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MacNeill students and families can stay informed of all that is going on at MacNeill by using their agenda, school calendar, listening to the daily announcements, bookmarking, or subscribing to the school website, checking the career and library websites regularly and following the school on social media - Twitter, and Instagram (@armacneill)

EVERYONE BELONGS. EVERYONE IS WELCOME.

At MacNeill, we recognize and celebrate that our school, like our country, is a diverse society.  We encourage all members of our school community to accept, learn about, communicate with and understand all people in our school.  Because our diverse, multicultural community is so important to us, any expressions of intolerance based on race, religion, culture, gender, or sexuality are unacceptable and will be dealt with seriously by all people involved, including students, parents, counsellors, teachers and administration. Everyone is welcome at MacNeill Secondary School.

ATTENDANCE - Regular attendance is a key to success!

We expect MacNeill students to arrive to school and to their classes on time. Certainly, being a reliable person who shows up on time are important aspects of your personal awareness and responsibility. 

• If you are absent from school, it is your responsibility to complete all work missed while absent. 
• A phone call must be made to the office (604-668-6278) or email to macneill@sd38.bc.ca by a parent with an explanation of your absence. 
• For any attendance discrepancies, please contact your teacher for any adjustments. 
• Parents will be contacted and students with poor attendance habits will face consequences. Frequent or prolonged absences will make it difficult for students to keep up with the course material and could lead to a failing grade.
• If you are experiencing personal issues that are causing you to miss school - see your teachers, counsellor or an administrator and we will try to help.

EARLY DISMISSAL/TRUANCY

If you need to leave school, you must sign-out at the office before you leave, with a note or parental permission only. If you arrive late or return after an appointment, stop at the office to sign-in. Students who skip class do not do as well as students who attend regularly.  Skipping classes (truancy) will result in the following steps: (a) phone call home; (b) parent meeting; (c) referral to administration (d) possible attendance contract and (e) possible suspension. 

EXTENDED ABSENCE

Students absent for a longer period of time for unique or personal circumstances must have parents contact the office, your counsellor and your teachers to make arrangements regarding missed learning.  Students who travel during the school year should inform each teacher as early as possible and must be prepared to complete work missed and accept that decreased achievement may occur as a consequence of missing school. 

PUNCTUALITY

Students are expected to be in class before the bell goes. Teachers will provide consequences for students who arrive late. If you arrive after 8:40am, go to the office first to sign-in and get a late slip.  Students who are chronically late will be referred to school administration.