Ensuring students arrive safely at school each day is one of our top priorities. It is the parents/guardians responsibility to inform the classroom teacher AND the school office if their child will be late, away or will leave early.  Students who arrive late or leave early must sign in/out at the school front office.

Please report all absences and late arrivals to the school office.  Absence reporting can be sent by email to covecliff@sd44.ca, can be reported by phone 24 hours a day to 604-903-3426, or via the Safe Arrival system. Please also email the classroom teachers. The Safe Arrival system is checked between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. only.  After 10:00 a.m. please call the school office for any last minute changes or early pick-ups.

Attendance is done twice a day – morning and after lunch.  The school office will call parents/guardians, for students whose whereabouts are not know by 9:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. If there is no response at home/cell, a call will be made to the parents/guardians workplace to make certain the child is safe. 

Please ensure you inform the school office of any changes to your contact details throughout the school year

Extended Absences :

When family vacations are taken during the school term, students are expected to take the responsibility, particularly in the intermediate grades, to prepare for their absence by gathering unfinished work and completing those items while they are away. Upon their return to school, students must also determine what material they may have missed. Please note that teachers cannot be expected to prepare vacation assignments or re-teach previously delivered lessons.