Attendance Awareness Month
Community Support | September 3, 2015
September has been recognized nationally as Attendance Awareness Month. Regular school attendance is essential to school success and develops a strong foundation toward future success. Join us in celebrating Attendance Awareness Month this September! Everyone has a role to play, so let’s work together to support our children’s future.
Here are ways you can show your support;
Parents
- Establish basic routines as consistency is key.
- Promote the importance of school by sending your child regularly and on time.
- Spend quality time with your child keeping the lines of communication open.
- Develop a backup plan for getting your child to school.
- Reach out for help, as needed. If you don’t ask, you won’t receive.
Schools
- Convey the importance of attendance from Day One with both parents and child.
- Celebrate Attendance Awareness Month each year.
- Establish a warm and welcoming environment that relays the message to the students that they are important.
- Display posters, create incentives.
- PTA’s can organize develop a car-pool list.
Community
- Build the mindset that we are supportive of school personnel and all their efforts.
- Extra-curricular activities to promote regular school attendance, good grades, and positive behavior.
- Local businesses can offer coupons to be distributed as incentives.
- Community leaders provide a letter of acknowledge to the students who have accomplished perfect attendance.