Attendance Policy

We hope that you, and your family are safe during these uncertain times. Despite these uncertain times, we are optimistic and confident that we will be able to offer a High-Quality Educational Experience for your child during remote learning. 

Our MLG Attendance Team is writing to bring our communities attention to the need of ensuring that we have strong and consistent attendance of our students during remote learning and beyond.

Our attendance goal for in-person and remote learning at Marie L. Greenwood is 96%. We will take attendance this school year to ensure that we are meeting the required instructional minutes for our students. 

Studies show that when students are actively engaged in school consistently, their academic performance is significantly better.  We also know that when students miss school or do not engage in virtual learning, the entire class is impacted because the teachers need to reteach concepts. It will take a community effort to ensure that we engage in the following to continue our pursuit as a school to perform at a high level even during remote learning:

• Ensure that your child opens the computer daily and on-time for the live session!
  • Our lessons will now be taught live and we are actively teaching our typical sequence of learning to maximize your child’s opportunity to engage in all of the yearlong concepts.

• Avoid appointments that will take your child away from virtual learning
• Ask caregivers supporting your child throughout the day to sign your child onto the computer so they can learn
  • We know that child care is a challenge during remote learning. Many of you have had to make alternative arrangements for child care during the day such as asking relatives to watch your child. Please ask your caregiver to still follow the learning schedule of your child and get them on the computer each morning. 
• Communicate with our front office when students are not able to attend
• Call the front office at 720-424-6630 and let us know the rationale as to why your child was not able to attend virtual school for a particular day. While this call will not excuse the absence per Colorado State Educational Guidance, it will place a rationale for the reason your child was not in attendance. 

We thank you in advance for helping Marie L. Greenwood be a place of high quality learning even during remote learning.  

Marie L. Greenwood Attendance Team