Why does attendance matter? We often hear from graduates that they wish they would have worked consistently when they were younger so they wouldn't have had to play catch up later and graduate late. The upside of out system at CPS is that it is possible to catch up on credits when a student is behind. The downside is that students need more individual motivation to do work that doesn't necessarily have a due date. When a student misses school, he or she gets more and more behind, and has more catching up to do later, and has more of a chance of not finishing high school at all. Please make it a priority to have regular attendance, and let us know what we can do to help you! ¿Por qué es importante la asistencia? Escuchamos una y otra vez de los graduados que desearían haber trabajado de manera constante cuando eran más jóvenes para no haber tenido que ponerse al día más tarde y graduarse tarde. La ventaja de nuestro sistema en CPS es que es posible ponerse al día con los crédi