Most high school students usually look forward to senior ditch
day or just missing school to relax, but four seniors at San Benito
High School have bucked the trend for their entire time there and
haven’t missed one day.
Most high school students usually look forward to senior ditch day or just missing school to relax, but four seniors at San Benito High School have bucked the trend for their entire time there and haven’t missed one day.
Seniors Lindsay Costa, Anarosa Covarrubias, Sarah Floch and Martin Gonzales received plaques at a perfect attendance award ceremony last week Wednesday night. The four seniors will also be recognized at graduation for their accomplishments and will be given a gift.
Gonzales, who hasn’t missed a day of school since kindergarten, said having only four students with perfect attendance makes it even cooler. Martin’s parents are field workers and he works with them during summer. He will be attending college this fall, he said, and with an education he won’t end up working in the fields.
The students particularly talked about how attending class every day has allowed them to avoid having to catch up on missed work.
“If you miss school, you miss out,” Floch said.
Floch said it has always been a goal of hers to get perfect attendance and she has done so since the third grade. Floch said she motivated herself to strive for perfection when it comes to attendance.
Covarrubias said she went to school every day partly for her parents and also for herself. Covarrubias plans to keep her perfect attendance up when she enters college, she said.
Costa also hasn’t missed school since the third or fourth grade and said it’s become more of a habit than anything. She mentioned how she has a job and said she thinks of school the same way – because she understands she can’t just miss a day of work for no good reason.
“It’s like brushing your teeth,” Costa said.
They all reflected in their similar accomplishments and appear proud to make the goal.
Gonzales said he probably would feel weird if he misses a day of school once he goes to college.
“(I’m) used to going,” he said.
Student Services Support Manager Shelly Maupin said the parents she spoke with are proud of their kids for their success.
“We are very proud,” Maupin said.
