CHS Weekly Update #6

Hello, Warrior Families!!! I hope you had a fabulous weekend! Our athletes and musicians are still working hard and representing CHS in such a positive way. I am grateful to the students, coaches, and parents for their dedication and hard work week in and week out. Keep it up!

We are entering the mid-term week of first quarter, so this is the time when routines become more normal, and we can check the progress of our learners in their classes. We have also been checking on our students' attendance and grades, and our entire staff is committed to helping those who have fallen behind to catch up and re-engage. Please check your Parent Vue to see your students' progress, and reach out to teachers to make an appointment for Parent Teacher Conferences this Wednesday. There is a list of all teachers and how to contact on them on our home web page under Quick Links, and then under "conference sign-up."

Since September is Attendance Awareness month, I thought I would share some research on how important attendance is for our students. As I stated last week, we have 228 students with PERFECT ATTENDANCE for this school year, and we are so excited to celebrate and reward these students for a great start to the year!

If your student is struggling with grades, good attendance is one of the best ways to stay caught up and engaged. According to the National Forum on Education Statistics, "chronic student absence reduces even the best teacher's ability to provide learning opportunities. Students who attend school regularly have been shown to achieve at higher levels." We have found that any absence, whether excused or not, denies the student the opportunity to learn, but the effects of lost school days can build up and cause significant stress and anxiety for students. One other informational piece from the article I cited earlier is that "by ninth grade, attendance was shown to be a key indicator significantly correlated with high school graduation." The bottom line is that we believe in all of our kids and want them here every day! We can't wait to see the amazing things they will accomplish after high school, but building good attendance habits now is vital to future achievement.

Also happening this week on Wednesday, September 11th is our first Parent Accountability Meeting in the library at 6:30. We will go over our School Performance Framework and provide some data from last year, but we will also go over some important information about the upcoming D51 Mill/Bond issue that will show up on the ballot in November. If you are interested in learning what benefits Central High School will receive, please plan to attend the meeting in the library to learn more. Central High School will receive $65-68 million dollars worth of additions and renovations, including a secure entry vestibule, the replacement of older classrooms with a new addition, and connecting the campus structures into one secure building. This will all be achieved without raising any taxes. We can answer informational questions only at this meeting, but in case anyone is asking you as parents or wondering just what Central High School will receive, we did want you to know some of the things that are planned if this were to pass.

Thank you for sending us your outstanding learners! We are so proud of them and feel honored to work with them every day. We hope to see you at some of the events this week, and hope to see you wearing your WARRIOR colors! Let's go, WARRIORS!!!! Have a great week!

Warm regards,

Tracy Arledge

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