Schools compete - 16 up for award
Sixteen Inland Valley elementary schools have been invited to apply for the California School Recognition Program 2010 Distinguished School Awards.
The program identifies and honors schools that have students who demonstrated educational excellence and have shown progress in narrowing the achievement gap.
The school had to meet several qualifications, which include being an elementary school, not having previously been a distinguished school or a state monitored school; and must have been open since 2007-08.
Schools must also meet the eligibility criteria for Adequate Yearly Progress and Academic Performance Index - which is a score of 795 or higher - and close the achievement gap in multiple subgroups.
"One of things Hermosa Elementary did is provide an after school program for the lowest performing groups and for those that were scoring basic, which is almost proficient, but not quite there," said Rebecca Lawrence, superintendent of Alta Loma School District.
"They targeted both groups and also had specific programs during the day not just after school."
Applications are due by Dec. 18. They will be reviewed for completeness by teams of educators from throughout the state under the direction of the California Department of Education.
The program identifies and honors schools that have students who demonstrated educational excellence and have shown progress in narrowing the achievement gap.
The school had to meet several qualifications, which include being an elementary school, not having previously been a distinguished school or a state monitored school; and must have been open since 2007-08.
Schools must also meet the eligibility criteria for Adequate Yearly Progress and Academic Performance Index - which is a score of 795 or higher - and close the achievement gap in multiple subgroups.
"One of things Hermosa Elementary did is provide an after school program for the lowest performing groups and for those that were scoring basic, which is almost proficient, but not quite there," said Rebecca Lawrence, superintendent of Alta Loma School District.
"They targeted both groups and also had specific programs during the day not just after school."
Applications are due by Dec. 18. They will be reviewed for completeness by teams of educators from throughout the state under the direction of the California Department of Education.
(Thomas R. Cordova, Staff Photographer)
Juan Ruiz works with two of his students, Henry Diaz, left, and Joaquin Avila, in a writing class at Cortez Magnet school in Pomona on Friday.
Below is a list of elementary schools that have been invited to apply for the California School Recognition Program 2010 Distinguished School Awards:
- Hermosa Elementary School in the Alta Loma School District
- Alicia Cortez, Country Spring and Eagle Canyon schools in Chino Valley Unified
- Chaparral and Mountain View schools in Claremont Unified
- Caryn and Etiwanda Colony schools in Etiwanda
- Ranch View and Mountain View schools in Mountain View
- Elderberry and Howard schools in Ontario-Montclair
- Cortez and Pantera schools in Pomona Unified
- Cabrillo and Upland schools in Upland Unified
Source: California Department of Education
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