By Franco Landa
Staff Writer It has been customary to reward the Top 10 students for their academics, but there are other students within Hubbard that deserve recognition. That is the purpose of the expanded incentives for students. In the past, Ms. Cassidy would give luggage and Subway gift cards to students to award them for perfect attendance. Mr. Vazquez and the Local School Council (LSC) have now been working to expand the perfect attendance incentives to reach more students. Such new incentives include debit gift cards and school dances. However, there are even more new ideas that have been proposed such as a Great America trip for Seniors, a White Sox outing, and even rewarding students with iPads! “I pinpoint the students with their needs… I look for any opportunity that benefits the students,” Mr. Vazquez said. Of course, to receive such awards, all that is being asked is perfect attendance. When asked, Mr. Vazquez stated that better attendance would ultimately result in a lower dropout rate and reduce the disruption of tardies throughout the day. Rewards such as iPads and debit gift cards are attractive, but what did some students think about idea of rewarding students for attendance? When asked, Joyce Fung (Div 302) felt that incentives for students based on attendance are necessary because “…a lot of people ditch school all the time”. Javier Abarca (Div 301) found the incentives attractive: “I owe a lot of debt and when they said that if I have perfect attendance for 4 months…they are going to cut my debt in half and that definitely motivates me to go to class on time”. Myron Luo (Div 302) said that students should not be given incentives based on attendance and “you should be only rewarded for going above expectations”. Yessica Garcia (Div 303) feels that although students should already be attending their classes, it is necessary because “the school wants to improve attendance rates and most students will only attend their classes if they know they will get something in return”. Although these incentives seem to be rewards for something students should already be doing, Mr. Vazquez sees the incentives as a way to appreciate student performance that typically goes unnoticed. What events can we be looking forward to soon? There is a Perfect Attendance Dance that is scheduled for April 19th, and requires perfect attendance for the month of March 1st-April 18th. As long as Mr. Vazquez continues to find the resources to have such incentives, he plans to continue to reward students. Have an idea for an incentive? See Mr. Vazquez.
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