CANTON

ATTENDANCE

All persons residing in the Commonwealth between the ages of 6 and 21 are entitled to a free and full education in the public schools. Parents or legal guardians of all children between the ages of 8 and 17 are required by the compulsory attendance law to ensure that their children attend an approved educational institution, unless legally excused.  A student may not be excluded from the public school nor from interscholastic athletics or co-curricular activities because of being married or pregnant.  Students who reach 17 years and are not fulfilling their responsibilities as students may be asked to leave school.  Additionally, students 17 years and older who demonstrate disobedience or misconduct, or irregular attendance will be notified and recommended for school board action.

Parents/Guardians are encouraged to review the expectations in our Attendance Policy (Policy 204) and the respective building student handbooks for changes made to attendance.  These changes were made to remain compliant with PA School Code. There is a growing body of research demonstrating that chronic absence from school, typically defined as missing 10 percent of school days for any reason, is a primary cause of low academic achievement as well as a powerful predictor of which students will eventually drop out of school. Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) believes chronic absenteeism is a national problem that seriously undermines our collective efforts to improve education and life outcomes among youth.  Therefore, the district will be limiting the number of excused Tour and Family Trips from 10 days to 5.

To address and support communities in eliminating barriers to students’ daily attendance and meaningful engagement in school they have released the Community Toolkit to Address and Eliminate Chronic Absenteeism. Together, we can dramatically improve the academic life and outcome of students who have been disengaged from a daily, supportive school experience, and we need parents, community, and business support.

• A student acquiring (3) three or more unexcused absences will be classified as truant.
• In addition, accumulation of (6) six or more unexcused absences will be classified habitually truant.
• The critical age of student attendance is (15) fifteen-years-old. The district is required to refer habitually truant cases to Children & Youth Services (CYS), after school and referral to the district magistrate.

FAMILY TRIP

BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION

 

TOPS IN EDUCATION

TOPS IN EDUCATION     

STUDENT HANDBOOKS

Canton High School Student Handbook 2024-25
Canton High School Athletic, Extra & Co-Curricular Code of Conduct Handbook

Canton Elementary Student Handbook 2024-25

ACADEMIC PLANNER

Click below to view the academic planner and course descriptions for CHS and NTCC courses.

Course Descriptions / Academic Planner 2023-2024

CELL PHONE POLICY

High School Cell Phone Policy

Students are discouraged from bringing cell phones to school.  However, if cell phones need to be brought to school here are the expectations:
 Students are not to have cell phones in their possession at anytime during the school day defined from 8:18 AM – 3:22 PM.**Phones are to be turned off and placed in lockers during this time.**

      The following consequences will happen should students be found with cell phones between the hours of 8:18 AM – 3:22 PM

• 1^st Offense – The phone will be taken by a staff member and handed into the office.  (The phone will be returned to the parent/guardian of the student when the parent/guardian comes to the school to retrieve it.
• 2^nd Offense – The phone will be taken by a staff member and handed into the office. (The phone will be returned to the parent/guardian of the student when the parent/guardian comes to the school to retrieve it.)  The student will be assigned 2 days of detention.
• 3^rd Offense – The phone will be taken by a staff member and handed into the office.  A parent conference will be held to determine when the phone is returned.  The student will be assigned 3 days of ISS.

     It is expected that when a student is found with a cell phone, full cooperation will be displayed to the staff member requesting the phone from the student.  Failure to cooperate will result in additional consequences.

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State Testing and Cell Phones

Pennsylvania has established very specific guidelines, regarding cell phones, during the administration of PSSA tests and Keystone exams.
These rules and policies apply to the administration of both the Keystone Exams and the PSSA.
All cell phones, smart phones, and other prohibited electronic devices are to be collected as students enter the testing site. Thus, school districts and schools should do the following:

1.  Inform parents and students before testing that cell phones are not allowed during the test administration;
2. Inform parents and students that the consequence for using and/or having a cell phone or other electronic device during the test administration will result in the application of a "Do Not Score" label on his/her test booklet or appropriate notification to not score on the online version, and the student will not receive a score;
3. Inform parents and students that, if the student uses a cell phone or electronic device in any manner during the administration of the test, the phone or electronic device will be confiscated until such time that the parent or guardian can come to the school, and in the presence of the parent or guardian, the cell phone or other electronic device will be viewed to ensure that no information or material regarding the assessment is present;
4. Inform parents and students that violation of the no cell phone or other electronic device rule will result in discipline and that discipline will vary depending on whether test material has been compromised; and
5. Inform parents and students that any items on an assessment that have been compromised, and can no longer be used will have to be replaced, and the parents and students may be responsible for the cost of replacement.  

PSSA TESTING DATES

Trips During PSSA Testing   

CHS TESTING SCHEDULE 2024-25

CES SCHOOL SUPPLY LIST

PDF - 24/25 CES School Supply List

CHS 7TH GRADE SCHOOL SUPPLY LIST

PDF - 7th grade Supply List

SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR

2024-25 School Year Calendar Approved 1/11/24; updated 5/9/24

• No school 10/16/24, Makeup day 3/10/25 - Planned Penelec power outage

2024-25 NTCC School Year Calendar