School attendance and parent/guardian involvement are central to making sure that each of our students is able to reach their fullest academic potential. Should you find that it's necessary for your child to be absent from school for any reason, please call the school attendance line listed below. If the absence is due to a medical appointment, we ask that you provide the office with a medical note upon your child’s return to school.
School |
Attendance Line |
Clay Lamberton Elementary School |
920-361-2442, option 1 |
Berlin Middle School |
920-361-2441, option 1 |
Berlin High School |
920-361-2000, option 1 |
Did you know?
- Attendance is an important life skill that will help your student graduate and keep a job.
- Missing 10%, or about 18 days, of the school year can drastically affect a student’s academic success.
- Children who were chronically absent in kindergarten and 1st grade were far less likely to read proficiently at the end of 3rd grade.
- By 6th grade, absenteeism is one of 3 signs that a student may drop out of high school.
- By 9th grade, regular and high attendance is a better predictor of graduation rates than 8th grade test scores.
- The academic impact of missing that much school is the same whether the absences are excused or unexcused.
- Absenteeism in the first month of school can predict poor attendance throughout the school year.
Type of Absence
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Email/Letter Sent to Family
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Mandatory Meeting Scheduled to Assess Need for a Plan
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Unexcused (AB, TUNX)
- student is not in school/class or missed more than 15 minutes (BMS/BHS) of the period
- no communication has been received by the office from a parent/guardian
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- 3 instances per semester
- 5 instances per semester- letter sent by certified mail
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- 5 instances in a semester
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Excused (EXC)
- Student is not in school/class
- Communication has been received from a parent
- Non-health related absence
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- 7 instances per year
- 10 instances per year- letter sent by certified mail
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Excused (EXI)
- Student is not in school/class
- Health related absence communicated by parent/guardian
- Medical note is not provided
- Medical note is provided (EXM): disregard second and third column
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- 7 instances per year
- 10 instances per year - letter sent by certified mail
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