Fox Valley Virtual School believes regular school attendance is a crucial first step to prepare students to be successful, productive adults. While we encourage flexibility in your child’s schedule, there are still designated learning times that require your child’s presence.
Live Morning Lessons
Your live morning lessons are designed to be interactive and require participation each day, unless you arrange with your child’s teacher to watch the recorded session.
Small Group Lessons
Small group lessons in the afternoon are meant to be designed to meet the needs of the particular students within that group. These will not be recorded and missing the two small groups in one week will be considered a half day.
You may arrange with the teacher ahead of time the best times and days for the small groups and the teacher will try to accommodate your requests. No small groups will occur on Thursday afternoons.
Attendance
Attendance for the week will be done by the teacher the following Monday (after the week has completed). Absences from virtual school will be determined in the following ways:
- Failure to attend live sessions without communication with the classroom teacher
- Failure to attend required small group sessions in the afternoon
- Failure to complete weekly assignments and/or classroom discussion posts by the end of the week
- Failure to communicate with teachers/staff regarding missing assignments and sessions
If you are experiencing technical difficulties, you are required to notify your teacher in order for us to support your child(ren). We can assist with hotspots when needed.
Report an Absence
To report an absence, please contact the classroom teacher and let them know you will not be able to make your scheduled live sessions.
Make Up an Excused Absence
Any day absent can be made up if you are willing to watch the recorded live sessions. You will then be assigned the live recordings for the day through our Learning Management System (Schoology). The recordings will need to be watched within five (5) days in order for the day not to be considered an absence.
Acceptable Excused Absences
- Illness
- Death in the family
- Vacation with parents will be excused only if a planned absence sheet is filled out. Please find the forms here: Anticipated Absence Form Please scan the completed form to your student’s teacher.
- Medical appointments
I love the classroom structure that the school uses so that my kids have specific times they meet with their entire class, while also enjoying smaller groups and one-on-one time with their teachers. My kids work hard but also have time to just be kids during the day - to play and use what they're learning in their everyday lives.
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