The School is Cool program is an educational initiative based on the belief that there is a direct link between academic achievement, the quality of the local workforce, and the quality of life in the community. The program objectives are to:

• Promote the idea that school is cool.
• Recognize and celebrate students who achieve perfect attendance.
• Encourage all students to aspire to achieve perfect attendance and graduate from high school.
• Promote the importance of education to all students, parents, and the community at large.
• Highlight the important connection between showing up ready to learn for school every day and showing up ready to work every day as an adult.

Here are some highlights of the program for this year:

• We will have rewards each grading period for students that had perfect attendance during that 6- or 9-week period.
  • We are partnering with area businesses to offer rewards to students all year long.  We realize some kids get sick and miss school in the beginning of the year causing them to lose interest in attendance for the remainder of the year.  As a result, we want to give those students a reason to start fresh and know that every day counts!  This is our new tagline for School Is Cool.  John Dils has agreed to start us off and offer everyone with perfect attendance during the first grading period with a pass to one of Family Fitness Works, Rec Plex or Sports Plex.
• We plan to visit every school twice per year (one time per semester) to do drawings for bigger prizes.  The winners will be drawn from those students that have perfect attendance for the year so far.
• The art contest will return this year!
  • Students at all grade levels may submit their artwork to our office (directly or through their school) to be considered for this year’s School Is Cool t-shirt design.
  • We will have winners in these categories: Elementary, Middle/Jr. High School, High School.
  • In addition, we will choose a winner in the Digital Media category to be used for future marketing materials.
  • Every student with perfect attendance for the schoolyear will receive a t-shirt with the winning design.
• Senior Celebration
  • Graduating seniors who have achieved perfect attendance for their senior year, passed the ECA testing, maintaining a 2.0 GPA and on track to graduate with a Core 40 diploma or better will be invited to the Senior Celebration at Wetzel Auto.
  • One name will be drawn to win the grand prize of a car or a scholarship, compliments of Wetzel Auto.
  • Every senior who attends will receive a prize (yet to be determined).

The School is Cool program is generously supported by: