Hi Holly, I like this approach to attendance. It is clear with rewards for being there and participating. I use a similar format. I call the points the students earn, professional points but the intent is the same as yours--keep the students in school. As for midterm absences or trying to engage those students that have already been absent in excess of the allow times this is a hard one. We have individual appointments with each student and try to learn how we can be supportive and what is going on in their lives that causes the absences. What we have found is that very few of these students are retained because they have created a failure trail for themselves and it is easy for them to continue to miss rather than be disciplined enough to come to school each day. Gary