September is Attendance Awareness Month

September 1, 2025, marks the start of Attendance Awareness Month! This is a time to focus on the importance of attending school daily. The Conejo Valley Unified School District acknowledges that good attendance matters, and improving attendance and reducing chronic absenteeism takes commitment and collaboration.

Attendance Awareness Month is an annual event started in 2011 by the Attendance Works campaign, which aims to raise awareness about chronic absenteeism. Studies show that students who keep a consistent attendance rate are more likely to succeed academically, which affirms the importance of parents and guardians ensuring that their children attend school regularly.

Attendance Awareness Month raises public awareness that students who have good attendance in September are most likely to thrive all year. Research shows that just missing two or more days of school in September is a warning sign that a student is more likely to have problems with attendance the rest of the year.

The theme for Attendance Awareness Month in September 2025 is "Here Today, Ready for Tomorrow!" This theme emphasizes the link between school attendance and achieving future goals and dreams, and encourages a focus on the importance of every school day for learning, building relationships, and accessing support.

At the Wednesday, August 13, 2025 Board of Education meeting, Resolution #25/26-02 in Support of Attendance Awareness Month was adopted.

Please join the Conejo Valley Unified School District in raising awareness about the impact of attendance on student success. Here Today, Ready for Tomorrow!