Student Resources

Reporting Absences

How to Report Absences- Parents/guardians can report absences by selecting one of the in the following three ways that works best for them

1. Phone: call the Attendance Secretary, Jacqueline Piccolo, at 860-434-1651 ext. 1001. You can leave a message or speak to the Main Office staff to report the absence.
2. Email: send an email to our designated LOLHS  attendance email at attendancehs@region18.org.  
3. PowerSchool: report attendance electronically for the current day or future dates via the Attendance Monitor within PowerSchool by following the following steps using the PowerSchool Public Portal: 

• Select Attendance Monitor from the left navigation menu. 

• Select the Report Attendance tab. 

• Click the Report New Attendance button. 

• Enter the absence date (leaving the second date blank to report for today only). 

• Select from the What is the reason for the absence drop-down menu. 

• Select Yes or No in the Is this absence for the whole day drop-down menu. If No is selected, the user will be prompted to enter the time range.

• Enter an explanation in the explanation text box. 

• Click submit.

Watch VIDEO on how to report absences using PowerSchool...