Research is clear that regular school attendance helps students achieve lifelong success and wellbeing. Last year, CUSD introduced our "In It to Win It" attendance campaign to offer exciting monthly incentives for students with outstanding attendance. District-wide, we saw significant improvement in average daily attendance and decreases in chronic absenteeism.
 
In It to Win It is back and better than ever for 2024-2025! Like last year, students will be automatically entered into a school-wide drawing for each month that they meet the attendance goal:

0-1 ABSENCES PER MONTH

What’s different? This year, winners can choose any prize(s) they want, valued up to $600! And there’s more! The stakes get even higher in October and December, when the winner of each site’s monthly drawing receives a trip to Disneyland valued up to $1,500, or equivalent prize(s) of their choice. Students must be present to win and some prize restrictions apply. Please see the FAQ for more information.

• Missing just one day of school puts a student two days behind in their school work?

• Children who are chronically absent in Kindergarten are far less likely than their peers to read well by the end of 3rd grade?

• Students who miss 8 days of school or more per year are at risk of not graduating with their class?

A solid academic foundation is just one of the many reasons for regular school attendance. Students also benefit from positive, daily interactions with teachers, school staff, and their peers, as well as access to resources and services that support their overall wellbeing and success, including:

• Regular nutrition

• Social-emotional and mental health supports

• Free after-school care (grades TK-8)

• Extracurricular opportunities

If you need support in overcoming barriers to regular school attendance, please contact your child’s school. Attending school every day is The Ceres Way!