Attendance

• It is the school’s responsibility to teach your child. However, the school cannot do its job if your child is not here. When in school, your child is learning on a daily basis. Research shows that children who are in school most of the time do better on state tests. Studies also show that children who are absent
  more often will score lower on state tests.
• Being late for school also impairs a child’s learning. If a child is late 10 minutes every day, he/she will miss 30 hours of class instruction during the year.
• Students can make up assignments and get notes from another student, but they will never get back what is most important: discussions held in class, questions asked, the explanations by the teacher and the thinking that makes learning come alive.
• The success of your child in school depends on having an educational background that is solid. This can only be gained by regular school attendance.