How do I make an attendance sheet using Word?

[med]

I don't need anything fancy; just little squares on the sheet to the right of
the names, with the dates above the squares.

 

[Jezebel]

Type the names, add the checkboxes.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Use a table. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/TableBasics.htm