Regular school attendance is an important part of your child’s educational development.
The school’s schedule is below:
9:00 A.M.
Students are permitted into the building and released from buses. Please do not drop your child off before 9:00 a.m. because there will be no one to supervise them.
9:00 A.M. – 9:20 A.M.
Every student will have an opportunity to eat breakfast, provided free of charge.
9:20 A.M.
Any student not in the building after this time will be marked tardy. Students must be brought to the office and signed in by an adult.
9:20 A.M. – 9:30 A.M.
Wake-up Mt. Hope announcements are given. Important announcements are made during this time.
9:30 A.M.
Classroom instruction begins.
11:50 A.M. Any student arriving after this time will be marked absent for a half day.
1:50 P.M. Any student leaving before this time will be marked absent for a half day.
3:42 P.M. Car riders will be called for dismissal. After car riders are dismissed, students will be called by grade to board buses.
3:52 P.M. Buses will be released for departure.
According to the attendance laws presented by the Maryland State Department of Education, students in grades K – 12 are required to attend school regularly.
If students are absent from school due to illness or any other legitimate reason, they must email or bring a written excuse signed by their parent, legal guardian, or doctor. UNLESS A WRITTEN EXCUSE IS RECEIVED WITHIN FIVE DAYS THE ABSENCE WILL BE CODED “UNEXCUSED.”
Parents are expected to call the school on the third day of a consecutive absence. Letters will be sent to parents when students have chronic absences. Parents of students with chronic absences will be asked to conference with a school administrator and the Pupil Personnel Worker to improve attendance.
Click here for CCPS Attendance policy.