Help Your Scholar Succeed
Regular School Attendance Classroom attendance is tied to classroom success. When students are absent, they miss opportunities to learn, build friendships, and develop skills and attitudes needed to become good citizens. DeSoto ISD aims to encourage better more consistent student attendance patterns.
Tips for Good Attendance:
• Get your child to school on time
every day and remain at school the entire instructional day
• Give your child enough time to get ready each morning
• Monitor your child’s attendance through Parent Portal
• Work with your health-care
providers to schedule regular doctor’s visits after school hours or during staff development days or district holidays
• Plan family vacations on days when school’s not in session
• Follow proper guidelines for
reporting excused absences in a timely manner
How to report an absence?
Simply call your child’s school on the morning of the absence:
12 • DeSoto ISD SOARING FORWARD • Fall 2023
Early Childhood
Amber Terrace | 972.223.8757
Elementary Schools
Cockrell Hill | 972.230.1692 The Meadows | 972.224.0960 Frank Moates | 972.230.2881 Woodridge | 972.223.3800
Alternative Schools
DeSoto AEP | 972.223.2242
Middle Schools
Curtistene S. McCowan | 972.274.8090 DeSoto West | 972.230.1820
Specialized Campuses
Katherine Johnson Technology
Magnet Academy | 972.274.8026 Ruby Young Personalized STEAM Academy | 972.223.6505
High School
DeSoto High School | 972.230.0726