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13 Years of Perfect Attendance: Student Nears 2,000 Days in a Row

By Good News Network Thursday, May 03, 2012

Family Life - Kids

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student Ciara Cetraro has perfect attendence - Hawaii TodaySince kindergarten, 17-year-old high-school senior Ciara Cetraro hasn't missed a day of school. That's more than 2,000 days of showing up for every day of school.

Perhaps most impressive, she is president and valedictorian of her class and she lives in beautiful Hawaii, where chronic absenteeism is an "epidemic".

 

(READ the story in Yahoo News)

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#1 michesuboski 2012-05-07 07:19
Love it. Not only a dedication to being at school but she must be one healthy kid! Congrats Ciara. :-)
 

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