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Launching the 2023 Attendance Awareness Campaign!


Showing Up Together!” is the theme of 2023’s Attendance Awareness Campaign, which begins this month. We’re using this 11th annual campaign to encourage everyone to remember that students are...
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Campaign Wrap with the Numbers!


Our theme this year, Stay Connected, Keep Learning! is a call to students, families and everyone in the school community to lift up the value and importance of showing up to school, whether...
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Appreciation: AAC Corporate Sponsors!


We would like to offer a special thank you! to our 2022 Attendance Awareness Campaign corporate sponsors: EveryDay Labs, Safe and Civil Schools, RaaWee K12 Solutions and Kaiser Permanente Thriving...
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Help Us To Improve the Attendance Awareness Campaign! Take a Short Survey


Thank you for your participation in Attendance Awareness Campaign 2022! We would like your feedback on what worked this year and any ideas you might have about how we might improve. We’re...
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Sept. 28 webinar: What Works to Sustain Attendance and Engagement?


Our final 2022 Attendance Awareness Campaign webinar, What Works to Sustain Attendance and Engagement?, highlighted the importance of utilizing attendance data to implement solutions that strengthen...
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Tracking Attendance Interventions Using an Online Tool


Choosing the right intervention to address an attendance barrier is key to improving an individual’s, or a student group’s, attendance. But with large numbers of students missing too many days of...
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Aug. 3 webinar: Ensuring a Welcoming, Healthy and Restorative Start to School


We had an amazing participation in the third 2022 Attendance Awareness Campaign webinar, Ensuring a Welcoming, Healthy and Restorative Start to School, (August 3, 2022). Listen to the webinar...
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May 25 webinar: What Promotes Engagement and Attendance? Insights from Students, Parents and Educators


The second 2022 Attendance Awareness Campaign webinar, What Promotes Engagement and Attendance? Insights from Students, Parents and Educators,  focused on developing community-centered strategies to...
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NEW! Toolkit: Showing Up Matters for R.E.A.L.


As the ripple effects of the pandemic continue to rattle the nation, paying attention to attendance is more crucial than ever. In schools, students must be present and actively engaged in learning if...
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April 6 webinar: Relationships, Routines and Partnerships


Our first Attendance Awareness Campaign webinar, Keep Kids Engaged and Showing Up for Learning: Relationships, Routines and Partnerships, (April 6, 2022), highlighted the importance of community...
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