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Riverside County Distinguished Schools,
Title I Achievement Award winners honored
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson presented five Riverside County schools with California Distinguished School Awards and 15 with Title I Academic Achievement Awards on Thursday, September 22, 2011, at the Moreno Valley Conference and Recreation Center. (Photos from the event)
The awards ceremony and luncheon were presented by Riverside County Superintendent of Schools Kenneth Young.
The California Distinguished Schools program focuses on California’s students and their entitlement to an equitable and rigorous education. Under the 2011 program, the California Distinguished School Award identifies and honors those schools that have demonstrated educational excellence for all students and progress in narrowing the achievement gap. The program honors middle and high schools this year (elementary schools next year).
The California Distinguished School winners this year included:
Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle School
Desert Sands Unified School District
La Quinta High School
Desert Sands Unified School District
David A. Brown Middle School
Lake Elsinore Unified School District
Amelia Earhart Middle School
Riverside Unified School District
Matthew Gage Middle School
Riverside Unified School District
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), recognizes high-poverty Title I schools that exceed Adequate Yearly Progress for two or more years or significantly close the achievement gap among numerically significant subgroups.
The Title I Academic Achievement Award winners this year include:
Sundance Elementary School
Beaumont Unified School District
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
Desert Sands Unified School District
Bautista Creek Elementary School
Hemet Unified School District
Cottonwood Elementary School
Hemet Unified School District
Harmony Elementary School
Hemet Unified School District
Railroad Canyon Elementary School
Lake Elsinore Unified School District
Katherine Finchy Elementary School
Palm Springs Unified School District
Rio Vista Elementary School
Palm Springs Unified School District
Sunny Sands Elementary School
Palm Springs Unified School District
Heritage High School
Perris Union High Unified School District
Columbia Elementary School
Val Verde Unified School District
Lasselle Elementary School
Val Verde Unified School District
Sierra Vista Elementary School
Val Verde Unified School District
Val Verde Elementary School
Val Verde Unified School District
Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School
Val Verde Unified School District
For information contact:
Rick Peoples,
Public Information Officer
Telephone: (951) 826-6642
Fax: (951) 826-6199
rpeoples@rcoe.us |
