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Schedule and Attendance

HCCMS Attendance Policy

Children may be temporarily excused from school:

  • When personally ill and when attendance in school would endanger their health or the health of others.

  • Doctor’s appointment or restriction from school as documented by the physician. Official doctor’s note is required.

  • When in their immediate family there is a serious illness or death which would reasonably necessitate absence from school. (father, mother, sister, brother, grandmother, grandfather, children)

  • On special and recognized religious holidays observed by their faith.

  • When mandated by order of governmental agencies (example: pre-induction physical examination for service in armed forces, court order, or documented appointment).

  • When prevented from such attendance due to conditions rendering attending school impossible or hazardous to their health or safety.

  • Students in foster care shall be counted present when they attend court proceedings relating to their foster care.

  • When they are at least 13 years of age and are serving as Pages of the Georgia General Assembly. They shall be credited as present by the school in which they are enrolled for days missed from school for that purpose.

  • In order to vote or register to vote, not to exceed one day.

  • In order to visit with his/her parent prior to the parent's military deployment overseas or during a parent's leave from overseas military deployment. This excused absence is limited to up to five (5) days per school year.

  • A student whose parent or legal guardian is in military service in the armed forces of the United States or the National Guard, and such parent or legal guardian has been called to duty for or is on leave from overseas deployment to a combat support posting, shall be granted excused absences, up to a maximum of five school days per school year to visit with his/her parent or legal guardian prior to such parent’s or legal guardian’s deployment or during such parent’s or legal guardian’s leave. ~O.C.G.A. 20-2-692.1

  • High school juniors and seniors will be allowed two (2) excused days during the course of a school year to visit colleges.

See Harris County School District Attendance Protocol for more information.

*Harris County Schools will accept no more than five (5) parent-written excuses per student per year. After the fifth (5th) parent-written excuse, schools will require an Authorized Excused Note (AEN), such as a doctor’s note, as detailed in the listing of temporary excused absences above, for the remainder of the school year.

* Students/Parents should upload a valid excuse with the reason for absence via the online link on the HCCMS website homepage. Notes must be uploaded no later than 11:59 p.m on the 3rd school day after the student returns to school. Notes received after 3 days will remain unexcused.

 

DAILY BELL SCHEDULE: The faculty/staff and students of HCCMS will follow the bell schedule as listed below: 

                     
  7th Grade Regular Class Schedule   7th Grade Activity/Club Day Class Schedule  
  Period Times Duration Activity   Period Times Duration Activity  
  HR 7:30-8:00 30 min Breakfast/Locker   HR 7:30-8:00 30 min Breakfast/Locker  
  ELT 8:00-8:40 40 min ELT   ELT 8:00-8:15 15 min ELT  
  2nd 8:40-9:30 50 min Connections   2nd 8:15-9:00 45 min Connections  
  3rd 9:30-10:20 50 min Connections   3rd 9:00-9:45 45 min Connections  
  4th 10:20-11:20 60 min Academic   4th 9:45-10:35 50 min Academic  
  5th 11:20-12:55 95 min Academic/Lunch   6th 10:35-11:25 50 min Academic  
  Lunch 11:45-12:15 30 min Social Studies   5th 11:25-1:00 95 min Academic/Lunch  
  Lunch 11:50-12:20 30 min Science   Lunch 11:50-12:20 30 min Social Studies  
  Lunch 12:15-12:45 30 min ELA   Lunch 11:55-12:25 30 min Science  
  Lunch 12:20-12:50 30 min Math   Lunch 12:20-12:50 30 min ELA  
  6th 12:55-1:55 60 min Academic   Lunch 12:25-12:55 30 min Math  
  7th 1:55-2:55 60 min Academic   7th 1:00-1:50 50 min Academic  
            Activity 1:50-2:55 65 min Activity/Club  
                     
  8th Grade Regular Class Schedule   8th Grade Activity/Club Day Class Schedule  
  Period Times Duration Activity   Period Times Duration Activity  
  HR 7:30-8:00 30 min Breakfast/Locker   HR 7:30-8:00 30 min Breakfast/Locker  
  ELT 8:00-8:40 40 min ELT   ELT 8:00-8:15 10 min ELT  
  2nd 8:40-9:40 60 min Academic   2nd 8:15-9:05 50 min Academic  
  3rd 9:40-10:40 60 min Academic   3rd 9:05-9:55 50 min Academic  
  4th 10:40-12:15 95 min Academic/Lunch   5th 9:55-10:45 50 min Academic  
  Lunch 10:45-11:15 30 min Social Studies   4th 10:45-12:20 95 min Academic/Lunch  
  Lunch 10:50-11:20 30 min Science   Lunch 10:50-11:20 30 min Social Studies  
  Lunch 11:15-11:45 30 min ELA   Lunch 10:55-11:25 30 min Science  
  Lunch 11:20-11:50 30 min Math   Lunch 11:20-11:50 30 min ELA  
  5th 12:15-1:15 60 min Academic   Lunch 11:25-11:55 30 min Math  
  6th 1:15-2:05 50 min Connections   6th 12:20-1:05 45 min Connections  
  7th 2:05-2:55 50 min Connections   7th 1:05-1:50 45 min Connections  
            Activity 1:50-2:55 65 min Activity/Club