American Academy of Innovation

This month we want to highlight the awesome attendance work happening at the American Academy of Innovation.  They are currently in their second year in the USBE Engagement and Attendance Cohort and are making a lot of progress when it comes to developing a sustainable attendance system in their school.  They have started working together as an attendance team to create plans for implementing attendance campaigns and messaging into what they are already doing with PBIS.  They are also working on identifying the appropriate data to help them make decisions when it comes to attendance in their school.  They have goals of reducing chronic absenteeism and have been involved in including the Statewide Attendance Campaign with what they are already doing at their school.  We appreciate their example of working hard and starting small.  Little changes can make a big impact with students and families.  Thank you for your wonderful example!

Park City School District

This month we also want to highlight the wonderful attendance work happening in the Park City School District. They have joined the USBE Engagement and Attendance Cohort and are working hard to promote positive attendance and develop attendance systems at all levels of learning within their district. They have developed a new district-level attendance team which includes social workers, school counselors, school deans, district personnel, and school administrators. They are meeting together as a team and discussing the ways they want to address attendance issues within their own district. They are setting goals and making plans on what they want to focus on this year and in the years to come. They have developed monthly promotional activities that will be promoted at the district level and facilitated by teams at each building. We appreciate their example of involving a lot of stakeholders and starting at the district level to address attendance issues!

Every Day Counts Statewide Attendance Campaign

We are excited to announce that the Statewide Attendance Campaign, Every Day Counts will be continuing for the 2026-2027 school year. There are multiple ways to get involved! You can become a Statewide Attendance Ambassador which is no additional work to you or you can join the new 2026-2027 Statewide Attendance Challenge. We have a lot of resources that are readily available that you can use as you are communicating with all of your stakeholders. Please see the new USBE Every Day Counts website.