Excellent Attendance is on the Horizon in DeSoto County
I never envisioned that I would get to brag about my perfect attendance in elementary school as an adult. However,...
Attendance Awareness Poster Contest Winners Illustrate Why Every Day Counts
Students across the Suncoast region started the 2018-2019 school year reminding themselves — and their peers that...
Winners Selected in Attendance Awareness Poster Contest
The Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading contest drew almost 50,000 entries from across the region.
The Suncoast...
Striving for Less Than Five Days Absent in DeSoto County
This year, more than 2,300 DeSoto County elementary school students participated in the Suncoast Campaign for...
Celebrating Attendance Success at Nocatee Elementary School
Editor’s Note: Mrs. Rene Banard is the attendance coordinator at Nocatee Elementary School in the School District of...
Volunteering Brings Joy to All!
Editor’s Note: Caroline Russell is a 7th-grade student in the Panther Gifted Academy at Sarasota Middle School...
Shining Brightly
I’m not sure which were brighter, the flashy-blinky snowflake hats adorning the heads of more than 400 people walking...
Manatee Attendance Warriors Drive Home Message that ‘Every Day Counts’
Graduation Enhancement Technicians work in Manatee’s Title I schools to combat chronic absenteeism, but often find...
Reflecting on Attendance at Atwater Elementary
Editor’s Note: Kirk Hutchinson is currently the Principal at Venice Elementary School.
“Everybody at school, on...
Reflexionando sobre la asistencia en Atwater Elementary
Nota del editor: Kirk Hutchinson es actualmente el director de Venice Elementary School.
“Todo el mundo a la...
Glowing with Excitement at Circus Sarasota
Malia Suber isn’t easy to miss.
I am standing outside the box office and watching intently. As the line begins to...
Brentwood Elementary: “To Change Something, Build a New Model That Makes the Existing Model Obsolete.”
“You never change something by fighting the Existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the...
When Connection is Key: Impressive Attendance Improvements at the 80-Day Mark
“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” – Albert...
Step Right Up and Change the World … with Data!
Attendance Data at the 80-Day Mark (and it’s lookin’ good!)
“Today, or any day, that phone may...
Improving Attendance: Tuttle Elementary School’s Team Approach
The Sarasota County School District is working on improving attendance at every grade level in every school. With...
Dare to Aspire
Have you ever noticed that certain concepts or ideas seem to circle around you for a time, and then make themselves...
Every Day Counts | September 2017 SCGLR Newsletter
PARENTS ARE THE SECRET SAUCE!
Help us make a difference in our community.
Children look up to their parents and...
Rewriting the Ending
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king’s horses and all the king’s...