COMMUNITY SCHOOL LEARNING EXCHANGE

March Madness Attendance Challenge

Thursday Nov 20th, 2025

March Madness Attendance Challenge

Grover Cleveland launched a March Madness Attendance Challenge, where classrooms advanced through a bracket by maintaining at least 90% attendance each week. One class was just one student short of moving on – until, with perfect timing, the student walked in a few minutes late. The room erupted in cheers, celebrating their collective effort and victory in making it to the next round! Innovative and motivating challenges like this have helped Grover Cleveland decrease their chronic absenteeism by nearly 10% in just two years.