Attendance Reporting
Regular attendance is essential for student success and learning continuity. Reporting absences promptly helps schools support students, maintain accurate records, and identify any needs for assistance or follow-up. Families can report student absences using any of the available options below:
Report Absence in ParentVUE
using the “Report Absence” icon. Click the icon to login to ParentVUE.
Report Absence via email.
Attendance Email:
SequoiaAttendance@everettsd.org
Call the attendance line to report absence.
Attendance Phone Line: (425) 385-5105
If you are reporting absence by email or phone, be sure to include:
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Student first and last name
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Student ID
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Date(s) of absence
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Reason for the absence
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Parent/Guardian name
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Parent/Guardian phone number (for verification)
Medical absences: If your child sees a doctor for illness or an appointment, please request a medical note to submit to the attendance office. These absences may be coded as medically excused.
Vacations or travel should not be scheduled during school days. If travel during the school year is unavoidable, families must submit a prearranged absence request before the absence begins. Approval by the principal (or designee) is required.
Prearranged Absence Form
For help or tips on supporting your child’s attendance, please reach out to your child’s teacher or the assistant principal. Regular attendance is essential for your child’s success. We look forward to seeing students in school each day and will partner with you to support strong attendance.
Attendance Matters
Help your child succeed in school by building the habit of good attendance early so they learn right away that attending school on time and every day is important. Attending school regularly helps children feel better about school and themselves and good attendance will help children do well in high school, college and in their future careers.
If children do not attend school regularly, they miss out on fundamental reading and math skills and the chance to build a habit of good attendance that will carry them into college and careers. Students can suffer academically if they miss 10% of the school year, or about 18 days. That’s just one day every two weeks.
Research shows that missing 2-3 days a month can result in:
- 3rd-grade students falling behind in reading
- 6th-grade students failing courses
- Teens dropping out of high school
Sporadic absences matter. Just one or two days a month can add up before you know it!
If you are facing challenges related to health care, unstable housing, transportation or lack of food, your school can help. We can connect you to services for the whole family.Some absences are unavoidable. Children get sick and need to miss school occasionally. The important thing is to have students attend school as often as possible and on time. If your student must be absent, it is important you communicate with your school and report the absence.