Office Hours

8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

School Schedule

 School at NPE begins at 7:50 AM. Students who arrive after 7:50 AM must be signed in at the office by a parent or guardian, and the student will be marked tardy. Students are dismissed beginning at 3:00 PM.

Check In/Out 

The following is the student check in/check out and absence policy:

▪ Students checked in from 7:50 AM to 9:20 AM are marked tardy.

▪ Students checked in or out between 9:21 AM and 1:00 PM are counted a half-day absent.

▪ Students checked in after 1:00 PM are counted absent for a full day.

▪ Students checked out after 1:00 PM are counted present for the day but receive an early out.

▪ No student may be checked out after 2:00 PM. If your child has a late afternoon appointment, you must sign him or her out no later than 2:00 PM. 

For a student to receive an excused absence, tardy, or early-out, we must have a doctor’s excuse, a dental excuse, or some other official form of documentation.

Any other emergency excuses will need to be approved by the principal or school board administration.

Tardy/Early Out Policy

▪ A combination of three (3) unexcused tardies and/or early-outs per six weeks will result in after-school time recovery on Thursdays for 30 minutes. However, the first time a student accumulates three (3), a reminder letter with the policy attached will be sent. Then if the student receives another unexcused tardy or early-out in that six weeks, the time recovery will be assigned.

▪ If a student accumulates a set of three (3) unexcused tardies/early-outs more than once in a six weeks, he/she will be assigned to time recovery for each accumulation of three (3). There is also the possibility that an SBLC will be scheduled to discuss attendance issues.

▪ The count starts over at the beginning of each six weeks.

▪ After the third time a student has to be assigned to time recovery during a school year, the student will be assigned to Saturday School instead for any subsequent accumulation of three (3) unexcused tardies and/or early outs. Absences, tardies, and early outs affect Perfect Attendance awards. Perfect Attendance is all day every day – no absences, tardies, or early outs, even excused ones.