Help me give my students an incentive for coming to school each day to grow their brain.
$2,003 goal
This project expired on June 11, 2024.
This project expired on June 11, 2024.
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Project
Every school day counts in a child's academic life. A missed school day is a lost opportunity for students to learn. One strategy for improving attendance is engaging students, parents, educators, and community members in a campaign that offers positive rewards for attending.
School attendance is a simple, easily understood measure of student performance.
We use incentives to create a school-wide culture of attendance accompanied by a deep commitment to ensuring students are engaged in the classroom once they show up. Perfect attendance is not our goal since it is not wise to encourage children to come to school when they’re sick. Instead, we reward students monthly that attend at least ninety percent of the month or better. We also reward students for improved attendance.
We will use the Dippin' Dots ice cream to reward students for their attendance/attendance improvement in school. Students will enjoy a sweet treat, along with a certificate for their accomplishment!
We have seen great improvement with attendance this year! Currently we have an eighty-nine percent attendance rate for the entire year. Our goal is ninety-four percent monthly for the remainder of the year.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
HBCU Alum226 students impacted
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