Districts across the country are participating in September Awareness Month in the effort to improve attendance in their communities beginning in the first full month of school. Parents and students of Roseville High School received an email reminding that September is “Attendance Awareness Month” for RJUHSD. Administration encourages families to make use of the new Attendance Tracking Tool to supplement the effort to maintain attendance at school. This will be used as a way for parents to stay up to date on their child’s attendance as well as provide an indicator after 9 absences that states “Please Note: Your child has an increased risk of academic difficulty for absences beyond this point.” The school also lists tips to promote good attendance for students such as establishing basic routines, communicating with the school, and setting backup plans if a routine is interrupted.

The email sent on Monday, September 11th was the only announcement made to RHS families about September Attendance Awareness Month.

Freshman Owen Young was unaware that September was AAM and believes it will have little effect on campus.

“It’s not going to make me come to school more, I’m already going to be here either way,” Young said.

Freshman James Herald sees the increased attendance of a student due to AAM as reliant on the attitude of their parents.

“It depends on the parents that they have, if the parents are strict about it then I think they will show up more but if their parents already aren’t strict about it then I don’t think it will help,” Herald said.