Attendance Department

Please submit a note to the Attendance Clerk anytime your child is tardy, absent, or will have an early dismissal. 
A parent must submit a parent or medical note for ANY absence or the absence will remain unexcused. 
Students are only allowed to miss 10 school days a year. 

Attendance Rules for Greenville County Schools

Attendance notes may be:

• Hand-delivered to the Northwood Front Office
• Faxed to 864-355-7077
• Submitted electronically by completing this online attendance form

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

• Students are not permitted on campus prior to 7:30am.
• Our first bell rings at 8:15 a.m., and students may go to their lockers & classrooms.
• Students must be in their chair when educational instruction begins at 8:25 a.m., or they will be marked as tardy. 
• There are no early dismissals after 2:30 p.m., without prior written notice to the Front Office. 
• You will be required to present a government issued ID to dismiss your student. 
• School is dismissed at 3:15 p.m. 
• Students must be off campus by 4:00 p.m., unless they are involved in a school-sponsored activity. 
• Perfect attendance is just that, PERFECT attendance ... a student can miss no more than 1/2 of any single class period to receive perfect attendance status. 

Please contact our Attendance Clerk, Rebecca Cockman, at 864-355-7001 or rcockman@greenville.k12.sc.us with additional questions.