The Hudson Falls Central School District is excited to launch the “Attend Today, Achieve Tomorrow” attendance campaign for all UPK-12 students starting Monday, March 21.
The pandemic has exacerbated many issues facing our students today, including chronic absenteeism and learning loss. Student attendance is a huge part of academic success. Bringing awareness to the issue of chronic absenteeism to promote regular school attendance is an important step toward progress.
Research shows that missing just two days a month is 10% of the school year, and negatively affects a student’s academic performance. Over the course of the year, those two days a month add up to an entire month of school that your child is missing out on. Together we can help our students combat chronic absenteeism and return to their pre-pandemic routines.
To motivate our students to make every day a learning day, all students need to do is show up, on-time to be entered to win a number of prizes. Students can choose from gift cards and Hudson Falls swag, to certain privileges such as a homework or recess passes for our younger students, and special VIP parking spots or low-grade drops, for our secondary students. Winners will be chosen on Fridays, and prizes will be awarded on Mondays, so keep your eyes on our social media channels celebrating our students each week.
Beyond this attendance incentive, Hudson Falls offers additional support services that can assist you and your student with attendance concerns.
To see the rules and prizes for each building, please see below.
Elementary UPK-K (Kindergarten Center)
HOW:
- Students will earn a daily attendance ticket each day they arrive at school prior to the 9:10 bell.
- Every class building wide will be entered into the monthly challenge of most attended.
- Every week class attendance percentages will be taken through the school tool attendance report and each class character will be moved on the bulletin board accordingly.
WHO:
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At the end of the month a final attendance report will be conducted to determine the most attended percentage in the building. The class with the highest percentage will earn milk and cookies with Mrs. Beaver.
WHAT:
- Certificate and photo taken
- Ice cream certificate
- HF Swag/ Hallwear
- T-shirts
- Stickers
- Water bottles
- Mini tiger stuffy
- Prize box items
- Necklaces
- Bracelets
- Mini slime/ putty
- Stickers
- Stamps
- The winning class will also earn milk and cookies and a fun activity from our celebration bin with Mrs. Beaver.
Elementary School 1-3 (Primary School)
HOW:
- Students will earn a daily attendance ticket each day they arrive at school prior to the 9:10 bell.
- One class per building that has the most improved attendance percentage, will earn a party.
WHO:
- 1 student per grade level (3 per week) will be chosen randomly from the ticket box on Friday and announced over the loudspeaker on Monday morning announcements.
- A monthly report through SchoolTool will be run at the end of each month to determine which class had the most improved attendance rate.
WHAT:
- PRIZES: View the Primary School prize menu here.
- Ice Cream Passes
- McDonalds coupons
- Homework Passes
- Specials Helper
- Fidgets
- HF Gear (HallWear)
- T-Shirts
- Ballcap
- Water Bottles
- Positive Promotions
- Attendance Silicone Bracelets
- Picture holding certificate for an Attendance wall
- Weekly spotlight in morning announcements (the following week)
- The winning class will also earn a party. Party themes will be determined each month.
Elementary 4-5 (Intermediate School)
HOW:
- Students will earn a daily attendance ticket each day they arrive at school prior to the 9:10 bell.
- One class per building that has the most improved attendance percentage, will earn a party.
WHO:
- Two students will be chosen per grade level at random.
- A monthly report through SchoolTool will be run at the end of each month to determine which class had the most improved attendance rate.
WHAT:
- Pizza lunch with friends
- Ice cream cone coupon
- Cafeteria snack
- Treasure chest item
- HF Tiger Swag
- Ice Cream Social
- Breakfast party
- Bonus Rec Time
- Special chair for a Day
- McDonald’s coupons
- Coloring time
- “Wild card”
- Classroom Door decoration
- Announcement 1st of the month
- Class Pizza/Brownie party
Secondary 6-8 (Middle School)
HOW:
- Google Form sent out on Friday, to be completed during extended advisory
- A SchoolTool Attendance report will be run on Friday’s to confirm reported attendance
WHO:
- Three students (chosen at random; one per grade level)
- Four students with the most improved attendance percentage, will earn a party.
WHAT:
- Snack Pack
- Stewart’s Ice Cream certificates
- Chips/Doritos
- Candy
- Teacher Specific Prizes
- Dunkin’ Run
- HF Swag
- T-shirts
- Water Bottle
Secondary 9-12 (High School)
HOW:
- Students will earn a daily attendance ticket each day they arrive at school prior to homeroom.
WHO:
- Four students (chosen at random; one per grade level)
WHAT:
- PRIZES: View the high school prize menu here.
- Eat in the Care Center with 3 friends
- Firerock Gift Cards
- Special Parking Spot
- HF Swag
- T-shirts