ATTENDANCE IN SCHOOL!

During these brutally cold few weeks in our calendar year, it is important to remind our families that attendance in school is the best way to support learning and growth.

Chronic absenteeism is defined as missing 10% of school. In our District that boils down to about 17-18 days which is only about 2 days per month!

Please, please, please work at all costs to ensure your student is in school daily. Being on time and staying for the entire day is also crucially important.

We only have our students for a few short hours, and we don’t want them to miss anything! If you can pull the young ones from their warm beds and get them to school, we are confident that we can take care of the rest.

RESOURCEFUL TIPS...

• Help them use different methods to find answers

• Support them when they struggle but allow THEM to work it out.

• Rather than giving answers to questions, give questions to help lead them to answers

• Ask children for their help and suggestions.

• Coach your child more often than you control your child; show that you have confidence in their ability