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Armstrong Elementary's Attendance Incentive

As the end of the school year gets closer, principal Amy Dittmar has announced an incentive to continue to encourage parents and students about the importance of good attendance at school.

In order to promote attendance during April and May, there is an incentive for perfect attendance. The incentive will be β€œUniform Free Fridays”.

Each day the school will announce during its morning meeting which classes had perfect attendance on the previous day. The classrooms that have perfect attendance for the week will have a dress down day on Friday.

This incentive began the week of April 18. There is no school on April 22 theΒ  first perfect attendance dress down day will be on Thursday, April 21.

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Students can arrive to school as early as 8:30 a.m. each day and are dismissed at 3:50 p.m. Contact your child’s teacher or the office at 953-4000 with any questions.

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