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A graduating senior at Westlake High School in Westlake, Ohio, has completed kindergarten through the end of high school without missing a day, a perfect attendance streak that dates back to 2009. (Shutterstock)
WESTLAKE, OH Making it through an entire school year with perfect attendance is something any student could be proud of. There s often some combination of sick days, family commitments, vacations or just playing hooky that can get in the way of showing up every day.
Blake Wolfe, a graduating senior at Westlake High School, is not only capping off a perfect attendance record in his final year before college, he s also sporting a streak that goes all the way back to kindergarten.
Student Graduates Without Missing a School Day Since Starting Kindergarten
On 5/24/21 at 5:34 AM EDT
An Ohio high school student has graduated with perfect attendance, having not missed a day of school since kindergarten.
Blake Wolfe, who completed his last day at Westlake High School in Ohio on Friday, spent an estimated 2,184 days at school since he began kindergarten in 2009.
Wolfe did miss some days of school that were called off due to heavy snow in the state, but never missed a day due to illness or injury.
Read more There were so many days that I just wanted to make up an excuse and stay home but my mom and my dad just gave me that extra push and coming to school and seeing my friends again it just made it all better, Wolfe told Fox 8 during an interview about his achievement.
The best way to learn is by doing.
And since March 11, 2020, when a pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization, we’ve all certainly learned a lot by doing things we never thought we’d do. Over the past 13+ months, I’ve done everything from lining up to buy toilet paper to doing yoga in my living room to Zooming morning, noon and night.
Early on in the coronavirus pandemic, I interviewed a spokesperson from Ottawa’s Shopify Inc. who used Zoom as a verb and I had no idea what she was talking about. Ah, those were the days! Unfortunately, I’m very familiar with the video-conferencing tool Zoom and its now instantly recognizable
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