Attendance Officer The Chelsea Public Schools Attendance Officer is Mr. Phillip Carangelo who may be contacted at 617.466.5043. All students must attend school regularly if they are to earn a diploma or certificate of attendance. We expect that students will miss no more than eight (8) days during the entire 180-day school year. It is important that both students and parents understand the details of the attendance policy explained in this section. A student may have no more than two (2) unexcused absences during each quarter. If a student has three (3) or more unexcused absences in a quarter, consequences will apply. Important Attendance Definitions Consequences for Unexcused Absences An unexcused absence will result in the student losing the privilege of participating in any after school activity, including but not limited to athletic games and practices, dances, club activities and all other extracurricular events. If the unexcused absence occurs the day before a weekend or holiday, the loss of privileges includes the any school activity or event that takes place during the holiday and or weekend. Students will receive a quarter grade of “E,” or an attendance failure (E grades = 60), for any class in which they have three (3) or more unexcused absences. Attendance failures (E grades) are considered 60 percent in Aspen; E’s are not F’s in terms of GPA or credit for a course, although they certainly affect GPA and may result in credit loss depending upon other quarter grades earned in a course. A student who receives a letter grade of “E” for any class, will not be allowed to participate in any extracurricular or after school activity. This includes but is not limited to athletic teams, dances and club activities. Changing an Attendance Failure to a Passing Grade If a student receives a quarter grade of “E,” an attendance failure, they will have one opportunity to earn a passing grade as long as the class continues on to the next quarter. To earn their passing grade, a student must have no more than two (2) unexcused absences in the quarter after they receive the “E.” Example 1: If a student has earned a letter grade of “C” for the 1st quarter in a World History class, but has three (3) unexcused absences, the student’s 1st quarter grade will be reported as an “E,” attendance failure (60). If at the conclusion of the 2nd quarter the student has two (2) or fewer unexcused absences, the 1st quarter grade will change from an “E” to a “C” in the World History class. Example 2: If a student has earned a letter grade of “B” for the 1st quarter in their Algebra 1 class, but has three (3) or more unexcused absences, the student’s 1st quarter grade will be reported as an “E,” an attendance failure (60). If in the 2nd quarter the student again has three (3) or more unexcused absences the grade of “E” will appear for both the 1st and 2nd quarters. If a...

Short video explaining how to leverage student attendance information in Aspen.

Aspen tallies all student absences and tardies, so students can easily see if they are violating the attendance policy and thus in danger of receiving E grades. Class attendance is probably more useful to check, but here is how to check either class or daily attendance. For both, log into Aspen and then refer to the images below: Checking Class Attendance in Aspen Checking Daily Attendance in Aspen

To enter class attendance in Aspen:

If you have the proper permissions and school view, you should be able to take attendance for a class you’re covering right in Aspen. Make sure you change your view to school view, then go to “Attendance” top tab, “Class Roster” side tab, and then select the appropriate class section. See image: