3.3.2. Tardies

*The myUpper School webpage puts daily schedules at your fingertips.

Tardy to 1st Bell of the Day (Block Bells 1 and 5)

• A student is considered tardy if they are not in the classroom when the bell rings.
• Students who arrive after the 1st bell rings should report to the front desk for a Tardy Slip to be presented to the teacher for classroom admittance.
• A student who misses more than half of any bell will be marked absent from that bell.
• Families should be aware that attendance (absence and tardies) is strongly considered when determining AP class and National Honor Society eligibility.
• Consequences (Tardies accumulated per quarter):
  • Tardy 1-4: No consequence to allow for emergency situations
  • Tardy 5: 30 minute Detention
  • Tardy 6: 60 minute Detention
  • Tardy 7 and beyond: a Saturday Detention will be assigned for each occurrence

Tardies to Block Bells 2-4 and 6-8

• A student is considered tardy if they are not in the classroom when the bell rings.
• A student who misses more than half of any bell will be marked absent from that bell.
• Detention for tardies begins at the third tardy in each quarter.

See the Upper School handbook section about Senior Privileges for further information.

“Planned Tardiness” and Professional Responsibility

While there may be times that parents and students decide extra sleep is in the best interest of the student’s health, CHCA has a “professional responsibility” expectation and requires students to make up time missed due to oversleeping or other reasons. The philosophy behind this practice is simply that many professional jobs expect that work time missed for such reasons would be compensated with additional time worked. If a student is more than 30 minutes late they are required to make up their time within a week. Scheduling is done through the Upper School office.%