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Attendance Information

Being present at school is one of the most important ways to stay on track academically and connected to our school community. If you are absent, you have three days upon returning to school to submit documentation for the absence to be excused. After that window, the absence will remain unexcused and cannot be changed.

You also have five days after returning to complete and turn in any work missed during your absence. It is your responsibility to follow up with your teachers and stay current.

Please remember: Students are allowed only ten total absences that can be excused by a parent note or principal pre-approval. After ten, a doctor’s excuse is required for any additional absences to be excused.

Show up, stay engaged, and take ownership of your time—it makes all the difference.


Check-Out Procedure

Students may be checked out in person by a parent, guardian, or PowerSchool-approved contact. For planned check-outs or late arrivals, we encourage families to handle the process in advance.

If a check-out occurs during a class transition, no additional steps are needed. If the check-out is during class time, students should bring a note from a parent stating the check-out time to show the teacher at the beginning of class. This helps us minimize instructional interruptions.

Whenever possible, please plan check-outs around class changes to support a smooth and respectful learning environment.

In case of illness, students may see the Nurse who evaluation check-out needs.

If this is an emergency, please call 911.

You may use the Safe School Helpline to report school safety concerns to VHCS administrators and school resource officers. The Helpline is monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by Safe School Helpline staff.

Submit a Report

Or contact Safe School Helpline by phone:

  • Call 800-418-6423 ext. 359
  • Text the word TIPS to 614-426-0240

All reports sent to the Helpline are investigated and addressed through VHCS Code of Conduct and Board of Education Policies.

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VHHS First Semester Exam Information

Vestavia Hills High School

 

1st Semester Exam Schedule (10th - 12th Grade)

Main Campus

Monday 

December 14, 2026

1st  Period 

8:20 - 10:20

2nd Period 

10:45 - 12:45

Exam Review 

1:30 - 3:30

Tuesday 

December 15,  2026

3rd Period 

8:20 - 10:20

4th Period 

10:45 - 12:45

Exam Review 

1:30 - 3:30

Wednesday 

December 16, 2026

5th Period 

8:20 - 10:20

6th Period 

10:45 - 12:45

Exam Review

1:30 - 3:30

Thursday 

December 17, 2026

7th Period 

8:20-10:20

8th Period 

10:45 – 12:45

Make-up Exam 

1:30-3:30

Friday

December 18, 2026

Zero  Period 

Make-up Exam

9:30-11:30

 11:30-1:30

***2 Hour Early Dismissal

 

***Breakfast/Lunch will be served each day.

  • Unless otherwise announced by the teacher, exams will be administered in every class. If a performance, project, etc. counts as a class’ exam, teachers will communicate this with students.
  • Students must take exams during assigned times, unless a request for Principal Pre-Approval for absence(s) is received/approved before 3:00 p.m. on Friday, December 11th. Once approval is received, it is the student’s responsibility to coordinate with his or her teacher an alternate testing time during exam week. Pre-Approval requests will not be granted if a student has missed ten or more parent excused/unexcused/principal pre-approved absences. If a student misses an exam due to illness, emergency, etc. or a request for absence principal pre-approval is not received prior to 3:00 p.m. on 12/11, makeup exams will be administered at VHHS on January 4th from 9:00 - 11:00 and 12:00 - 2:00. 
  • Students are permitted to leave campus following completion of each day’s exam(s), but parents/guardians MUST submit a VHHS Pre-Approved Parent Permission (Special Events) form no later than Monday, 12/14 at 8:00 a.m. Otherwise, standard checkout procedures will apply. (See email sent to parents only to access the VHHS Pre-Approved Parent Permission Special Events Google Form.)

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1,582

Enrolled Students

 

96

Education Report Card Score

191

Faculty & Staff

 

$15,828

Per Pupil Expenditure