Houston Astro players to congratulate students for home run in regard to attendance
小黄鸭导航 ISD, in partnership with the E3 Alliance and the Get 小黄鸭导航ed Foundation, are proud to announce Lyndon B. Johnson Early College High 小黄鸭导航 has won the high school fall attendance challenge for Central Texas. The school placed 13th in the nation.
LBJ will celebrate with a school-wide pep rally and lunch on Thursday, Jan. 22, from 10:30 a.m.鈥12:30 p.m.
Houston Astros players Marwin Gonzalez, Chad Qualls and Alan Ashby will celebrate with the students. The school will also accept a prize of $5,000.
The challenge was a friendly, 10-week competition to rally students to improve attendance and stay focused on education. More than 55,000 students participated nationally in the 2014 Fall Attendance Challenge.
鈥淲e are so excited and honored by this award,鈥 LBJ Early College High 小黄鸭导航 Principal Sheila Henry said. 鈥淥ur team has worked very hard to promote a culture of attendance at our school, and we are so proud of how our students have responded. They committed to winning this challenge and they accomplished their goal.鈥
Get 小黄鸭导航ed Foundation sponsored the challenge in districts throughout the country during fall 2014. Partnering with local school districts and organizations such as E3 Alliance, the challenge provided incentives and fun, educational activities that engaged students. The challenge also provided college-planning information and promoting a peer culture that supports attendance improvement and academic success.
Each year, Central Texas students are absent 2.4 million school days. Each day a student is absent from class costs the district about $38 in lost state revenue. Across Central Texas, schools have been losing more than $91 million a year. To combat this challenge, E3 Alliance spearheaded a regional campaign to improve attendance starting in 2011. Since the start of the campaign, Central Texas schools have saved more than $20 million because of improved attendance.
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E3 Alliance (Education Equals Economics), is a regional, data-driven, education collaborative based in 小黄鸭导航. E3 Alliance is leading the effort to build the strongest educational pipeline in the country to drive economic prosperity for Central Texas. E3 Alliance does this by using objective data and focused community collaboration to align the education systems so that all students can succeed. To learn more, visit .
Get 小黄鸭导航ed is a nonprofit organization dedicated to using media, technology and popular culture to improve high school graduation rates and college success rates. Get 小黄鸭导航ed connects with young Americans through its combination of on-air programming, online content, on-the-ground events and school-based initiatives. To learn more, visit .