Educators agree that a child who maintains a solid attendance record is twice as likely to graduate from high school. The direct correlation between attendance and graduation rates as well as attendance and state-level funding are vitally important to the success of students, schools and districts. The Blackboard Connect™ and AlertNow™ solutions help thousands of school leaders throughout the US to overcome truancy issues such as low average daily attendance. Targeted communications to parents about their child’s absenteeism have proven to solidify enrollment numbers. Join us as K-12 school leaders share their successes using Blackboard Connect and AlertNow solutions to improve attendance by: • Informing parents of daily absenteeism/truancies/tardiness • Reinforcing district attendance standards • Encouraging teachers and administrators to take a proactive approach to improving enrollment Join Angela Shelley, Assistant Director of Public Information at Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, Denise Angevine, Enrollment Specialist in New Hanover County Schools and James Cernanec Director of Application Development and Support at White Hat Management as they share the unique ways they are using Blackboard’s mass communication solutions to improve student attendance and increase funding.

1. Improve Student Success and Increase Funding Through Increased Student Attendance Angela Shelley Assistant Director for Public Information Denise Angevine Enrollment Specialist Jim Cernanec Director Application Development and Support

2. Mobile Education & Connectivity Multi-Modal Mass Communication Campus Commerce & Security Web Based Teaching & Learning Synchronous Learning & Collaboration

6. THE BEST SERVICE FOR YOUR DISTRICT Connect AlertNow Proven, reliable and secure Industry leading service satisfaction Platinum client care program Connect for Teachers Automated weather alerts Access parent portal Map-based message delivery Flexible survey module Building block integration: Bb Learn Multiple language translation

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20. Denise Angevine, NHCS Enrollment Specialist

27. Attendance Data Before Alert Now After Alert Now

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36. Thank You!