TAMPA BAY \u2013\u00a0The Tampa Bay Lightning and Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) today announced Attendance All-Stars \u2013 Every Day Matters, a district-wide initiative designed to make school attendance exciting, celebrate improvement and reinforce the importance of showing up every day.<\/p>\n
\u201cShowing up every day, just like the Lightning do on the ice, is one of the most important steps students can take toward reaching their full potential,\u201d said Lightning CEO Steve Griggs. \u201cThrough Attendance All-Stars, we\u2019re proud to partner with Hillsborough County Public Schools to celebrate progress while recognizing students and schools for making \u2018Every Day Matter\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Tampa Bay Lightning has been a tremendous partner to Hillsborough County Public Schools, continually finding meaningful ways to support our students and schools,\u201d said Superintendent Van Ayres. \u201cNow, they\u2019re stepping up to help us tackle another important priority: attendance. We know that being in school every day makes a difference, and Attendance All-Stars brings some fun and excitement to that message while giving every student and every school an opportunity to improve and be recognized for their progress.\u201d<\/p>\n
Launching November 1 and first recognizing attendance performance beginning in December, the program will use the Lightning brand to build school spirit, engage families and help reduce absenteeism across the district. Rather than recognizing only schools with the highest overall attendance, the initiative will reward the most improved attendance rate compared with the previous month or the same month in the prior year, giving every school an opportunity to be celebrated.<\/p>\n
Each month, the most improved elementary or middle school will receive a ThunderBug celebration or pep rally appearance. A student with the most improved attendance will receive four tickets to a Lightning game\u2014or be entered into a drawing in the event of a tie\u2014along with an attendance certificate, T-shirt and\/or retail item or discount. Second- and third-place runners-up will receive swag bags.<\/p>\n
At the high school level, the most improved school will receive special in-game recognition. A student with the most improved attendance will receive four game tickets\u2014or entry into a drawing in the event of a tie\u2014an attendance certificate, T-shirt and\/or retail item or discount. Second- and third-place runners-up will also receive swag bags.<\/p>\n
The campaign will be supported by a promotional video by Bolts defenseman, and education advocate, JJ Moser for elementary school morning shows, monthly ticket-giveaway and game-reminder graphics, and printed Attendance All-Stars certificates. Principals will receive a school communication toolkit with posters, social graphics, newsletter copy, a parent email and digital marquee graphics.<\/p>\n
HCPS will also promote Lightning spirit days before select home games through PeachJar and family newsletters. Students will be encouraged to wear Lightning gear on game days, while schools will be invited to share their spirit on social media.<\/p>\n
Through recognition, rewards, school spirit and family engagement, Attendance All-Stars \u2013 Every Day Matters aims to improve attendance, reduce absenteeism and ensure every student has the opportunity to succeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA BAY \u2013\u00a0The Tampa Bay Lightning and Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) today announced Attendance All-Stars \u2013 Every…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-442584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}