教堂出席 Information
1. 教堂 is 3 times a week and is a requirement for all students. All students are allowed 12 skips per semester. These skips can be used for whatever personal reasons, including doctor's appointments, 休息, 研究, 旅行, 等. Contrary to popular myth, second semester seniors are not automatically dismissed from all chapels.
2. 教堂 begins at 10:30 am and ends at 11:20 am. Doors close at 10:30 am, so please get to the gym and have your ID card scanned before 10:30 am to ensure you receive 教堂 credit. Late students after 10:30 am are still scanned (for security purposes) but will not receive credit. If you have extenuating circumstances, please reach out to pastorsoffice@gzlyms.com.
3. In order to obtain 教堂 credit, you must have your ID card scanned by one of the 教堂 Greeters at the doors of the gym as you enter 教堂 before 10:30 am.
4. If you leave 教堂 before 教堂 is excused, you will be scanned out and not receive credit for that 教堂.
5. Communication is key. Don't wait until the end of the semester to raise concerns about any of your chapel attendance questions or issues. 沟通. We'll work with you.
常见问题解答:
1. Is 教堂 participation required for all students?
简单地说，“是的!" If you are a student on campus, regardless of your class year, 教堂 participation is a requirement.
2. How do I check into 教堂?
Each student gets up to 12 excused absences each semester. You can use and manage those for any reason (sleep, 研究, 旅行, illness, appointments, 等.) and no communication is necessary to use your excused skips.
3. How do I check into 教堂?
Just like you use your student ID card to scan into your residence hall and the Dining Commons, our 教堂出席 System now works with the swipe of your ID card.
4. How do I check my 教堂出席?
To keep track of your attendance and manage your excused absences: If you have an iPhone and the Westmont College app, simply go to the "Check 教堂出席" page. For Android users and all students, you always have access through the 教堂出席 link on our 网站, 或者你可以检查 在这里. Make sure when entering your student ID, that you include the Zero in front.
5. What if I am enrolled for an internship class this semester and my internship is during 教堂? What if I have special circumstances that will make it difficult for me to attend 教堂?
Please fill out this Proactive C上诉表格 and alert the Campus Pastor's Office. You must be enrolled in an internship/pr行为icum class in order to have this excusal. Depending upon your class year and how often your internship causes you to miss 教堂, the number of your allowed absences will be adjusted. You will work this out with the Campus Pastor's Office.
6. I have gone over my misses, what do I do?
填一下这个 C上诉表格 (after the f行为) with your reasoning for going over your misses and your extenuating circumstance, 如果有的话. *Appeals are due the last day of each semester's classes at 5 pm. It is much better to communicate ahead of time than afterwards.
7. I have an extenuating circumstance. 我该怎么办??
We work with the Office of Disability Services (ODS) to ensure that all students with extenuating circumstances (medical emergencies, mental health crises, 残疾的人, special circumstances that make it difficult to attend 教堂, 等.) are helped both by the ODS team and the Campus Pastor's Office. If you have an extenuating circumstance, please cont行为 pastorsoffice@gzlyms.com to set up an appointment. If requesting accommodations for the first time and you are not currently registered with ODS, 请遵循这些 程序. We work with ODS to form a plan.
8. What happens if I have too many unexcused absences, once all appeal processes are complete?
我们的 教堂的地位 policy and procedure can be found here on our 网站.
9. What are elective chapels? How do they apply to my chapel attendance?
Elective chapels are special sessions that are created around specific topics or groups. They are not mandatory, but for each elective chapel you attend, it reduces a skipped chapel.
While students are encouraged to attend every 教堂, each student is allowed 12 教堂 misses per semester. Students who have gone over their 12 misses will need to fill out this appeal form with the reasoning for going over the allowed skips.
Students who exceed 12 unexcused absences in any given semester may jeopardize their future involvement in student leadership positions or enrollment at Westmont, depending upon their 状态. All students who exceed 12 unexcused absences will be required to meet with the Campus Pastor (and/or designee) to discuss their situation. Students with extenuating circumstances may submit an appeal describing their circumstances, in lieu of a meeting; however the Campus Pastor may still choose to require a meeting following an appeal being submitted. After meeting with the Campus Pastor, students will be assigned (at the sole discretion of the Campus Pastor) to one of the following 状态 for the following semester:
好: 良好的参与
警告: Student is warned that failure to sufficiently attend chapel would result in further 行为ion which could include a semester suspension from the college
试用期: Student is advised that failure to sufficiently attend chapel would likely result in a semester suspension from the college
悬架: Not able to attend Westmont
If you miss an extraordinary number of chapels, or have other chapel behavior issues, you may be placed directly to the 缓刑 状态. Students who do not meet with either the Campus Pastor or Dean of Students to resolve their misses may be suspended from Westmont for the following semester.
You must be fully present and engaged to receive 教堂 credit. 研究, 阅读, being on your phone, 听音乐, having headphones or air pods on, 离开健身房, taking a phone call, and talking to others during 教堂 will disqualify you from receiving 教堂 credit.
缓考:
- Severe medical conditions which temporarily affects 教堂 attendance, such as hospitalization and/or going to student's family 首页 to recuperate. Condition must be verified in writing by an attending physician or by an email to our office from the campus physician;
- Other extenuating circumstances, such as family emergencies. To be excused a student will need to submit an appeal, along with supporting documentation, to the Campus Pastor’s Office within 2 weeks of the missed 教堂(s) ;
- Quarantining in room or off campus for health reasons or COVID (students can watch online and submit a paragraph about the service to pastorsoffice@gzlyms.com);
- Students with children;
- Students away from campus on an authorized academic field trip. Please note: You will not be cleared if the professor has not notified us;
- 陪审员的义务
- Students cleared by the education department to fulfill student teaching or observation assignments. Please note: You will not be cleared if the department has not given us prior notification;
- Students participating in internships that are approved by a professor and the Internship Office. Please note: You will not be cleared until a student fills out, along with the approving faculty member, an internship form that can be found on our 网站.
- Athletes, attending away games on recognized intercollegiate sports teams. Please note: You will not be cleared if the department has not notified us. Leaving for pr行为ice is not excused.
Note: Work conflicts, medical/dental/physical therapy appointments, and illnesses such as colds and the flu do not qualify as excused absences and are to be considered as part of students allowable 12 教堂 misses.
Remember, communication is key, and it is your responsibility.
If you have gone over your 12 教堂 misses, please fill out this 教堂出席 Appeal form.
If you have an internship or pr行为icum that interferes with chapel, please fill out this Proactive C上诉表格.