• Talk with your child about feelings and fears, which helps reduce them.
• Emphasize the positive aspects of going to school; being with friends, learning a favorite subject, recess
• Arrange an informal meeting with your child’s teacher, away from the classroom.
• Allow your child to have their own alarm clock. Our school can help your family purchase an alarm clock if necessary.
• Develop a regular daily routine for getting ready for bed at night and for school in the morning.
• Have your child shower the night before school, pick out their clothes, and get their backpack and lunch ready to go before going to bed.
• Make sure your child is getting a good night’s rest. An earlier bedtime may help. No electronics late into the night!
• Count down the time before leaving. “We have ten more minutes before we need to leave.”
• Go over self-help techniques with your child, such as deep breathing or self talk, to learn to calm themselves down.
• Be firm with your limits. Allowing a child to stay home will often increase their resistance to attending school.
• Meet with the school social worker for extra guidance and support. (Aleksi Poirier, aleksip@provo.edu)

A reminder of the District Policy, “All students are expected to be in class and on time every school day, in every class.”

• Notification of Attendance Letter: 5 unexcused absences
• 1st Citation Letter: 8 unexcused absences
• 2nd Citation Letter: 10 unexcused absences
• 3 tardies equal 1 absence

• 3150 Student Attendance
• 3150 Procedure 1 Elementary Student Attendance