BCPS was awarded the Gold Award from Governor Perdue on December 15th. This was due to our students making great gains in student achievement. To receive this honor, our school had to meet 3 criteria:
1. Make adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for 2 consecutive years;
2. Demonstrate that at least 30% of students exceed standards in all test areas as measured by the state assessment; and
3. Place in the 97th percentile or higher statewide in the greatest achievement gains.
Well, we did it for the 2008-2009 year! So we had a celebration. Mrs. Reiselt has been telling the students how proud she is of them and this award is HUGE for our school. So, to celebrate, she had each student write about an accomplishment he/she was proud of. We put these in balloons and released them today!
1. Make adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for 2 consecutive years;
2. Demonstrate that at least 30% of students exceed standards in all test areas as measured by the state assessment; and
3. Place in the 97th percentile or higher statewide in the greatest achievement gains.
Well, we did it for the 2008-2009 year! So we had a celebration. Mrs. Reiselt has been telling the students how proud she is of them and this award is HUGE for our school. So, to celebrate, she had each student write about an accomplishment he/she was proud of. We put these in balloons and released them today!
Here we are getting ready to go outside.
Walking down the kindergarten hall.
Making our way to the rest of the kids.
Waiting to release our balloons. Notice our "gold awards" on our shirts. My camera battery went dead as I was taking the release picture, so hopefully, I can get one from another teacher soon and post it! We had a great time!
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