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Parents

Attendance Procedures

At Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts, one of our greatest priorities is ensuring that all our students arrive safely to school every day.

SafeArrival, our new student absence reporting system, reduces the time it takes to verify student attendance. SafeArrival makes it easy for parents/guardians to report their child's absence, and makes it easier for staff to respond to unreported student absences.

SafeArrival

With SafeArrival, you are asked to report your child’s absence in advance using any of these three convenient methods:

  1. Using your mobile device: Download and install the SchoolMessenger App from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store (or from the link at https://go.schoolmessenger.com). The first time you use the app, select Sign Up to create your account. Select Attendance, and then Report an Absence.

  2. Using the School Messenger website: (https://go.schoolmessenger.com). The first time you use the website, select Sign Up to create your account. Select Attendance, and then Report an Absence. 

  3. Call the toll-free number 1-833-251-3286 to report an absence using the automated phone system.

These options are available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Further absences can be reported at any time, up to a maximum of 10 consecutive days. It is important to note that, when setting up your account, you must register using the email address and phone number associated with your child’s student record.

In addition, the school will use SchoolMessenger’s automated notification system to contact any parent whose child is absent, if the absence was not reported in advance. The automated notification system will attempt to contact parents/guardians at multiple contact points until a reason is submitted for the absence. If our system is unable to reach the designated contacts, office staff will follow up. If you report your child’s absence in advance using the SafeArrival toll-free number, website or SchoolMessenger app, you will NOT receive these notifications.

We invite you to review the following Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) sheet for more information and step-by-step instructions:

SafeArrival FAQ