Report an Absence

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Report an Absence
Call: 781-455-0800 x22602
Email: [email protected]

Please click here to review the NHS Attendance Policies.
Click here to read the NHS Attendance Policy FAQs.

Absences should be called in prior to the date of absence.

Approved absences fall into two categories:
Authorized Absences (A) are authorized by parents/guardians, and those absences do count toward attendance totals for credit loss at the end of the year if they exceed 11 in a full-year course or 5 in a semester course. A parent/guardian can authorize an unlimited amount of absences; however, the absences accumulate toward credit loss.

Excused Absences (AE) represent medical appointments, religious holidays, or bereavement periods and do not count toward credit loss totals; to change an authorized absence to an excused absence due to medical reasons, we simply need documentation from the doctor listing the specific dates missed.

Note that when a student accumulates 10 tardies (T) in one class, the student will lose credit in that class. This does not apply to excused tardies (TE), which represent a student presenting a pass from a staff member upon arriving late.

Students must earn a minimum of 92 credits to graduate Needham High School. Students may still earn a grade in the class and satisfy course requirements even if they lose credit in a class.