44%
Fewer absences
5th grade · 2025–26
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Impact
Student growth.
Shared progress.
Explore the attendance changes, family participation, and opportunities for leadership reported by Let’s Rise Above. Each school year tells its own part of the story.
The people behind the work
A school leader’s perspective.
Hear from Dr. Valdovinos, identified in this video as Assistant Principal at San Jacinto Elementary, in a year-end reflection on the Let’s Rise Above mentoring program.
Meet one of the school voices behind the work, then explore the reported results below.
1 minute, 55 seconds · Press play to watch here.
2025–26
Participation, attendance, and service.
75 participants, including 56 full-time participants.
35%
Fewer absences
4th grade · 2025–26
61%
Fewer absences
1st–3rd grade · 2025–26
Family partnership
58 5th-grade parent/student success conferences.
4 parent workshops.
Leadership & service
13 student volunteers from SJLA and 5 mentor/tutor training sessions.
1,000 meals provided internationally through student service.
2024–25
Reported attendance and learning engagement.
5th-grade leaders
62%
Fewer absences
40%
More time using i-Ready
4th-grade mentees
50%
Fewer absences
61%
More time using i-Ready
i-Ready time describes platform usage, not a change in test scores.
Consistent contact. Practical support.
1,650
Check-in/check-out contacts
25
Leadership training sessions
10
Parent workshops
24
Home visits
700+
Parent texts and calls
What parents reported.
2024–25 parent ratings on a five-point scale.
4.9/5
Behavior
5.0/5
Academic effort
4.8/5
Social interaction
4.9/5
Self-confidence
Service in action.
Earlier community service examples, presented separately from 2025–26.
5,091
Grocery bags donated
Support for a local pantry.
1,010
Meals provided
Support for children in the Philippines.
Understanding these results.
These figures are reported by Let’s Rise Above. Student groups and school years are shown separately; attendance changes, activity counts, platform usage, and parent ratings measure different aspects of the work.
These summaries do not include attendance comparison baselines, survey sample sizes, or detailed reporting methods. They should not be read as a controlled evaluation of the program.
Earlier program highlights
The existing program summary also reports 93% average daily attendance, compared with 86.4% schoolwide, and a change in behavior incidents from 59 to 10.
A specific year and comparison period were not provided for these figures. They are kept separate from the dated results above.