Show Up Campaign

A Special Place

The Oakridge Community is a special place. We look out for each other. Whether it’s in the community, on the field, court, or stage, we have a reputation for showing up – time and time again. We show up to make a difference and to help one another.

But, We Have a Crisis

Over 40% of our kids were chronically absent during the 2021-22 school year. On average, those students missed an entire marking period.  If repeated annually, they would miss 3 years of school over the K-12 experience!  This is a community crisis!  These children are our future – our future workforce, our future community leaders, and our future families.   

Thankfully, our partnership with the community is working to get our kids to SHOW UP to school. Unofficial results for the 2024-25 school year shows our chronic absenteeism rate has declined to 26% after 3 years of continued improvement.  We can keep this improvement trend going!

Kids need to be in school – not for us, but for themselves, for their friends, teammates, and family.   Their future success depends on Showing Up!  

Let’s come together as a community to change this. We need to Show Up for our kids so they can Show Up for our community now and in the future.

Goal:  Cut Chronic Absenteeism in Half!

Show Up Campaign

We aren't looking for perfect attendance...kids get sick occasionally, of course.  We are looking for progress.  When we know better, we do better!  It is an undeniable fact that kids who Show Up to school do better academically.  This is the foundation for success in life.   

To help, we are launching the Show Up Campaign to promote awareness of this issue. The Show Up Campaign will use positive reinforcement to recognize and incentivize kids who Show Up to school.  This lets our kids and parents know that we want them here, we care about them, and we’re here to help them Show Up!

Will You Show Up?

Parents, students, local businesses, and the entire school district are asked to do all they can to help our students Show Up to school more often.  We simply ask you to support our kids in this effort.

Show Up For Our Kids!

Are you willing to support our Show Up efforts? Please contact Tom Livezey, Superintendent at 231-788-7100 or via email @ [email protected]