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Hannibal Middle School students pitch attendance incentives; teachers describe service-learning projects
Summary
Students and staff presented a range of attendance incentives (goal: 90% attendance) and life-skills projects including pen pals with Luther Manor; school leaders described mentoring and prize programs intended to boost engagement.
Hannibal Middle School students and staff presented a student-led slate of attendance initiatives and a life-skills class described a community pen-pal project at the board meeting.
Mr. Hall and several middle-school students explained that the district-wide attendance goal is 90% for the year. Proposed incentive strategies included weekly random prize drawings, teacher mentoring check-ins (a "2-by-10"—two minutes a day for 10 consecutive days), surprise wet-sponge events, first-in-line privileges, class-outdoor and movie days, a 'drop lowest score' idea for low quiz grades, and a yearlong 94% attendance prize drawing. One student said of the special events: "I like this a lot; I thought it was a fun thing to do."
Special-education teacher Beth Dman described a life-skills/essential-skills class that had students adopt pen pals from Luther Manor nursing home, handwritten letters and a planned visit for cookies and conversation that staff said has been well received by residents. Social-studies teacher Matthew Schnick invited the board to a Veterans Day assembly on Nov. 11 at 1:30 p.m., with a reception at 12:30 p.m., student speeches and music by the middle-school band.
Administrators told the board they will continue to track attendance and share results; the presentations were framed as student-driven, low-cost engagement strategies intended to increase daily attendance and strengthen community ties.
Provenance: student presentation segments and teacher remarks during administrative reports.
