Stefanie Zaner
Let me ask you a question – How many times have you missed your school this month? I am sure to get a multitude of answers and not one among us can say ZERO. And I am talking about only 30 days!
Now here’s an 18 year old who has never, ever in her academic life missed a day. Her name is Stefanie Zaner.
A cheerful girl from Northwest High School will complete 2340th day of her senior school on Friday – the last day of her senior school.
We all demand holidays either for genuine reasons like – falling ill, catching flu, breaking a bone, travelling or some religious ceremony or some (more) ungenuine reasons! But Stefanie has never missed a day of her school since she was a child – this is itself is an accomplishment.
And while not-missing-a-day of school won’t get you a lot of laurels, Stefanie has maintained her grades and is a straight A grade student.
Stefanie showed up despite moving twice and changing school three times. She says that they had a ” No TV” rule where they’d just sit and read in a room.
Stefanie will be attending the University of Maryland in its honors program. Zaner wants to be a doctor.
According to Stephanie’s mentors, parents and friends she is a perfectionist and an over-achiever. And I thought I achieved a feat when I’d have minimum attendance 
Schools need to reward students on their performance as it surely encourages students to perform well.
Bob from CT
May 26, 2009 at 8:25 pm
I never missed a day or was even late from kindergarten thru high school, i graduated high school in 1975.
So i think I have her beat.
Take care…
Bob