With the close of January, came a review of the month's attendance data. As of January 31st, 9% of our population (45 students) are considered "chronically absent". While this is above our school goal of 5% (or less), we are happy to see a slight decrease from December.
"Chronically absent" means that students have missed 10% or more of school days offered. As of Wednesday, we've been in school 96 days. That means students who have missed 10 or more days of school are on the list.
Grade 4 has the most students (11) considered chronically absent. Grade 3 has continued every month this year, to have the fewest (4)!
In an attendance celebration, we are happy to report that our average percent of students present each day has again reached our goal of 95% or more!
We want to thank those families who have made intentional efforts to ensure that their child/ren are in school each and every day! We appreciate the scheduling of doctor/dentist appointments for late afternoon, the efforts to make adjustments/schedule changes, and the collaboration with our school nursing staff to determine when a child is truly too ill to come to school.
Each and every minute matters.
Each and every day matters.
