Attendance Resources

Why is attendance important?

• Absenteeism in the first month of school can predict poor attendance throughout the school year. Half the students who miss 2-4 days in September go on to miss nearly a month of school.

• Absenteeism and its ill effects start early. One in 10 kindergarten and first grade students are chronically absent.

• Poor attendance can influence whether children read proficiently by the end of third grade or be held back.

• By 6th grade, chronic absence becomes a leading indicator that a student will drop out of high school.

• Research shows that missing 10 percent of the school, or about 18 days in most school districts, negatively affects a student’s academic performance. That’s just two days a month and that’s known as chronic absence.

• Attendance improves when schools engage students and parents in positive ways and when schools provide mentors for chronically absent students.

-Source: attendanceworks.org

Please remember- Stephenson and us are here to support you and your family! If you need help with encouraging your student to come to school, or to arrive on time, please let us know. Communication is the first step we can all take to support our students. Per Oregon Law, if students miss (10) consecutive school days, they are un-enrolled from school (this does not include days student misses for quarantine).

Visit PPS' Daily Self-Screening Checklist if you are unsure if your student should come to school or not.