At Tuesday night’s North Judson-San Pierre School Board meeting, Elementary School Principal Julie Berndt informed school board members about a few initiatives that are positively impacting the attendance records of her students.
Principal Berndt talked about the “Attendance Champions” program where each teacher’s attendance percentage is posted every month. The class with the highest number gets announced and receives a bag of candy, a temporary trophy for their class room and bragging rights. She said so far it has been a pretty competitive and successful initiative. In November, there weren’t any classes that reported less than 91 percent attendance.
She also mentioned the “Exemplary Attendance” raffle that rewards students for not missing too many days of class, “If they miss one day or less in the semester their name goes into a drawing. On Friday, we’re going to draw and one girl and one boy will go home with a sled.”
Berndt said she sent out requests for donations to buy the sleds back in October. She didn’t know what to expect, but said that the community’s response was great. Local business and citizens provided enough funds to purchases the prizes. Students who win today’s raffle will be able to take home their sled for Winter Break.
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