You can find answers to questions you may have regarding your child's attendance. Please feel free to call our school office for any questions at 355-6101

No matter if students are in-person/eLearning or virtual, they must log in and work each day! 

Here are a few reminders to help you and your student have a successful year at HMS:

School starts promptly at 8:25am.
No early dismissals after 2:45pm.
Students are allowed to miss 10 school days each year.
School is dismissed at 3:15 pm.
A parent must send a note for ANY absence or it will remain unexcused.
Students should be picked up from school no later than 3:45 pm.

Submit This Form For Your Child's Absence.

Email a Scanned Doctor's Excuse - aalee@greenville.k12.sc.us

Procedure for Absences
Please remember that upon returning to school after an absence, the student must bring a note to the front office upon arrival to school. The note should contain the following:

Student’s legal first & last name
Date (s) missed
Reason for the absence
Parent or guardian’s signature

For your convenience, you may click the links below to complete an electronic Parent Note or scan/email a Doctor's Excuse. In addition, feel free to submit an email containing your Parent Note information, or send a handwritten note, upon your student's return to school.
 

Click Here to submit electronic parent note

Click Here to Attach/Scan a Doctor's Note or send your Parent Note via Email

Absence notes and doctor's excuses can also be faxed to

(864) 355-6120
 
  
Click here to download a copy of the GCS Attendance Policies & Procedures