A neighborhood college district is seeking to enhance scholar attendance.
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Trotwood-Madison Metropolis Colleges is intensifying its efforts to fight persistent absenteeism by launching new initiatives aimed toward attaining 100% scholar success, in accordance to a college spokesperson.
Constructing on final 12 months’s progress, the place the district diminished its persistent absenteeism fee by 1.2%, Trotwood-Madison is implementing the ‘Each Minute Issues’ initiative.
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This system emphasizes the significance of day by day attendance by consciousness, motivation, and rewards to assist college students and households perceive the hyperlink between attendance and achievement, the spokesperson mentioned.
“We all know that with attendance comes achievement,” mentioned Superintendent Marlon Howard. “Lacking college means lacking alternatives. That’s why we’re so targeted on lowering persistent absenteeism, to create alternatives for our children, open doorways to vivid futures, and transfer nearer to our objective of 100% scholar success.”
The ‘Each Minute Issues’ initiative consists of posters displayed all through college buildings that spotlight the worth of constant attendance.
Moreover, a district video options college students, employees, and directors sharing private messages about why being current issues.
To additional encourage college students, the district additionally hosts an end-of-year raffle, gifting away prizes similar to gaming tools and different thrilling gadgets to rejoice these with sturdy attendance data.
Collectively, these efforts create a district-wide tradition the place attendance is acknowledged and celebrated, inspiring college students to take delight in displaying up day-after-day.
With these initiatives, Trotwood-Madison Metropolis Colleges goals to foster a tradition of attendance that helps scholar success and opens doorways to brighter futures.
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