Attendance Policy

Except when they are sick or in cases of a family emergency, children are expected to attend school every day. We hold our children to high academic standards, which they can only meet if they are present each day for the entire school day. Children who do not attend school regularly will not be able to progress to the next grade.

Each month the school will recognize the class with the highest attendance rate. In addition, any child with perfect or near perfect attendance will receive an award at the end of the school year. We ask parents to support these efforts by appreciating their children for attending school every day.

Lateness Policy

We expect all children to be at school by 8:20 AM and in their classrooms ready to start the school day by 8:30. Parents or guardians of children who arrive after 8:30 must come into the school office and sign them in.

If a child is chronically late, the school will call parents/guardians and ask them to come in for a conference. Chronic lateness may force us to ask a family to leave the charter school.

Uniform Policy

The Parent Association of APCS voted to require the children to wear uniforms. Uniforms consist of blue pants, jumpers or skirts, and white, yellow or light blue tops. We expect every child to be in uniform every day. If a child does not arrive at school in uniform, s/he will be given a uniform to put on or parents/guardians will be called and asked to pick up the child. To avoid embarrassing the children, please make sure they wear the school uniform every day.

Special Education Policy

The federal government requires all public schools to provide special, individualized instruction to children who are identified as in need of special services. Occasionally teachers identify children who have particular learning needs and refer them for testing. Parents also sometimes ask that their children be evaluated.

At APCS we have a full time special education teacher as well as a reading specialist on our instructional staff. Although we try as much as possible to keep all students in their regular classrooms, children are sometimes taken out of class for special instruction. We ask for parental cooperation in the effort to identify students with special needs and provide them with appropriate services. If at any time parents have any concerns about a student's progress, they should speak with the classroom teacher, Assistant Principal or Principal immediately.

Peshe C. Kuriloff
Principal, Alliance for Progress Charter School