Top 10 Questions about Watts

Yes. We need a note/email/phone call every time your child is absent. Any one of the above mentioned will suffice.

Please call/email in the morning before school to let us know the reason for the tardiness. If you can’t call/email, make sure your child brings a note to excuse the tardiness. Your child needs a note every time he is tardy or absent. It is considered unexcused otherwise.

On the third day of the child’s absence, the parent may request that homework be collected when they notify the office of the child’s absence in the morning. It can be picked up after 3:45 p.m. For absences less than three days, the child may call a classmate and/or email their teacher to see what was covered. The students have as many days as they were absent to make up their work when they return. The Home Access Center (HAC) is a good resource for assignments too!

Only if a parent has sent in a “Medication Form” with a doctor’s signature and brought the medication to us. This form can be downloaded from the District Forms page.

No. Even if the medication can be bought over the counter, it is NOT permitted to be carried by the student and must have a medication form complete with a doctor’s signature to administer at school.

Yes, however they need a note from home and need to check in to the office with the cough drops and the note. Water bottles are
acceptable too and helpful with a cough.

Yes, if you are paying with cash, most activities do not have change to give. Example: If a child needs $8.00 for a field trip, please do not send a $10 bill. The teachers and the office DO NOT have change.

Yes. A parent must come in to sign their child out any time before the end of the school day. The child will be called out of class when the
parent arrives in the office.

When your child comes in late or returns from an appointment, you do not need to come in. The child may bring a note or you may call the office if the student is late. If returning from an appointment that you signed them out from, they can sign themselves back in without you.

Many parents ask us when sports, intramurals and clubs begin. At middle school, very few flyers are sent home. It is the responsibility of the students to listen to morning announcements and communicate this information to their parents. The best way for parents to be kept informed is to read school announcements and communicate with their child.

The parent should send a note to notify the office of the absence. The office will give the child a Vacation Assignment form, which he/she takes to all of his/her classes to collect homework. Please allow ample time for this process. Teachers cannot put together a week’s worth of homework and lessons in a day. Please give at least three days notice.