Showing Up Matters in Every Grade

<p><img style="float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px;" class="" alt="2 moms, 2 daughters smiling at school" src="https://www.campbellusd.org/images/parents-Blackford.jpg" width="360" height="286" />Showing up for school has a huge impact on a student&rsquo;s academic success starting in kindergarten and continuing through high school. Even as children grow older and more independent, families play a key role in making sure students get to school safely every day and understand why attendance is so important for success in school and on the job.</p> <p>One absence amounts to missing more than 5 hours of classroom instruction and learning.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>DID YOU KNOW?&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li>Students can be chronically absent even if they only miss a day or two every few weeks. 
</li> <li>Attendance is an important life skill that will help your child graduate from college and keep a job. 
</li> <li>Absences can be a sign that a student is losing interest in school, struggling with school work, dealing with a bully or facing some other potentially serious difficulty. 
</li> <li>By 6th grade, absenteeism is one of three signs that a student may drop out of high school. 
</li> <li>By 9th grade, regular and high attendance is a better predictor of graduation rates than 8th grade test scores. 
</li> </ul> <p><strong>WHAT CAN YOU DO?&nbsp;<a href="https://www.campbellusd.org/files/attendance-matters.pdf">These tips can help.</a></strong></p>

From their first day in Kindergarten to their last day of high school, attendance matters!

<p><img style="float:left" alt="2 moms, 2 daughters smiling at school" src="https://www.campbellusd.org/images/parents-Blackford.jpg" width="360" height="286">Showing up for school has a huge impact on a student’s academic success starting in kindergarten and continuing through high school. Even as children grow older and more independent, families play a key role in making sure students get to school safely every day and understand why attendance is so important for success in school and on the job.</p> <p>One absence amounts to missing more than 5 hours of classroom instruction and learning. </p> <p><strong>DID YOU KNOW?  </strong></p> <ul> <li>Students can be chronically absent even if they only miss a day or two every few weeks. 
</li> <li>Attendance is an important life skill that will help your child graduate from college and keep a job. 
</li> <li>Absences can be a sign that a student is losing interest in school, struggling with school work, dealing with a bully or facing some other potentially serious difficulty. 
</li> <li>By 6th grade, absenteeism is one of three signs that a student may drop out of high school. 
</li> <li>By 9th grade, regular and high attendance is a better predictor of graduation rates than 8th grade test scores. 
</li> </ul> <p><strong>WHAT CAN YOU DO? <a href="https://www.campbellusd.org/files/attendance-matters.pdf">These tips can help.</a></strong></p>

<p>From their first day in Kindergarten to their last day of high school, attendance matters!</p>