When to keep your child home:
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- Fever (100°F or higher) within 24 hours
- Diagnosed with a contagious illness by a clinician
- Vomiting within 24 hours
- Diarrhea within 24 hours
- Persistent cough or severe cold-like symptoms
- Runny nose with excessive nasal discharge that may not be clear
- Unexplained skin rashes, lesions, sore throat and/or inflamed, crusty eyes
If your child is going to be absent, please contact...
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Sgt. Jordan Shay Memorial Lower Elementary School (SMS)
Absences
If your child will be absent or tardy by more than twenty minutes on a particular day you should:
- send us an email to: SMILES-notes@amesburyma.org, OR
- send us a note saying what day or days your child will be absent or tardy, OR
- phone the school 978-388-3659 on the day before or by 8:40 am on the day of the absence. If you leave a voicemail, please leave your child's name and the name of their homeroom teacher.
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Cashman Elementary School (CES)
Absences
If your child will be absent or tardy by more than twenty minutes on a particular day you should:
- send us a note saying what day or days your child will be absent or tardy, OR
- phone the school 978-388-4409 on the day before or by 8:40 am on the day of the absence. An answering machine will take your message when school is not in session. Please leave your child's name and the name of their homeroom teacher.
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Amesbury Middle School (AMS)
Absences
If a student is absent, their family is responsible to contact the school by 8:00 a.m. the day of the absence to explain why the student is not in school.
978-388-0515
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Amesbury High School (AHS)
Absences
If a student is absent, their family is responsible to contact the school by 8:00 a.m. the day of the absence to explain why the student is not in school.
978-388-4800
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Amesbury Innovation High School (AIHS)
Absences
If your child will be absent please call the main office at 978-388-8037.
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Revised: 1/2025
