Bridge Back

Attendance Opportunity

The Carteret County Attendance Policy states, that “at the high school level, credit is not earned in courses in which a student has more than 8 absences during a semester, regardless of the reasons for the absences, or a final grade average of below 70.”

In an effort to help students avoid loss of instructional time due to excessive absences, ECHS has designed a program which will allow students the opportunity to earn back their time before they violate the attendance policy. Any absence, Excused or Unexcused (including both AEC days and OSS days) allows a student to be eligible for this attendance opportunity.  In School and Out of School Suspension days count towards loss of credit.

Eligibility

• After the 1st Absence, a student will be eligible to stay after school in the Designated Area to earn back instructional time for any absence. (Students will not be able to “bank” time in advance.)

• Any student who exceeds 8 absences in a class (Unbridged Back), at any point in the semester, is not eligible to participate in this program.

• 1 Hour and 15 minutes spent after school will equal 1 Class Period.

Examples

• 1 Missed Period = 1 After School Session in Designated Area

• 1 Missed Day = 4 After School Sessions in Designated Area

After School Sessions:

• When -  Monday through Thursday 3:00-4:15pm

• Where - ECHS Designated Areas per department (i.e. English Bridge Back is held in the English Dept.)

• A student must be in the Designated Area promptly at 3:00pm and remain there until 4:15pm for the instructional time to apply.

How it Works

Students who choose to earn back instructional time must:

1. Get a “Bridge Back My Attendance” Form from the office.

2. Take the form to the teacher of the class in which they were absent and get the teacher to write down their missed assignments.

3. Take the signed form to the Bridge Teacher in the Designated Area on the day in which they choose to stay over. The Bridges Teacher will initial the form and include the time and date.

4. Take Make-Up Work and Form back to the classroom teacher. If the teacher considers the work satisfactory, he or she will sign off on the form.

5. Return the form to Mrs. Thomas to be kept on file to receive credit.

Students who choose not to take advantage of this opportunity and exceed 8 absences will violate the Carteret County Attendance Policy and will not earn credit in the course due to excessive absences