• PCHS Universal Expectations

    Be present and on time
    Be prepared for and engaged in learning
    Be a person of character
    Be safe and comply with PCHS and WCPSS policies

    Student Responsibilities
    • Students should be reporting to all classes on time. If they are tardy to any class, they will report directly to class without a pass. Please admit them and mark them tardy or absent based on the timing chart below.
    • Students being signed out of school any time before the end of the day, will be called down by the Attendance Office. 
     Guardian Responsibilities
    • When checking out a student, guardians will scan the Attendance QR Code outside of the main entrance. They will then use the Verkada Security System which will notify the Attendance Office to call down the student. 
    • Guardians should send a note in with their student in advance of an appointment or other approved absence to the Attendance Office between 7:00-7:20am. Students will then be given a pass to be dismissed from class at the appropriate time. Guardians will not need to go through the check-out process if their student has a pass to be dismissed. 
    • Guardians should email or submit a completed absence form to attendance526@wcpss.net the day the student returns to school for documentation purposes. 

    PCHS Tardy Policy and Procedure

    • Students are considered tardy to class if they are outside the classroom when the bell rings.  (Students’ personal belongings being placed in the classroom does not constitute student arrival to class).
    • Staff will admit tardy students to class and record the tardy.  
    • After a student's 2nd unexcused tardy to that class, the teacher will contact the family.
    • If a student is tardy 3 or more times in a quarter, staff will follow the matrix below, depending on the tier.
    • Teachers will notify administrators of each unexcused tardy for that quarter, starting with Level 2.

     

    Level

    Tardy Range

    Consequence Assignment Options

    Staff Assigning

    1

    3

    Contact Parent

    Teacher

    2

    6

    Lunch Detention
    Off-Campus Lunch Pass Suspension (1 Day)

    Administrator

    3

    9

    ALC  (Half Day)
    Parking Pass Suspension (1 week)
    Off-Campus Lunch Pass Suspension (1 week)

    Administrator

    4

    12+

     ALC (Full Day)
    Parking/Lunch Pass Revocation (rest of semester)

    Administrator

     

    Additional Information

    • Any tardies caused by a disruption to district-provided transportation will be excused.
    • Families should plan in advance for extended carpool times. Tardies due to slow carpool traffic will not be excused. If the line is slow, once students are on school grounds, they can exit cars and walk towards their classes.
    • Students who are late for school due to an approved reason (listed in Board Policy 4400) may check in at the Attendance Office with his or her note and will receive a pass to class. 

  • Attendance Forms

     
     
    This form must be turned in a minimum of three days (preferably more) before the absence to allow time for processing.  If the student is going on a college visit they must ask the admissions office for verification of the visit. This is to be brought to the Attendance office upon returning to school.