Three of El Segundo's four schools were recognized for their academic excellence during the 2008-09 school year by the California Business for Education Excellence Foundation, a non-profit policy institute based in Sacramento.
El Segundo High School, El Segundo Middle School and Center Street Elementary School were named as 2009 California Business for Education Excellence Honor Roll Schools. It is the second year in a row Center Street Elementary has made the list.
"It has become part of the culture of the school to address the needs of all students," said Linal Harada, Co-Principal of El Segundo High School, in a statement. "Closing the achievement gap requires on-going data analysis and intervention by teachers in and out of the classroom. As administrators, we are pleased to support this effort, and we appreciate the acknowledgement by California Business for Education Excellence."
Statewide, 1,317 schools made the list, which is announced annually.
From El Segundo Unified's press release:
Schools receiving this distinction from California's business community have demonstrated consistent high student academic achievement and have made significant progress toward closing achievement gaps among all their students. The CBEE or the "California Business for Educational Excellence" Honor Roll is made up of two different awards, the Star Schools Award (395 schools) and Scholar Schools Award (909 schools). CBEE crunches data on schools statewide to bestow honors on schools. STAR schools are those with high poverty levels that prove adroit at closing the achievement gap whereas SCHOLAR schools are those high performing schools without a significant number of poverty level students. All three of El Segundo's schools have been designated SCHOLAR schools.
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