Attend Today! Achieve Tomorrow!

The Thunder Mountain Middle School faculty, administration, and community believe that regular and punctual attendance at school is vitally important for all students to achieve maximum benefit from the school program, as well as be prepared for life beyond high school. Student mastery of course content and achievement of academic objectives through participation in class activities and student/teacher interaction are of extreme importance.

Good attendance helps students do well in school and eventually in the workplace. Excused and unexcused absences easily add up and create too much lost classroom time. Students are at risk academically if they miss 10 percent of the school year. Missing even two (2) days a month can impact a student while reaching the “chronic absenteeism” mark can make it hard to keep up. Excessive excused and unexcused absences can affect learning. Thunder Mountain encourages families to make medical, dental, and other appointments outside of the school day.

We want to support ALL students, which means that one of our attendance goals is to eliminate chronic absenteeism to help improve learning outcomes and success at Thunder Mountain.
Attendance Guidelines:

• 5 Days Absence = Letter sent home

• 10 Days Absence = Mandatory meeting with Assistant Principal, attendance contract

• 15 Days Absence = Second mandatory meeting with truancy board and parents

• 20 Days Absence = Mandatory meeting with student and parents to determine course of action

RESOURCES:
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction     U.S. Department of Education     Attendance Awareness Campaign