• Please make sure to notify the attendance clerk of your student’s absences through the Skyward family access portal, or at the email address below:

    sheptonattendance@pisd.edu

    We hope this information helps to clarify our attendance procedures and expectations. As a reminder, Shepton High School is a closed campus. 

    ***All students MUST be signed out by a parent or emergency contact from Skyward parent portal*** Below are some helpful tips for attendance and making it a great year: 

    • If your student needs to leave campus early and will be driving themselves, please make sure to email your student's Administrator (Assistant Principal by Alpha), as well as sheptonattendance@pisd.edu, with the following information: 

      • Date and Time of Departure 

      • Student name o Reason o Parent Signature 

    • Once this has been approved by your student’s Admin, your student’s teacher will be notified that the student can be released at the requested time.

    • If you are informing us of a reason that your student was not on campus then you should use the Skyward family access portal.

    • If you believe a mistake has been made in your student’s attendance, please reach out to any teacher whose period(s) contain the mistakes, as well as the attendance office. 

    • Parent / Doctor / Court / Misc. notes must be received within 3 days of the student’s return to campus with the student’s name, date of absence, and reason for absence. If a note is not received, the absence will be unexcused. Doctor notes are always good to have. You may refer to PISD Policy for explanations of excused and unexcused absences.

    • If you plan to have an older sibling, grandparent, or an emergency person pick up your student throughout the year, please add them to the Parent portal for PISD. The help page with links and info here: https://www.pisd.edu/familyaccess 

    • Students will be marked tardy during the first 10 minutes per period. If a student is 11 or more minutes late to a class period, it will be counted as an absence (excused or unexcused TBD). 

    If you have any questions, please give us a call. We appreciate your support! 

    Miles James

    Shepton High School 

    Attendance 

    Ph: 469-752-7604