Showing up to school everyday is critical for all students' well being, engagement and learning. We want to ensure that as many of our students as possible are attending school everyday. Make sure to send children to school if they are generally health and well and able to participate in usual day-to-day activities. We have included an attendance tracker for families to review with your student to help you set goals around attendance and to track your child's absences this year. We will also be sending a printed copy home with students this week and will use the tracker when making attendance plans at school.
Last year, 69% of Parkside students attended school for 90% of all school days (less than 18 absences). This year our goal is for 74% of students to attend school 90% or more of all school days. This goal is important because reducing the number of students who are chronically absent will help improve outcomes and lead to more academic success for these students.
Chronic absenteeism is missing so much school for any reason that a student is academically at risk. This means if a student misses 18 days or more for any reason they are considered chronically absent. Missing school and class time is detrimental to a student's own learning and can often be a distraction from the learning of others. We have included a health guidance form to help you in making decisions around your child's attendance at school.
If you are worried about your child's school attendance please talk with one of your child's teachers, their school counselor, our social worker or an administrator.
