Attendance

Parent Share

• What makes it hard to get your child to school?
• What helps get your child to school even on the hard days?

Tips

• Pick out your child's clothes for the week
• Have kids go to bed early
• Wake up earlier
• Visual Schedule
• Timer

Going to school everyday helps your child:

• Build reading and math skills
• Have more chances to practice new skills
• Feel prepared for class everyday
• Feel prepared for the next year

Did you know?

• Reading at grade level by the third grade is an important predictor for you child's future.

Why?

• Up until third grade your child is learning reading strategies
• After third grade they are reading to analyze and use the text.

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• Kids who have good attendance habits will more likely read at grade level.
• This will help them do well in class, graduate high school.
• Graduating high school will help your child go to college,trade school or get a job

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• How many days a month does it take to be at risk of being chronically absent?

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• 9 day or less for the year keeps = ready for success. ( the goal is to not miss any days)
• 10-17 days school will get harder
• 18 plus is chronically absent and student is most likely falling behind in school.

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• 10-17 days school will get harder
• 18 plus is chronically absent and student is most likely falling behind in school.

Powerschool

• You can check you child's attendance on on powerschool
• https://hartford.powerschool.com/public/

How does being late affect a child?

Being late can make a student:

• Stressed
• Confused and unprepared for class
• Miss learning time or instructions

Group Activity

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