Attendance Update

It's hard to believe that we're already half-way through Term 3, but you couldn't be blamed for missing that milestone with life around us looking largely the same over the past four months.

As a College, our overall attendance has stayed steady over the term, which has been fantastic to see.

Congratulations!

On behalf of the College, I want to congratulate Nishtha Sharma (Year 7) and Chhavi Joshi (Year 8) on having 100% attendance in Semester 1, 2020.

As a College, we aim for at least 90% attendance over a year - which equates to around 20 days of absence over a typical school year of 200 days. This taking into account illnesses and sudden unforeseen events. 

The following students have so far had 100% attendance in Term 3, 2020:

• Lillian Abdulrahman (Year 9)
• Allana Ahluwalia (Year 8)
• Fatima Al Sekafi (Year 8)
• Hawera Almurhaj (Year 9)
• Hader Al-Saabary (Year 7)
• Heba Alsaidie (Year 7)
• Jovanjijo Antony (Year 9)
• Justina Antony (Year 7)
• Arifah Nabilah Asri (Year 7)
• Aryan Aujla (Year 7)
• Kareen Blandar (Year 7)
• Alexander Bondor (Year 8)
• Alara Brown (Year 7)
• Kiara De Luca (Year 8)
• Isaac Deak (Year 7)
• Phillip Deak (Year 8)
• Dajana Dimoska (Year 7)
• Masen Hall (Year 7)
• Bella Hilario (Year 7)
• Janna Hisham (Year 7)
• Chhavi Joshi (Year 8)
• Maninder Kaur (Year 7)
• Yasemin Koc (Year 8)
• Reina Lay (Year 8)
• Victoria Le (Year 7)
• Montana Martins (Year 7)
• Manny Mercuri (Year 7)
• Samreen Middha (Year 8)
• Abdurahman Mohamed (Year 9)
• Manish Nantaa Kumar (Year 8)
• Rishika Pal (Year 7)
• Samuil Parmakovski (Year 7)
• Aleksandar Petrovic (Year 7)
• Dhiren Rana (Year 7)
• Harry Rana (Year 8)
• Elyzia San Martin (Year 7)
• Alisha Sharma (Year 7)
• Nishtha Sharma (Year 7)
• Letka Sherifi (Year 7)
• Baldeep Singh Gill (Year 7)
• Aman Singh (Year 8)
• Filip Stojanovski (Year 8)
• Olivia Strkalj (Year 7)

Explaining Absences on Compass

Edgars Creek Secondary College reports all attendance data directly to the DET as this is a requirement. 

Sometimes, there are unavoidable or legitimate reasons for a student's absence or lateness.

Parents will receive a notification on their child's Compass newsfeed whenever there is unexplained lateness or absence. By clicking on this notification (see the image above), parents can approve and explain the lateness or absence. 

Parents can also advise of future absences and lateness with explanations, which will automatically update rolls and notify each of the child's teachers.

For parents accessing via a smartphone: you will need to open Compass in a browser (click on the Menu and then 'Open in Browser').

Kind regards,

Anthony Asta

Leading Teacher - Timetabling & Data Management