Attendance & Absences
Attendance & Student Absences
Regular attendance is essential to student success. Whether your child will be absent due to illness, an appointment, or another reason, we're here to help make the reporting process simple. Use this page to learn how to report an absence, review attendance expectations, and find contact information for your child's school.
Report an Absence
If your child will be absent, please notify their school before 10:00 a.m. on the day of the absence. In the accordion below, you will find how to contact their office. If your child’s office does not answer, please leave a voicemail.
If an absence has not been reported, Sturgis Public Schools will send an automated attendance notification to the student's parent or guardian to help ensure every student's safety and well-being.
Attendance Policies
Review district attendance expectations, excused and unexcused absences, and important procedures that is found in the Sturgis Public Schools handbook.
Handbook link to come soon.
Pre-Planned Absences
If your student will be absent for multiple consecutive school days due to a vacation, family emergency, medical reason, or other planned event, please complete the Pre-Planned Extended Absence Form and return it to your school's main office before the absence. Students are responsible for obtaining any assignments from their teachers prior to leaving. The form is available in both English and Spanish.
Download the Pre-Planned Extended Absence Form (English & Spanish)
Contact Information
If a student's absence has not been reported by 10:00 a.m., Sturgis Public Schools will send an automated attendance notification to the parent or guardian on file. If you receive a call in error, please contact your child's school office as soon as possible.
Phone: (269) 659-1580
Do you have a change in dismissal? Please call our office before 2:45 p.m. to notify dismissal changes. We must have a verbal confirmation or a note from parents of any changes. Without your notification, your student will follow their normal dismissal procedure.
Phone: (269) 659-1555
Please be sure to have your student at school by 8:25 a.m. to allow time to get to class by 8:30 a.m. to avoid a tardy.
Do you have a change in dismissal? Please call our office before 2:45 p.m. to notify dismissal changes. We must have a verbal confirmation or a note from parents of any changes. Without your notification, your student will follow their normal dismissal procedure.
Phone: (269) 659-1519
Phone: (269) 659-1596
Phone: (269) 659-1579
If your child arrives after 8:10 a.m., they are recorded as being absent all AM of that day.
Do you have a change in dismissal? Please call our office before 2:45 p.m. to notify dismissal changes. We must have a verbal confirmation or a note from parents of any changes. Without your notification, your student will follow their normal dismissal procedure.
Phone: (269) 659-1581
Do you have a change in dismissal? Please call our office before 2:45 p.m. to notify dismissal changes. We must have a verbal confirmation or a note from parents of any changes. Without your notification, your student will follow their normal dismissal procedure.
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Phone: (269) 659-1580
Do you have a change in dismissal? Please call our office before 2:45 p.m. to notify dismissal changes. We must have a verbal confirmation or a note from parents of any changes. Without your notification, your student will follow their normal dismissal procedure. -
Phone: (269) 659-1555
Please be sure to have your student at school by 8:25 a.m. to allow time to get to class by 8:30 a.m. to avoid a tardy.
Do you have a change in dismissal? Please call our office before 2:45 p.m. to notify dismissal changes. We must have a verbal confirmation or a note from parents of any changes. Without your notification, your student will follow their normal dismissal procedure. -
Phone: (269) 659-1519
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Phone: (269) 659-1596
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Phone: (269) 659-1579
If your child arrives after 8:10 a.m., they are recorded as being absent all AM of that day.
Do you have a change in dismissal? Please call our office before 2:45 p.m. to notify dismissal changes. We must have a verbal confirmation or a note from parents of any changes. Without your notification, your student will follow their normal dismissal procedure.
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Phone: (269) 659-1581
Do you have a change in dismissal? Please call our office before 2:45 p.m. to notify dismissal changes. We must have a verbal confirmation or a note from parents of any changes. Without your notification, your student will follow their normal dismissal procedure.