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D.Campus Ministry Center

Ms. Dee Kittany and Ms. Kaija DeWitt, Directors of Campus Ministry, and Mr. Paul Wendel Director of Ignatian Service, members of the Campus Ministry team, have offices in the center. When one of them is present, the lounge area of the Center may be open to all for relaxation or study. No food or drink is allowed without permission, and proper care of the facility is expected.

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  Knock on the counselor’s office door and ask for an appointment.
  
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  Leave a note asking for an appointment. Be sure to give your name. Your counselor will send for you as soon as possible, either that day or the next.
  
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  Do not arrange an appointment or go to an appointment with a counselor during a period when you have a test or quiz scheduled. If you have a quiz during the period when you have an appointment, take the quiz and then report for your appointment. Please inform your counselor beforehand that you will be late. If you have a test scheduled, inform your counselor and the appointment will be rescheduled.
  

There are a variety of confidential support groups in which students may participate. Counselors facilitate these groups. Students may be invited by their counselors to attend a group or may request participation themselves. Some possible group topics are:

Homeroom begins at 8:22 AM sharp. Ordinarily, homeroom is followed by classes with a bell rung to signal the beginning and end of each period. A 4-minute travel time is allotted between periods. Students are expected to attend all of their scheduled classes without exception.

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  On the day of absence, the student’s parent/guardian must call the Dean of Students Office and report the absence by 9:00 A.M.
  

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  When the student returns to school after an absence, he must bring a note from his parent/guardian on the blue “Absentee Note” provided by the Dean of Students Office. If the official blue form is not submitted within two days of a student’s return to school, detention starts that day and continues each day until the note is received. Forms are available in the Dean’s Office and may be downloaded from the Dean’s webpage.
  

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  If a daily absence should become an extended absence (one week or longer) the student’s parent/guardian must contact the student’s guidance counselor to make arrangements to get assignments and materials. The Dean of Academics should also be contacted as he/she can also be of great help in this regard.
  

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  If a student is absent for five or more consecutive days, he is required to bring a note from his doctor. Likewise, absences due to illness on the days before and after any school vacation must be explained through a doctor’s note. This must be presented to the Dean’s Office the morning of the day on which he returns to school. If no note is presented, the student will receive no credit for any work due on those days he was absent and/or will be given a mark of zero for any quizzes or tests given in his classes on the days he was absent.
  

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  When a student is absent, he is expected to keep up with his assignments to the best of his ability. Upon his return, he is expected to be prepared for his classes. It is suggested that students contact their teachers directly to receive the necessary assignments. It is the student’s responsibility to make arrangements with individual teachers to make up assignments, quizzes and tests. Many teachers have a class webpage listing this information.
  

Xavier High School strongly discourages parents from allowing students to use school days for nonmedical absences. A sufficient number of holidays are already present in the school calendar. School days missed so as to extend an existing holiday or create a new one are detrimental to a student’s academic success. When non-medical absences are unavoidable, adherence to certain procedures minimizes, as much as possible, the negative effects on a student’s academic standing.

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  A written request must be submitted to the Dean of Students stating the timing and reason for the absence. This must be submitted at least one week prior to the absence. Submission of this written request guarantees only that the request will be considered, not that it will be automatically granted.
  

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  The request will be shared with the Dean of Academics, who will ask the young man’s teachers for an evaluation as to how his absence will impact progress in the course. The Dean of Academics will share this evaluation with the Dean of Students. Follow up discussions with parents about concerns for the student’s future progress will occur as needed
  

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  Once approval for the non-medical absence has been granted, the student will be expected to contact all of his teachers for assignments and he is responsible for the consequences of any work that has been missed.
  

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  Any absence that does not conform to these rules may be considered an unexcused absence. A student will receive no credit for any work due on those days and/or will be given a mark of zero for any quizzes or tests given in his classes on those days.
  

A student must be in attendance for at least half the school day in order to participate in or attend school-related activities that day. If a student is absent from school, he may not participate in any school activity or attend a school event on that day. A student who is absent on the last day of a school week may not participate in athletics or extra-curricular activities that weekend.