Attendance Policies

Arrival:
Students should arrive at school between 8:10 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. Parents should drive through the desginated area in front of the WCS entrance, where staff members will assist each child out of the car and direct the children to the classroom. For your child's safety, do not drop off your student unless there is a staff member there to greet him and provide for his safety.

Tardiness:
The school day begins promptly at 8:30am. Students who are late find that they miss much needed information for the entire day. Please be sure your student arrives on time and is not put in a position of feeling “behind” all day. Tardiness is discouraged and recorded on the report card. Five (5) days of tardiness will equate to one (1) day’s absence. Students who arrive after 8:30am must be signed in by their parent at the school office.  

Illness:
One of our goals at Wynnbrook Christian School is to foster good health. To that end, students should not come to school with a temperature of 100 degrees or higher. Students who have had an elevated temperature, should remain at home until they have been without a fever for 24 hours. Observing this policy will prevent other children from becoming ill.

Dismissal: Dismissal from daily classes is as follows:

  Kindergarten 

  1st - 2nd grades

  3rd, 4th & 5th grades

Parents should drive through the covered drive to pick up their children.

 

Late Pickup:
After the appointed time, students will be kept in the school office, where parents may pick them up in person. Students not picked up within 15 minutes of the end of the school day will be considered a “late pickup” and a $5.00/per five-minute increment charge will apply.
   
Early Dismissal:
Requests for early dismissal will be approved only in urgent situations. Parents requesting early dismissal must report to the WCS office for a permission slip before going to the student's classroom. Teachers will not release students early without written notification from the WCS office.
 
Weather Releases:
WCS will mirror the Muscoggee County School decisions on school cancellation, late arrival, or early release due to severe weather. Parents should check local radio and television stations for announcements on school closings. Students already at school will be held at WCS until their parent arrive for pickup. 

  
A key point to remember:
If Muscogee County Schools are closed, Wynnbrook Christian School is closed also.
  
Vacations/Trips:
Parents are encouraged to schedule family vacations to coincide with holidays or scheduled vacation periods that do not conflict with the academic year. When this is not possible, parents are expected to notify WCS of the proposed absence, and to work closely with the teacher to either have the student complete the work to be missed in advance, or during the period of absence. All the missed work is due to be turned in the first day the student returns to class following the absence. Missed tests will be administered as soon as possible following the student's return.