Webster Area eighth grade students, from left, Harley Valley and Casen Fish make root beer floats Feb. 2 at Webster Area Middle School as the class reward for having the highest average attendance for the month of January. Principal Craig Case said this is one change the school has made to help incentivize higher attendance among elementary and middle school students. Reporter & Farmer | Leyton Beardslee
Webster Area counselor Tina Norton scoops ice cream for root beer floats which the eighth grade class chose as their reward for having the highest average attendnce for the month of January. Principal Craig Case said this along with other changes to the rigidity of the school’s attendance policy have contributed to higher average attendance through the school’s first semester compared to last year. Reporter & Farmer | Leyton Beardslee
Last spring Webster Area Elementary students expressed through a questionnaire they would like to have a reward beyond acknowledgment of perfect attendance for being present each day of school.Elementary and middle school principal Craig Case said he reviewed the school’s attendance policy and realized it was pretty rigid causing students to lose perfect attendance if they missed even ...
