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Attendance Policies
Hebrew School Attendance Policy
School Year 2011-2012
In recent years we are noticing that some of our children have gotten to seventh grade without knowing sufficient Hebrew to adequately prepare them for their Bar/Bat Mitzvah studies. This situation has become difficult for the Rabbi and the other Bar/Bat Mitzvah teachers, and even worse, causes undue stress for the child.
There is a consistent correlation between the number of absences from school and a child’s progress in his or her Hebrew training. Since we are aware that for many people occasional absences are unavoidable, we provide Hebrew makeup classes on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30 to 6:30 pm and expect parents to take advantage of this service. The following policy has been adopted by the Temple Board of Education with respect to absences that are not made up.
- Un-made-up absences: A maximum of four un-made-up absences will be allowed for the school year for Hebrew class.
- Reporting un-made-up absences: If a child has four absences that are not made up, the teacher will notify the office and an office communication will be made to the parents.
- After the fifth un-made-up absence, a note of concern from the Dean will be sent home with a follow-up telephone call the following Sunday.
- After the sixth un-made-up absence, a letter from the Rabbi will be sent home.
- After the seventh un-made-up absence, a conference with the Dean and Rabbi will be scheduled.
- End of year with excess of 4 un-made-up absences: The parents will be required to place the student in a summer school session for Hebrew at their additional expense to make up the absences. Time of sessions to be determined.
- If the child does not attend the summer session: The Rabbi and Dean will notify the parents that the student has not attended the mandatory completion of classes for the year. This notification may lead to rescheduling the Bar/Bat Mitzvah service.
Temple Beth Elohim Religious School
Judaic Studies Department
Policies: Absence / Tardiness / Early Dismissal
3rd Grade through Confirmation
Absence
Within each marking period (15 class sessions)
After the 4th absence - leave the following on Joe Greenfield’s desk:
- Note of concern detailing the dates of all the absences
- If applicable - copies of Chai student workbook pages missed or classwork handouts, for the student and parents to complete and return.
Joe will mail them to the parent and call them two/three days later to discuss/reinforce the issue.
Tardiness
A student is to be marked tardy 10 minutes after the class begins. In a 1 1/2 hour class, a student who is 30 minutes or more tardy is to be marked absent.
Early Dismissal
A student who leaves more than 30 minutes before the end of a 1 1/2 hour class is to be marked absent.
Please make a differentiation between the following when keeping track of attendance:
- absent,
- tardy,
- tardy-absent,
- early dismissal-absent.
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(pdf)
If you would like more information about our Religious School,
please contact us via e-mail and put Religious School in the subject line
or via phone: (845) 279-4585
