Attendance Matters
Good attendance at school is crucial for student success. Research links regular attendance with improved outcomes for students from reading at grade level to on-time graduation. Conversely, children who are chronically absent in preschool, kindergarten, and first grade are much less likely to read at grade level by the third grade. Students who cannot read at grade level by the end of third grade are four times more likely than proficient readers to drop out of high school.
Chronic absence is defined as two or more absences per month, whether excused or unexcused. Two absences may not seem like much, but over the course of a school year, these absences add up to many hours of lost instruction. In HSD, students have a higher rate of chronic absenteeism than in surrounding districts, our state as a whole, and many parts of our nation (see images below). In the 2021-22 school year, only 64.4% of HHES students regularly attended school.
We want all of our HHES students to attend school regularly so that they can continue to make academic progress and build their social skills. While we want students to stay home when they are sick so that we can keep our community healthy, we want students in class at all other times. We only have 180 school days and we need to make each day count!
You can help us to meet our attendance goals by:
- arriving at school on time at 7:45 a.m. (doors to the commons will open at 7:35 daily)
- scheduling family vacations during school breaks
- scheduling medical appointments after school, when possible
- reminding your student about the importance of regular attendance
Thank you, in advance, HHES families for helping your child to attend school on-time, everyday.
PWT
HHES Spirit Wear is now for sale. You can purchase spirit wear items here. The final day to purchase spirit wear is September 16. Thank you for supporting PWT and showing your school spirit!
BooHoo / WooHoo Breakfast - TK and K Families - September 5
TK and K families are invited to join us in the cafeteria for breakfast after student drop off on the first day of TtK and K classes.
Our PWT is supports the students and staff of HHES and HMS and sponsors many fun events for our Hockinson families. If you are interested in volunteering or learning more, please stop by one of the PWT tables at the Community Fair, Popsicles on the Playground, or BooHoo breakfast events.
Hockinson Heights Elementary School
Website: https://hhes.hocksd.org/
Location: 20000 Northeast 164th Street, Brush Prairie, WA, USA
Phone: (360)448-6430
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HockinsonHES/