Office of The Deans

NOTRE DAME PREPARATORY
 

The school must know where each student is at all time during the school day. We rely on a partnership with parents and guardians to ensure the safety and security of our students. 

If your student will be absent, require a late arrival or require an early release, please fill out and submit the ATTENDANCE FORM no later than 8:20 a.m.

If you have questions:
ATTENDANCE OFFICE – attendance@ndpsaints.org
Cindi Buckner - (480) 634-8207
FAX – (480) 634-8299 

Students may NOT complete the Attendance Form. It must be completed by a guardian or parent, no matter if the student is 18 years old and it must be sent from a parent/guardian email address that is on file with Notre Dame Prep through PowerSchool.

Please be aware that any student arriving on campus after 8:00 a.m. will be required to go to the  SWEEP ROOM located in the CAFE building unless they have a doctor/dentist note with them.

Absences submitted through the online attendance form will be considered excused absences. Submitting the attendance form notifies the school that the student will not be on campus that day. When an absence is excused, students will be allowed to make up the work they missed in class. An excused absence will still count toward a student’s maximum of 8 absences allowed per class per semester. Attendance forms must be submitted by the end of the school day to count as excused. 

Parents do not need to submit an Attendance Form when their student will be absent for a NDP sponsored activity.  The department sponsoring the activity will email the student's name to the attendance office the day before the event. These are excused absences for students and will be marked EVNT on their attendance page.

What is an unexcused absence? Absences that are not submitted through the online attendance form are considered unexcused absences. When a student has an unexcused absence, they will not be allowed to make up the work they missed. An unexcused absence will count towards a student’s maximum of 8 absences per class per semester.  If your student needs to leave school early or will be arriving late to school for any reason:

1. The Attendance Form must be submitted before 8:20 a.m., for safety and security purposes. Students leaving early will not be permitted to leave their class otherwise.
2. If anyone other than a parent or guardian is picking up a student from school early, the school must have that person listed as an emergency contact or written permission from the parent or guardian for another person to pick up their child, even if the other person is a relative.
3. Students may not leave school early with other students, other students’ parents, or anyone else without written permission from a student’s parent or guardian.

4. If students are ill, they should go to the nurse.  Students should not call their parents to come to school and pick them up; only the nurse is permitted to do that.  Please do NOT fill out the attendance form when your student becomes ill at school. If they call you, please tell them to come to the nurse's office.

For more information on attendance, please see the NDP Student/Parent Handbook.

PRE-ARRANGED ABSENCES:

If you know ahead of time your student will miss school for any reason, parents must fill out the Attendance Form and submit it at least two school days prior to the student’s absence. 

COLLEGE VISITS:

Juniors and seniors are allowed two (2) college/university visits per year without impacting their attendance record. When the parent/guardian submits the Attendance Form for college visits, the attendance office will email the college visit form to the parent and student. The student can also pick up the form at the Attendance Office or print it using this link college visit form, prior to their scheduled visit. Student will be responsible for all class assignments. The form must be signed by college officials, and turned into the Attendance Office 48 hours after to the college visit.

We offer on-campus visits with collegiate admissions personnel from hundreds of colleges and universities each year. All students are welcome to attend an unlimited number of these on-campus visits, organized by our counseling department, without impacting their attendance record.

On Campus

• Dress Code/Uniform Reminders
  • Skirts must be to the knee
  • Shorts or skirts cannot be rolled
  • Shorts must be no more than 3 inches from the knee
  • Hair
    • Boys hair must not touch their eyebrows, ears, or collars
    • Boys and girls hair must be in compliance (i.e. not extreme)
• No Deliveries
• Late Arrival/Early Release Protocol
  • Early Release
    • ​​​​​​If you are picking up your student, please submit an attendance form at least one hour before pickup
    • Please park in a 10-minute spot in front of the School Office when you arrive to pick up your student and wait in your vehicle your student to be dismissed to you
  • Late Arrival:
    • If not driving themselves, student will need to be dropped off at the office and will proceed into the Attendance office to check in and receive a late pass to class
    • If driving themselves and need to park, students arriving late will need to park in the Sophomore lot between the baseball field and gym in a visitor spot.
    • After parking, student is to go to the Attendance Office to check in and get their late pass to class
    • No student will be permitted into a class arriving late without a pass
       

• Restroom Break

  • Please use break times to use the restroom

Political Activities/Signage

Notre Dame Catholic Preparatory encourages all students and staff to participate in political activities. Participating in these activities must be conducted on the employee’s own time. As students, we want your education to be as free from stress as possible. It is great if you are interested and invested in the election process. We only require that while on campus, online, or active in our community, you avoid any political referencing that could cause division or cause anxiety. 

For questions, please contact Kathleen Lloyd, the Dean of Women or Matt Taylor, the Dean of Men.

For more information on attendance, please see the NDP 2023-24 Student/Parent Handbook.

Our students' safety is a top priority for us. We conduct various safety drills throughout the school year so that all students and staff know what to do in case an emergency does happen. You probably remember safety drills from your time in school. In addition, we have developed plans to become better prepared to respond to a variety of other emergencies. We believe that by establishing, communicating, and then practicing the plans we will be able to manage difficult situations more effectively.

During the months of school, we will be having various emergency drills to help prepare our students and staff. We will practice for a fire and lockdown, as is customary. As much as is possible, please discuss these drills with your student(s) in an appropriate way that they understand the importance of practicing for an actual emergency.

Please read the directions below about how you can check on your child in the event of an actual emergency. Please keep that information handy at home or on your phone so that if an actual emergency does occur you will know how to respond.

While we do not like the idea of having to be prepared for these kinds of unfortunate situations, we want to be ready to do whatever it takes to keep everyone safe.

If you have any questions about this matter, please feel free to contact our deans at any time.

Notre Dame Preparatory Emergency Preparedness

Please keep this information handy at home as, if an actual disaster does occur, every parent must know how to respond. Your cooperation will be essential in the following ways:

How to Check on Your Child

1. DO NOT call the school. Telephone lines must be kept free for outgoing calls to emergency personnel. In a citywide emergency, telephone lines may be busy and totally unavailable.
2. Listen to the local radio stations.
3. Monitor your email and phone for alerts from the school as well as Canvas.

How to Pick Up Your Child in the Event of a Real Disaster

1. Instructions for picking up children will be made available through the media. In some cases, the students may be evacuated from the school grounds. The only way you will know where to pick them up is by information via email or phone messaging.
2. In most cases, the school will be locked during and immediately following a crisis. No one, other than emergency personnel, will be allowed to enter until it is determined that conditions are safe.
3. When it is safe to release students, there will be a reunification plan. Parents need to be prepared to check in at the reunification gate with identification. Students will not be released to anyone other than their parent unless we have written consent by the parent. This may seem inconvenient; however, we have learned that it can become very difficult to be aware of the whereabouts of every child if children are sent with a neighbor or friend without the knowledge of their parent.

 

For the protection of our students and our commitment to providing a safe learning environment, NDP randomly drug tests all students. Please see our student/parent handbook for more information about our drug testing policy and how we keep NDP a drug-free zone.