A Record 377 California Schools Honored With The Distinguished School Award

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The California Schools designed the California Schools Recognition Program in 1985. Its objective is to publicize and reinforce California schools priorities, which are to improve student scholastic achievement and promote students based upon measurable objectives. The program identifies and honors public schools that exhibit exemplary and inspiring achievement. Though participation in the program is voluntary, the California Distinguished School Award is highly coveted.

To be regarded as bullying assembly for the award, California schools should meet a range of eligibility requirements. These consist of designated federal and state accountability measures that are based upon the No Child Left Behind, Sufficient Yearly Progress, and Academic Efficiency Index measurement programs. Approximately, 5 percent of California schools are chosen each year for the award, with no fewer than 40 counties normally being represented.

The plan alternates awards yearly between the elementary and secondary California schools. Year 2006 honors elementary schools.

California schools that meet the requirements complete an application and submit it to a team of local educators from across the state, which evaluate and elementary school theme ideas score the merits of every school application. Schools with the highest scoring applications are chosen as statewide nominees for the award. Nominated California schools then obtain an onsite check out by a team of county school superintendents and members of the California Department of Education, who validate the accuracy of the application data.

Those California schools chosen for the Distinguished School Award are honored at a statewide ceremony, where the state school superintendent awards a plaque and flag to every school. The system and annual ceremonies are funded via school assembly the generosity of prominent California corporations and statewide education organizations that think educational excellence must be rewarded and encouraged publicly.

In 2006, a record 377 public elementary schools were honored with the California Distinguished School Award, surpassing the 302 elementary schools honored in 2004 the final elementary school award cycle. They represent the biggest number of elementary school awardees in the 21-year history of the plan.

The 2006 California schools awardees were chosen from 190 school districts in 40 counties. They had been selected from the largest number of eligible elementary schools to date, setting an additional record for the program. Of the more than 5,000 elementary schools in California, two,043 were eligible to apply for the 2006 award. California schools are proving that student scholastic excellence can be nurtured and consistently enhanced.