Front Office

Reporting an Absence or Tardy: Please contact the front office at 719-391-3256, before 9:00 a.m., to report your student's absence or tardiness. All attendance calls will be made beginning at 9:00 a.m.

Attendance Reminders:

• If we do not hear from you regarding your student's absence or tardiness he/she will be marked unexcused.
• Unexcused absences and tardies may be referred to an administrator for disciplinary action per the Watson Discipline Guidelines.
• If your student was absent due to an appointment, we highly recommend you bring a copy of the doctor's note so we can document that on your student's attendance record.

A student needing to be absent from school for a known period of time of one day or more shall:

• Present a written parental request to the administration in advance of the absence.
• Present the pre-arranged absence form from the office to the teachers for assignments that will be missed.
• It is recommended that all class work be completed prior to missing school. Otherwise, all work must be turned in upon the student's return. Prearranged absences at the end of a semester and at the end of the school year are not recommended. 
   

• If you need to pick up your student during school hours, we highly recommend that you contact the office 10 minutes prior to your arrival time. This will allow the office to have your student waiting at the office with minimal disruption to the classroom.
• If you do not contact the office prior to your arrival to pick up your student, please know that it may take a little longer to arrange your pick up because we will send a pass for your student.

You may bring in items for your student during the school day for delivery to your student's classroom. We kindly ask that you refrain from pulling your student from class for you to give them the items they need as to not disrupt instruction.

If you have moved, changed phone numbers or want to change emergency contacts, please stop by the front office or log into your Infinite Campus parent portal to update your information. It is extremely important that we have the most up-to-date and accurate information on your student to help us better serve you.

• Homework requests will only be done after your student has missed 3 days consecutively with the expectation that the work be completed upon the student's return to school.
• If a homework request is necessary, we recommend that the request be made first thing in the morning, before 8:00 a.m.
• We highly recommend that all students check their teacher's websites or Schoology page before requesting homework as many teachers post work on those pages.
• Once homework is requested, it is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to pick up all work at the front office. If the request was made before 8:00 a.m., the homework is usually available by 3:00 p.m. the same day.
• Work that is not picked up will be delivered back to the individual teachers and future requests for homework may be denied.

All visitors to Watson Junior High School will be required to follow the procedure detailed below for entry to the building.

1. Identify yourself and your student
2. State clearly the purpose of your visit
3. Show proper identification

Access will only be approved if visitors are identified and confirmed through our Infinite Campus student information database. In order to prevent delays or denial of access to your school, it is important that your child's IC information and emergency contacts are current and accurate.

If approved for entry, you may be asked to sign in and wear a visitor's badge while in the building.

We recommend that you make any arrangements for after school transportation and/or activities prior to the school day. However, if you need to get a message to your child please call before 2:30 PM to give us ample time to deliver the message. Our number is (719) 391-3255. 

All registration is done online. Register your student here.

Parents,

We’d like to take this opportunity to provide some clarification on the function of our Health Office here at Watson. We have a school nurse on staff but she is not at Watson full time as she supports two buildings. We do however, have a full-time Health Tech and two back-up Health Techs.

Our Health Techs are here to assist students with minor health and very basic first aid issues. Health Techs are able to take temperatures, provide ice, band aids, give a student a moment to rest and assist students in contacting parents/guardians should they need to go home. Health Techs may also dispense medication under very controlled conditions, with detailed and specific instructions signed by a physician, as well as respond to emergencies.

Although they complete required district training every year, they are not licensed healthcare professionals; and as such are limited in what they can do for students. Health Techs cannot diagnose issues/illness or provide wraps, splints, antibiotic ointment, Vaseline, Chapstick, lotion or over-the- counter medications of any kind.

In conclusion, our health office is just that…a place where students can get a band aid, some ice, rest for a moment or call home. So we’re asking for your assistance in regard to our students’ health and wellbeing. If your student is sick please keep them home. Our health techs don’t have the qualifications or capability to make any sort of diagnosis, so if they’re not feeling well please consult your physician.

Should you have questions or need further clarification please call our main office.