Principal's Message
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Welcome to the 2024-2025 school year!
I am thrilled and proud to continue to serve as the principal of Coal City Early Childhood Center for the 2024-2025 school year. Since beginning my teaching career in 2003, I have cherished every step of my journey. My academic credentials include a Bachelor’s degree in Special Education, a Master’s in Reading, a Master’s in Educational Leadership, and an endorsement as a Behavioral Interventionist. These qualifications have greatly shaped my commitment to early childhood education. I am deeply supported by my husband Dale, with whom I have shared nearly 20 years, and our children—Kilen, a freshman at ISU, and Cambree, a junior at CCHS. Their support and encouragement are integral to my dedication to our school community.
At Coal City Early Childhood Center, I am deeply committed to fostering strong communication and relationships between home and school, especially with the parents of our youngest learners. I believe that open, consistent dialogue between educators and families is crucial for supporting the development and well-being of our children. By creating avenues for regular updates, feedback, and collaborative problem-solving, we aim to build a partnership that empowers parents and caregivers to be actively involved in their child’s educational journey. Together, we can create a supportive environment where each child thrives and reaches their full potential.
Please do not ever hesitate to reach out for any reason! My contact information is shared below.
Yours in Education,
Mrs. Davidson
Principal, Coal City Early Childhood Center
(815) 634-5042
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Importance of Attendance
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1. Absenteeism in the first month of school can predict poor attendance throughout the school year. Half the students who miss 2-4 days in September go on to miss nearly a month of school.
2. Chronic absence appears to have doubled by the end of the 2021-2022 school year. We estimate that it now affects nearly one out of three students.
3. Absenteeism and its ill effects start early.
4. Poor attendance can influence whether children read proficiently by the end of third grade or be held back.
5. By 6th grade, chronic absence becomes a leading indicator that a student will drop out of high school.
6. Research shows that missing 10% of the school, or about 18 days in most school districts, negatively affects a student's academic performance. That's just two days a month and that's known as chronic absence.
7. Students who live in communities with high levels of poverty are four times more likely to be chronically absent than others often for reasons beyond their control, such as unstable housing, unreliable transportation and lack of access to health care.
8. When students improve their attendance rates, they improve their academic prospects and chances for graduating.
9. Attendance improves when schools engage students and parents in positive ways and when schools provide mentors for chronically absent students.
10. Most school district and states don't look at all the right data to improve school attendance. They track how many students show up every day and how many are skipping school without an excuse, but not how many are missing so many days in excused and unexcused absence that they are headed off track academically.
Coal City School District sends attendance letters when a student misses 5 days, 9 days, 15 days, and 20 days. The attendance letters are a notification as to how many days your student has missed. A student is considered a "chronic truant" after 9 missed school days without a valid reason. The count does not include excused absences. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to the main office at (815) 634-5042.
Attendance Matters!
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