Governor McKee, Commissioner Infante-Green, and Rhode Island FC Announce Week 4 Attendance Matters Challenge Winners
Published on Friday, May 29, 2026
PROVIDENCE, RI – As part of the statewide Attendance Matters RI campaign, today, Governor Dan McKee, Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green, and the Rhode Island Football Club announced the winners of week 4 of the RIFC Attendance Matters Challenge, recognizing Rhode Island schools with the highest weekly attendance and most improved attendance rates across elementary, middle, and high schools.
The following schools are the RIFC Attendance Matters Challenge Winners for the week of May 18 - May 22, 2026*:
- Elementary: Orlo Avenue School, East Providence - 97.4% weekly attendance rate
- Middle: Hope Highlands Middle School, Cranston - 96.1% weekly attendance rate
- High School: TAPA: Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts - 94.1% weekly attendance rate
The following schools were recognized for demonstrating the most improved attendance week-over-week:
- Elementary: Maisie E. Quinn School, West Warwick - 5.2 percentage point improvement in weekly attendance rate
- Middle: Tiverton Middle School - 6.6 percentage point improvement in weekly attendance rate
- High School: Highlander Secondary Charter School - 7.0 percentage point improvement in weekly attendance rate
The RIFC Attendance Matters Challenge runs from late April through May 2026, recognizing six schools each week for strong or improving attendance—24 schools in total. Winning schools earn the chance to attend a Rhode Island FC game, with winners honored at the stadium during the June 6 Kids Night game. This effort builds on statewide progress in attendance, including a 12-percentage-point drop in chronic absenteeism statewide and over 3.7 million recovered learning hours since the pandemic.
For more information on the partnership and Rhode Island’s work to improve attendance, visit AttendanceMattersRI.org.
*As of 6:00 a.m. on May 27, 2026.