Overview
Regular and timely school attendance is vital for meeting high academic standards. To promote attendance and punctuality, we have implemented the following policies and procedures:

• All students are expected to attend regularly for academic success.

• Arrival time is 7:55 a.m. daily.

• Please click under Important Links for the District's Attendance Policy.

Reporting An Absence

Please report all student absences to the attendance office no later than 7:55am daily.

• The direct telephone number is 201-785-2341.  Voice mail messages may be left 24 hours per day/7 days per week.  

• Please state student name, grade, and reason for the absence.  

Electronic communication of absences is also acceptable.

• You may email absences to RHS Attendance Office by 7:55 on the day your child will be absent.

• Please include student name and grade in the subject line.

• In the body of the email please include the reason for the absence and the parent contact number.

Submitting doctor's notes for absences will excuse the absence.  

• Doctor's notes must have the original signature and stamp to be valid.  

• Be sure to list the student's name on the doctor's note along with the appropriate dates of absences.

• Complete this Absence Form and attach the doctor's note to this form.

• Submit to the attendance office within 5 days of your child's absence.  

Early Dismissal Procedures

• A request for an early dismissal from a regularly assigned class is to be presented in writing to the attendance office no later than 7:55 a.m.  

• Please email this Dismissal Form to the Attendance Office at rhsattendance@ramsey.k12.nj.us.

Early dismissal requests must include:

• Student’s name and grade

• Parent's home, cellular, or business telephone number

• Name of parent/guardian who will take the student off school grounds

• Reason for the request

• Parent signature and date

Students following this process will be given an early dismissal pass from the attendance office. 

• Your child will meet you outside of the school, it is not necessary for you to come into the building.

• Requests for early dismissal will be verified by telephone if an early dismissal form is not presented to the attendance office.

• If the parent cannot be contacted, the early dismissal will not be approved.

In the event that a student forgets to bring an early dismissal form to the attendance office in the am, an email communication will suffice.  

• Please include the student's name and grade in the subject line.  

• The body of the email must include the reason for the early dismissal, the time of the early dismissal, (dismissal must be in between classes, not during a class) and a parent contact number.  

• You may access class schedules under the attendance office tab, Important Links, then bell schedules, to ensure the time of dismissal is in between classes.

• Regular Bell Schedule

• Attendance Regulation - Absences

• Attendance Regulation - Tardiness