On November 13th, Mr. Venus helped plan an attendance incentive for people with fewer than 3 excused absences and 2 tardies for the first 9 weeks. Mr. Venus works with PACS (Pittsburgh Area Community School.) PACS is all about bringing tardy and absence rates down in the Westmoreland branch, and in the efforts of their mission, they planned a "Hug-A-Puppy" event for student who met the standards. 

The puppies were from Tiny Cause in Vandergrift, PA, which is an animal rescue service and adoption agency. Overall the event had a turnout of about 130, who had good attendance records, showed up to play with the puppies. In addition to the event, the puppies are available to be adopted. Mr. Venus is going to be holding an event to reward students with positive attendance every 9 weeks!