Student Life

Handbook | Attendance

We require students to stay on campus during regular class hours. Settlement students may go home for lunch. Students must secure special permission from the Principal, Assistant Principal, or Housemaster to go off campus during the school day.

Lateness

A student who is late to school or class must provide an acceptable written reason. He must present this excuse when he first returns to school or class. We expect students to be punctual. Students who miss homeroom should go directly to the administrative assistant with an excuse from the School Nurse or parent. Repeated lateness will result in detention.

Absences

Cases of illness or an emergency are legitimate excuses for student absence. A parent should notify the school during the morning of day on which the student is absent. A student who misses any part of the school day due to illness cannot participate in extra-curricular activities that day. We encourage the sick to stay home and recuperate. The Principal can grant special permission for a student to miss school. These requests should be presented well in advance and should be reserved only for very special reasons. After the Principal grants the request, students should obtain a Permission to Miss School form from the secretary and complete it.

College Visits

Students may take three college visit days each junior and senior year. In addition, students may opt to take the Bryn Athyn College Visit Day in their sophomore year, but may not then repeat it junior year. Students must complete the permission to miss school form for each absence.

Make-Up Work

Class work, homework, and tests must be made up as soon as possible upon return to school from an absence. A student who comes to school without a homework assignment completed should expect to be kept in that afternoon for Study Hall.

Vacations

Students may not extend vacations by leaving school early or returning late except under unusual circumstances, necessitating a special exception, secured from the Principal well in advance.

Final Examinations

We require students to be in school for homeroom and chapel during each quarter’s exam days. A student is free to leave for holidays after his last exam providing he has met all his other obligations to the school (including Student Employment). Dormitory students must check out with the Houseparent prior to departure.

School Closings

In the winter we use several methods to announce school closings and delays. Primarily we will utilize an automated phone chain. We will also post our closings or delays with Channel 6, and you can listen to KYW Radio 1060 AM for our school closing number, 420. We often make our decisions at 5:30 am, so expect the notifications after that time.