Attendance Office

Q: I do not have a login to view my child's attendance. Who do I contact?

Please contact your child's Registrar to receive the letter with your username and password to gain access to the Home Access Center.

Q: What do I do if my username and password do not work?

Please call or e-mail Amber Anderson, (817) 215-0546 or amber.anderson@nisdtx.org.

Q: What does it mean if I receive an e-mail attendance notification from Home Access Center? 

An e-mail alert is sent to you when your child has attendance information entered for them. There are many reasons for this including a tardy to class. Please check the Home Access Center later to see if the child was absent or tardy. If by the end of the day the attendance mark is still a concern, talk to your child about the attendance situation. If necessary, have your child speak to the teacher.

Q: Why am I not receiving attendance emails?

Attendance emails are sent every afternoon if your child has had attendance information entered for them. If you do not receive this email, please log into the Home Access Center.  Select the My Alerts link and confirm the checkboxes are selected for the emails you would like to receive for each child.

If you still do not receive emails, please contact your child's Registrar to confirm the email address on file.

Q: What should I do if I believe my child's attendance in Home Access Center is not accurate? 

Discuss the concern with your child. Tell your child to clear up the absence with their teacher. If these steps do not resolve your concern, contact the attendance clerk at your campus. However, the clerk may not change attendance without the teacher’s permission.

Q: What if I receive an e-mail attendance notification, but when I go to Home Access Center attendance, my child has not been marked absent or tardy? 

The e-mail alert is sent when a student is marked absent or tardy to class. If the teacher changed the student's attendance, you might see that they were actually present in class. Remember that the data in Home Access Center is more current than the e-mail alert. 

Q: What is the best way to contact a teacher? 

You may contact a teacher directly via e-mail or by contacting the campus. All teacher e-mail addresses may be found on the Northwest Independent School District web site, https://www.nisdtx.org/ (select your child's campus from the drop-down list located toward the upper right-hand side of the screen, then select the Staff link from the campus website). Teacher email addresses can also be found on the HAC home page (Daily Summary) in the Today's Schedule section.  Simply click on the teacher's name to open an email message.

Attendance Information

• We want your student to be successful, and being in class every day is a necessary part of that success.
• We can no longer accept phone calls for student absences. This must be in handwritten form or via email at jill.pavlicek@nisdtx.org. Please include your student’s first and last name, reason for absence, ID number (if known), and contact phone number.
• Send a note the next day. Please make sure you put the first and last name of your child and a phone number where you can be reached.  If your child went to the doctor, please get a medical note and send it with your student the following day. 
• All notes (parent/medical) pertaining to absences must be turned in to the attendance office by the end of the third (3^rd) day after your student’s return to campus.
• If you email teachers about your student being absent, please include Mrs. Pavlicek on that email at jill.pavlicek@nisdtx.org.
• Unexcused and excused absences are the same, which means they count against the student for credit.  Excused simply means we received parent communication as to the reason for the absence.
• If your student is 20 minutes late to class, he or she is ABSENT for that period.
• Every class takes attendance.  If a student is at school and leaves early, he or she is not considered present for the whole day.
• If a student has 10 or more absences in a semester, the student is considered excessive and will be contacted by their AP about making up time to receive credit.  (90% in attendance is State Law).

 

Attendance

• Please check attendance online often.  If you have a question about an absence, please contact the teacher.  The attendance office cannot change a teacher’s attendance without written notice from the teacher.
• If your student is involved in extracurricular activities, field trips, etc., please give the attendance office 24 hours to get those absences coded properly.  If after 24 hours the absence is still showing as unexcused, please contact us.
• If you receive the automated phone call in the evening and you have a question, please contact attendance. (If student misses any classes even due to extracurricular activities, field trips, etc. you will receive the automated phone call).
• We recommend having the automated system call your cell phone number.

Please make sure the student's first and last name and student ID # appear on all notes that are turned in to the office.

Holy Days are the only days which a student may be excused for religious reasons.  The following documentation must be provided:

1. the student's name
2. which day or days the student will be gone
3. the name of the Religion that they are a part of
4.  the name & date of the Holy Day they are observing
5. where this event will be held IF it is an out of town event and they are requesting travel days
6. note must be signed by the parent 

ALSO - student must make up all missed work.

Holy Days are not church holidays, festivals, meetings or camp. A Holy Day is a tenant of the whole Faith, not a celebration of a particular church.