Swanson Elementary School

Jeffco Public Schools

Why Does Attendance Matter?

• Research demonstrates a strong connection between student attendance and academic performance.

• Regular attendance allows students to establish and nurture relationships.

• Students who get to school each day have a better chance of learning and succeeding

• Research shows that students that miss two days of school per month can struggle with reading and this may lead to social emotional stress.

• When your student misses school they also lose valuable learning time, can fall behind in their school work and as a result, it’s difficult to catch up.

• Students chronically absent in kindergarten and 1st grade are much less likely to read at grade level by the end of 3rd grade.

• By 6th grade, chronic absence is a proven early warning sign for students at-risk for dropping out of school.