Your teacher will contact you using the following methods: email, telephone and US mail.
• A telephone conference will be held between you, your teacher, and HTA staff.
• You will work together as a partnership to discuss corrective action that is both appropriate and in the best interest of the student.
• A letter reviewing the details of the meeting and the decisions made will be mailed to the student’s home and a copy of the letter will be placed in the student’s cumulative folder.

If a student has 15 or more days of missing days of attendance, as recorded on the Online School we will follow the below procedure to ensure the Hawaii Technology Academy serves in the best interest of your child:

• Administration will assume that you have enrolled your child in another school and process the withdrawal. Excessive absences interfere with the academic achievement of your child. In these cases the HTA Administration may deem that enrollment in HTA is not in the best interest of your child.