Attendance Policies

Are You Aware of Norcross High School's Attendance Protocol?

If your child is absent from or tardy to school, he/she will need a detailed excused note.

Notes excusing an absence must come to the front lobby using the form provided below. Filling out and turning in the Norcross HS Student Absence Form will help ensure that the student's absence is properly coded in our records.

Norcross HS Student Absence Form

A hand-written note will only be accepted if contains the following information:
● The name of the student with ID number
● The reason for the absence
● The date(s) of the absence
● A parent contact phone number
● A parent signature

Please note: No child can be checked out after 1:30 p.m. 

Parent notes will be accepted for five (5) absences per term. After five absences, formal medical documentation will be required for the purpose of validating a serious or extended illness.

Check-In Procedure

Students arriving to school following the 7:20 a.m. tardy bell will report to the Front Lobby. Check-ins will be regarded as tardies. Parents are not required to check their child in.

To be considered for an excused check-in, the student must bring a note signed by parent/guardian stating the date, reason for the lateness, and a phone number for follow-up. To be excused for a doctor or court appointment, the student most provide medical or court documentation of the appointment when he/she returns to school. Students arriving late to school without proper documentation will be considered unexcused.

Parent notes will be accepted for five (5) check-ins or tardies per term. After five check-ins or tardies, formal medical documentation will be required for the purpose of validating a serious or extended illness.

Please note, failure to check in with the Front Lobby may cause the student to be considered as AWOL from class.

Once a student has checked into school, they need to report directly to their class. Failure to do so will result in AWOL disciplinary action. 

Please note: Administrator’s monitor student check ins and check outs. Students who have excessive check ins and / or check outs may be given restrictions or use some other alternative. A student who checks in / out of school five or more times in a semester may have his / her parking privileges revoked at any time or not be given permits to make-up work.

Procedure for Checking Out:
1. Parents may email a note to NHSAttendance@gwinnett.k12.ga.us. Please email by 7:20 a.m. for same day check out in order to allow time to verify the check out.
2. The note should include the following:

• Date
• Student’s first and last name
• Student number
• Check out time
• Reason for the check out
• If the student will be picked up or drive
• Parent signature and phone number(s) for verification

No student will be released until contact with parent is made. Please allow your child at least 10 minutes to leave class and report to the Front Lobby when checking out.

Student will meet their parent at the Front Lobby entrance of the school unless other arrangements have been made or the student is allowed to drive.

Students are not allowed to check-out after 1:30 p.m. or during final exams.

Students checking out for a doctor, dental or court appointment will be considered unexcused until the Attendance Team has been provided with medical or court documentation of the appointment.

Emergency/Illnesses:
Students who need to check out for an illness or injury must be processed through the clinic and should follow the process below.

• The student should obtain a pass from his/her teacher to go to the clinic to call a parent, guardian or emergency contact person listed on the clinic card.
• The parent/guardian will be contacted for permission to check out. 
• Students must officially check out through the Front Lobby.

Please note: Administrator’s monitor student check ins and check outs. Students who have excessive check ins and / or check outs may be given restrictions or use some other alternative. A student who checks in / out of school five or more times in a semester may have his / her parking privileges revoked at any time or not be given permits to make-up work.