So you missed some school

The first step is to get well! Now is not the time to be brave. If you have a fever and just do not feel well, go to the doctor. Make sure you cover you cough, wash your hands all the time and protect yourself and others.

Now that you are on your way to recovery, think about catching up. When you feel well enough check out the school web site and your specific teacher's web site. Many of the staff have assignments, lessons and other class related information on their web site. The kids have a fairly accurate idea of what is going to happen in the next few days or what happened yesterday or a couple days ago. Check out what you can do slowly as you recuperate.

In general (and this is not a rule) you have the numbers of days of excused absences plus one to make-up missed work. You really want to catch up quickly. Regardless of the number of days absent, the learning goes on and you really don't want to keep falling further behind. That does not mean you panic. Make reasonable goals for what you can accomplish in a day. Work with your teachers. You may want to make arrangements with your teacher to spend some time after school to ask questions and have some quiet time.

When you are ill the first priority has to be to get well. Pushing another day or trying to just make it work does no good for you or the others in your class or around you. That does not mean we encourage you to just miss school. I believe families know the difference in I don't feel like going to school compared to my body just won't let me go. You need to make the call about coming to school or not. But when you are able, you need to make arrangements to move back to the pace of the class. Yes, it will take a little extra work.

What happens in class everyday is impossible to duplicate. The book work, the hand outs, the quizes and the tests will be there when appropriate. Study day by day and set reasonable goals for yourself. Working together makes sense and makes it all possible.

We want our students to be well and ready to learn and be productive in school. When that is not possible we want their return and recovery to be within their limits. By working with the teacher and taking some personal responsibility, it is possible to recover and move forward.