Early Departure and Late Arrivals Process

If students need to leave the College during the school day, they must have permission from a parent/ guardian for staff to verify. This can be accomplished in different ways:

Attendance Note - Using the Parent Compass Portal, an Attendance Note can be created in advance at any time by selecting the relevant drop-down options, date, and specific time of departure.

Handwritten Note - This note must be verified by your Year Level Coordinators, who will sign it, and then submitted to your classroom teacher at the specified time of departure, allowing you to leave class and depart the school. This note is then submitted to the Administration team for students to sign out. The Attendance Officer will then add this note to your Compass account.

Verbal Permission - Although Compass is our preferred method of Attendance Notifications, parents can also phone in for those late, last-minute departures. Please allow a few extra minutes for your student to collect their belongings, as telephones are only located in key areas throughout the College.

If a student arrives late to school, they must use the Compass Kiosk in the Administration to sign in by selecting the Green Login Button or by scanning their student ID card. To explain, parents will need to add an Attendance Note on Compass to approve this absence. The slip printed can be given to the teacher upon arrival in class.

An alert will be sent to the families of any student absence that was not reported before 11:00 AM, requiring parent approval. If an Absence Notification is received, please contact the College for clarification.

Our Attendance Officer will contact you via telephone or email for all unexplained absences. For further advice, information, and instructions, please refer to your Compass Parent Guide.