{"id":235827,"date":"2026-03-25T13:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/235827\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T13:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:40:09","slug":"oakland-high-schooler-wins-cash-for-attendance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/235827\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland high schooler wins cash for attendance"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Oakland <\/p>\n

OAKLAND, Calif. – An Oakland high school freshman is being recognized \u2014 and rewarded \u2014 for showing up.<\/p>\n

Gwendolynn Miller, a student at Castlemont High School, received a $500 check on Tuesday from Oakland Natives Give Back after dramatically improving her school attendance.<\/p>\n

Miller entered the organization’s monthly attendance contest, which awards students who maintain 95% or higher attendance during the month.<\/p>\n

“I think school can help me get through and pass my accomplishments,” Miller said. “It can get me to a further point in life.”<\/p>\n

She also had a message for her peers.<\/p>\n

“Y’all should go to school, get your learning in, and yeah, maybe it’ll take y’all somewhere in life,” she said.<\/p>\n

The contest is part of a broader effort by Oakland Unified School District to boost student attendance \u2014 a priority the district says is driven not only by budget considerations, but by the critical role attendance plays in student development.<\/p>\n

\"\" <\/p>\n

Gwendolynn Miller, a student at Castlemont High School, received a $500 check on Tuesday from Oakland Natives Give Back after dramatically improving her school attendance. March 24, 2026 <\/p>\n

Oakland<\/a>Education<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OAKLAND, Calif. – An Oakland high school freshman is being recognized \u2014 and rewarded \u2014 for showing up.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[389,1184,15,100,143,145,144,1181],"class_list":["post-235827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-alameda-county","tag-ca","tag-education","tag-news","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}