Question: We have just moved away from our home state and want to return there for the holidays to be with our families. Do you think that taking our children out of school for several days would be appropriate? - Homesick
Answer: You need to think carefully about the plusses and minuses of this trip. Days missed can never really be made up,s no matter how much work your children do, as they miss all classroom discussions and instruction.
Before you decide to take this trip, find out what the school-district policy is for planned absences. You want to make sure these absences are excused.
If you go, have your children get a list of all missed assignments before the trip. Some teachers will assign trip-related activities that can be shared with the class when the children return to school.