Minions encourage student attendance
Posted on October 19, 2015 by Ju Hyun Yeo in News
Ju Hyun Yeo
Chronicle Reporter
A simple habit like showing up late can determine a student’s success in that class. Tardy students don’t realize how much negative impact they’re giving to their classmates as well as themselves.
That’s why Luz Torres, the PSA counselor, decided to start on an anti-tardy campaign called
The “Minion” reasons to come to school everyday & on time, which its purpose is to encourage every students to show up on schedule.
The word “Minion” is a replacement and rhyme of the word “million”; the catchy word has originality that also invokes the countless advantages of coming to school on proper time. No other appealing characters are better than the cutesy yellow animations that will surely captivate students’ attentions to participate.
This campaign will take action from Oct. 12 to Oct. 29; a three week challenge for students to push themselves extra harder and come without delays. Students who get one or no absence per 25 days will automatically be put in the guaranteed entry to win nice Subway gift cards and exciting movie tickets.
For the whole week of Oct 19, Ms. Torres will be visiting each classrooms during their “Breakfast In the Class” time to talk about the numerous reasons and its benefits of coming to school punctually. Then she will be passing around a big minion poster for students to write their own reasons of why good attendance is crucial. Some of the selective responses from the students will be announced over the PA system anonymously, also a chance to let the students know that their voice matters.
“Our goal is to have at least 71% of the students to attend 96% or more per 25 days,” said Torres, “We want more students to be categorized in the green side with 96% or above attendance.”
Students definitely have to keep track of their attendance history and bring authorized notes for unexcused absence/tardy, since it’s a big requirement for graduation. Students who want to know their attendance records should visit Ms.Torres at the Attendance office in room 411.
