The points below describe why it is important for students to be in school every day.

Why Attendance Matters...

• Missing 10% of Pre-Kindergarten can make it harder to develop early reading skills
• Poor attendance makes it harder to prepare for Kindergarten and First Grade
• Poor attendance habits are hard to break
• Early school success goes hand and hand with good attendance
• Absences can affect the whole classroom if the teacher must slow down learning to help students catch up
• By 6th grade, absenteeism is one of the three indicators that a student may drop out
• Good attendance promotes social and emotional connectedness to peers, teachers, and extracurricular activities; sense of belonging
• Attendance is an important life skill --- graduation, college/trade and job