Students who miss school due to illness may have opportunities to make up missed class time during the same school year. Because keeping sick children home helps protect the health of our school community, Hogarth Country Day School offers make-up options whenever enrollment, scheduling, and licensing limits permit.
Make-up opportunities are generally not offered before January. This allows children time to settle into their classroom routines and provides time for illness-related absences to accumulate before make-up scheduling begins.
When enrollment allows, children may be offered the opportunity to attend the class in which they are not regularly enrolled. For example, a Prekindergarten student may attend an Early Kindergarten session, or an Early Kindergarten student may attend a Prekindergarten session. These full-day experiences allow children to enjoy additional classroom time, lunch with friends, and activities from both programs.
When enrollment reaches capacity, make-up opportunities may instead be offered on designated make-up days scheduled by the school.
Because full-day make-ups provide additional instructional time, make-up eligibility is calculated based upon hours rather than the number of classes missed. Any additional hours provided through a full-day make-up may be applied toward future illness-related absences during the same school year.
Children enrolled in both the Early Kindergarten and Prekindergarten programs are not eligible for full-day make-up opportunities because they already receive substantial additional instructional time through daily participation in both programs. In addition to attending both classes, these students remain for lunch and the transition period between sessions, providing approximately one additional hour of school time each day.
Over the course of a typical school year, this amounts to more than 100 additional hours of attendance—the equivalent of approximately 40 regular class sessions. This extra time includes valuable opportunities for social development, independence, self-help skills, conversation, problem-solving, and other learning experiences that occur naturally during lunch and the daily transition between programs.
Make-up opportunities apply only to illness-related absences and are offered as a courtesy. They are not guaranteed and are subject to enrollment, staffing, scheduling, and licensing limitations.
No refunds, credits, or tuition adjustments are provided for missed classes.
Please contact the school if you would like to discuss available make-up options for your child.