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School Attendance Matters: Susan Flores and Donna Puhalovich Share How Engaging Families and Communities Helps Children Reach Success

Attendance Matters: How Engaging Families and Communities Helps Children Reach Success

Written by Stacy Sternberg on August 21, 2026. Posted in Attendance, Attendance, Beyond the Blog.

In this episode of Connecting Communities, Leah Verier-Dunn is joined by Donna Puhalovich from the Suncoast Campaign...

Attendance, Beyond The Blog, Charlotte County, Connecting Communities Podcast, podcast

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Motivating Improved Attendance (MIA): Encouragement, Partnership, and Progress Across the Suncoast

Written by Stacy Sternberg on January 30, 2026. Posted in Attendance.

Improving school attendance is one of the most powerful ways to strengthen a child’s learning trajectory—especially...

Attendance, Beth Duda, Debra Jacobs, Erica Brusoe, Motivating Improved Attendance, Sarasota County Schools, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, The Patterson Foundation

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Little Learners, Lifelong Impact: The Importance of School Readiness

Written by Stacy Sternberg on July 30, 2025. Posted in Attendance, Beyond the Blog, Early Learning, podcasts, School Readiness.

School is just around the corner, and our rising Kindergarteners are preparing for takeoff! At the Suncoast Campaign...

Alison Nichols, Attendance, Beyond The Blog, Jennifer Harrison, Leah Verier-Dunn, podcast, School District of Manatee County, School Readiness, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, The Patterson Foundation

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The Moral Imperative to Act Is Crystallized by the Knowledge That Action Can Make A Difference: Part II

Written by Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading on January 9, 2017. Posted in Attendance, Family Engagement, Health, School Readiness, Summer Learning, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.

Editor’s Note: As managing director of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading since 2010, Ralph Smith has been forging...

Attendance, Bigger Outcomes: Taking on the Health Determinants of Early School Success, Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, Grade-Level Communities Network, parent success, Ralph Smith, readiness, Summer Learning, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading

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El imperativo moral de actuar se cristaliza al saber que la acción puede marcar la diferencia: Parte II

Written by Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading on January 9, 2017. Posted in Español.

Nota del editor: Como director general de la Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (“Leer para 3ro.”, CGLR por sus siglas...

Attendance, Bigger Outcomes: Taking on the Health Determinants of Early School Success, Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, Grade-Level Communities Network, parent success, Ralph Smith, readiness, Summer Learning, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading

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The Moral Imperative to Act Is Crystallized by the Knowledge That Action Can Make A Difference: Part I

Written by Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading on January 3, 2017. Posted in Attendance, Family Engagement, Health, School Readiness, Summer Learning, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.

Editor’s Note: As managing director of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading since 2010, Ralph Smith has been forging...

Attendance, Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, Grade-Level Communities Network, Ralph Smith, readiness, Summer Learning, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, Towards Bigger Outcomes: Taking on the Health Determinants of Early School Success

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El imperativo moral de actuar se cristaliza al saber que una acción puede marcar la diferencia: Parte I

Written by Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading on January 3, 2017. Posted in Español.

Nota del editor: Como director general de la Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (“Leer para 3ro.”, CGLR por sus siglas...

Attendance, Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, Grade-Level Communities Network, Ralph Smith, readiness, Summer Learning, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, Towards Bigger Outcomes: Taking on the Health Determinants of Early School Success

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Circus Sarasota Partnership Honors Poster Contest Winners

Written by Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading on January 18, 2016. Posted in Attendance.

A main pillar of The Patterson Foundation is “Partners with a Purpose,” which is all about encouraging purposeful...

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Attendance Works Director Praises Suncoast Reading Efforts

Written by Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading on November 16, 2015. Posted in Attendance, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.

I wanted to say thank you so very much for this opportunity to see first-hand the work that is emerging from the...

Attendance, Attendance Works, Hedy Chang, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading

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Attendance Works Leader Brings Expertise to Suncoast

Written by Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading on October 26, 2015. Posted in Attendance, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.

Imagining a brighter future for children is at the core of creating new realities. The Suncoast Campaign for...

Attendance, Attendance Works, Hedy Change

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Community-Level Change Is Not in the ‘What’ but in the ‘How’

Written by Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading on October 22, 2015. Posted in Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.

Clarity. Structure. Measures. The world would be a better place if we had all of these, all of the time. Or would...

Attendance, Manatee County, School Readiness, Summer Learning, United Way of Manatee County

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Poster Contest to Raise Awareness About Suncoast Attendance

Written by Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading on September 3, 2015. Posted in Attendance, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.

September is national Attendance Awareness Month – a time for recognizing why attending school every day (and on...

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