District 70 Schools Rank in Attendance Week Competition

From Libertyville School District 70: All five Libertyville School District 70 schools were honored this week for being in the top 10 for the 28th annual Lake County Regional Office of Education Attendance Week competition. Copeland Manor School ranked second for the third consecutive year in the "Small Elementary Schools" category. Meanwhile, Highland Middle School reached the third position in the "Large Elementary Schools" category.

Adler Park School ranked fourth in the “Small Elementary Schools” category followed by Rockland School at seventh place. Butterfield School ranked sixth in the “Medium Elementary Schools” category. Staff members and students from each of the four schools attended a special breakfast award ceremony on Sept. 29, with students going on stage to accept the awards.

Students who attended included from Rockland School, Sophie Krummick and Sofia Lombardo; from Highland Middle School, eighth-graders Michael Lothspeich and Paige Bleck, from Copeland Manor School, Ava Knight and Jozie Mitran, from Butterfield School, River Thompson, Abbie Ruth Nemuras and Ellie Shafer, then from Adler Park School David Taranowski and Lukas Krzeminski. Copeland Manor reached an attendance rate of 99 percentage rate, Highland Middle School reached a 97.96 percentage rate, Adler Park School had a 98.34 percentage rate while Rockland came in with a 98.14 percentage attendance rate, and Butterfield School had an attendance rate of 98.10 percentage rate. All Lake County elementary schools are eligible to be recognized by the Regional School Superintendent for attendance week, which ran from Sept. 11-15 this year.

Photo courtesy of Libertyville School District 70