Does Attendance really matter? 

Regular school attendance is essential for a student to make the most of his or her education – to benefit from teacher–led school activities, to build each day’s learning on the previous day’s, and to grow as an individual.  Absences from class may result in serious disruption of a student’s mastery of instructional materials causing them to have to work harder to catch up while slowing down classroom instruction so teachers can help him/her catch up. When your child is absent they lose an opportunity to learn and engage with his/her teachers and classmates.