Attendance

Cheyanne McCarley-Schuler, Attendance Office Professional

Absence/Late Arrival/Early Dismissal: 
Please call by 8AM if your student will be absent. 

Email: RedmondMSAttend@lwsd.org and/or Call: 425-936-2441 (Email is preferred)

Attendance Procedures - click here!

Information about reporting a student absence, excusing an absence, late arrivals/tardies, early dismissals, absence errors, School Messenger, make-up work, and pre-arranged long-term forms.

RMS Pre-Arranged - click here!

Absence Form If you know in advance that your student will be absent for more than 3 days, please print and complete the RMS Long-term/Pre-arranged absence form and submit it to the Attendance office as soon as possible. Parents and guardians are asked to keep in mind that an absence from school, even though work is made up, is not advisable unless absolutely necessary and may result in a lowered grade or loss of credit. Instruction may not be repeated and could adversely affect a student's final grade.

Form Instructions

If your student will not be in school today, please notify by email redmondmsattend@lwsd.org through family access, parent square or the RMS Attendance line by calling 425-936-2441 (voicemail available 24 hours a day).Please leave the following information listed below: Student's name first and last, most importantly, the reason for the absence. Failure to provide a reason for your student’s absence may result in an unexcused absence.

Parents or guardians must verify all absences within 48 hours (two school days), preferably the day of the student's absence: 

1. By Parent Square respond to the message that was sent out, or email redmondmsattend@lwsd.org (Email Is Preferred)
2. By a phone call to the Attendance Office at 425.936.2441 before 8:00 AM (voicemail available 24 hours a day). Please leave the following information listed below:

Student's name (spell the last name slowly) and your relationship to the student, most importantly, the reason for the absence. Failure to provide a reason for your student’s absence may result in an unexcused absence.

**Examples of EXCUSED absences: illness, medical appointments, family emergency, religious holiday, school-related field trips, pre-arranged absences

**Examples of UNEXCUSED absences: overslept, missed bus, traffic, homework, forgot something, parent was running late.  When verifying an absence, please include the following:

-Student's first and last name
-Date(s) of absence(s)
-Reason for the absence

**Failure to verify an absence within 48 hours (two school days) may result in an unexcused absence. **

- If your student experiences an illness, medical condition, or an accident that leads to an extended absence, please contact your student’s counselor as soon as possible. Parents and guardians are strongly encouraged to schedule medical appointments outside of the school day whenever possible.

-A doctor's note should be obtained when a student misses’ school for extended period due to illness or injury. The doctor's note should be brought to the Attendance Office.

Students arriving to school late, must come to the Attendance Office and obtain a pass before going to class.

** A student who is tardy will be marked "late" when he or she is not in the classroom by the bell, ready to work as defined by his or her teacher. Students who have missed more than half the class is marked "absent." **

Early dismissals must be arranged prior to the absence. Please email at redmondmsattend@lwsd.org or call (425) 936-2441 and leave a voicemail at least 1-2 hours prior to picking up the student it can take up to 20-30 minutes to retrieve your student if you do not notify ahead of time.

WIN time is scheduled on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays right after 2nd period. If your student does not attend their scheduled WIN Time, they will get marked absent in Skyward it will be under period 10. If a student has been marked absent by their teacher and indicates there is an error because they were in class; the student must contact their WIN time teacher who can then advise the Attendance Office to update the attendance record. Grizzly time is Monday after 2nd period and that attendance is reconciled into period 10.

If you wish to ride home on a school bus route other than your assigned bus, you will need to request a Guest Bus Pass. To request a pass, parents must email RedmondMSAttend@lwsd.org at least 24 hours in advance of the request date. Include the student’s first and last name, the bus route number requested, and the reason for the guest pass. Approved passes will be sent to students. Routes #351, #353, #354 and #356 are not accepting guest passes due to current capacity of riders.