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For the 13th year in a row, Caleb Dempsey has had perfect school attendance. From kindergarten through 12th grade, the 18-year-old has never missed a day of school.

“I don’t think I’ve been late, either,” mused the Roncalli Catholic High School senior, who graduated Sunday.

Caleb has never been sick, at least not on school time. Caleb has never had a vacation interfere. Caleb, who wears braces on his teeth, has never even missed school for the orthodontist.

And get this: Caleb even went to school when it was perfectly OK — in fact, a school tradition — for him to miss.

On April 28, when his 97 classmates were enjoying Senior Skip Day, where was Caleb? In school, of course. Sitting in a study hall all the livelong day. He’d been told it was OK to take this ONE day off, but with the finish line in sight, Caleb was not going to tempt fate.

This spring, Caleb could taste his 2,300-plus-days-of-school victory. He’d always wanted perfect attendance, but now, echoing overachievers everywhere who climb mountains, run marathons or eat a five dozen hot dogs in one sitting, Caleb felt driven. “I had to.”