Clay Elementary School

News & Updates for Clay Elementary

A Letter from Clay Elementary’s Principal Bruns

Clay Elementary Daily Schedule

8:30 a.m. Doors Open
8:45 a.m. School Starts
11:00 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. Lunch
3:35 — 4:00 p.m. Dismissal & Buses Leave

Every Wednesday, Students Dismissed: 1:35 p.m.

Attendance for Clay Elementary

The Clay office staff would like to share our expectations for reporting full day student absences, notifying us of situations where a student is going to be coming in late, needs to leave school early or changes to pick up at dismissal.

With such a large building of students, following the steps outlined below will help us to make the processes run as smoothly as possible and limit the number of interruptions to classrooms during lesson times. We appreciate your willingness to work with us, and we look forward to the school year with all of you!

Absences can be reported by one of the following ways

  • Call the office 515-967-4198 – provide your name, student’s name, reason for the absence and the teacher’s name
  • Email the office administrative assistants, Chris and Katie at clay_office@southeastpolk.org, along with your student’s teacher – provide your name, student’s name, and reason for the absence
  • Use the Absence Request Processing Tool in Infinite Campus – this should only be used for full day absences in our building
  • Log into the Infinite Campus Parent Portal account on your computer or the Infinite Campus app on your phone
    1. On a computer – Click on ‘More’ on left side of screen, under Menu or On a phone – Click on 3 horizontal lines in upper left corner (menu), then click on ‘More’
    2. Click on ‘Absence Requests’
    3. Select student
    4. Fill in the required information, including the date, reason for the absence and comments
      Submit your request

Please notify us by either calling or emailing the office.

  • Call the office 515-967-4198 – provide your name, student’s name, reason for the late arrival and the teacher’s name (if we are unable to answer the call, feel free to leave a voicemail)
  • Email the office administrative assistants clay_office@southeastpolk.org, along with your student’s teacher – provide your name, student’s name, reason for the late arrival and the teacher’s name

Please notify the office at least an hour (although, the sooner the better) before you plan on picking up your student by calling or emailing the office.

Remember – anyone picking up your child MUST bring their ID and be listed in Infinite Campus.

  • Call the office 515-967-4198 – provide your name, student’s name, reason for the absence and the teacher’s name (if we are unable to answer the call, feel free to leave a voicemail)chri
  • Email the office administrative assistants clay_office@southeastpolk.org, along with your student’s teacher – provide your name, student’s name, reason for the absence and the teacher’s name

  • Call the office 515-967-4198 before NOON to notify us of pick up changes, such as the student’s grandparent is picking them up today, student is to walk home instead of having parent pick them up, student is to be parent pick up instead of riding the bus, etc.
  • We can not guarantee to be able to get messages to classrooms after 3pm , we will do our best, but the end of the day is a very busy time in the office.

We do realize there are emergencies or situations where calls for pick up changes will need to be made after noon, however those should be minimal as many changes to pick up routines can be communicated between parents/guardians and students prior to them coming to school.

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A Letter from Southeast Polk Community School District’s Principal Bruns

Get in Touch With the Clay Elementary School Office

Interested in enrolling your child at Clay Elementary or want more information regarding this school? Please contact the Clay Elementary School Administrative Office and someone will be in touch with you as soon as possible.

Clay Elementary

  • 3200 1st Ave S
    Altoona, IA 50009

  • 515.967.4198

  • 515.967.2018