For immediate release:
Dec. 20, 2012
Kathy Toelkes, Director of Communications, 785-296-4876
Governor’s Award Recognizes Top Performing Schools
TOPEKA – Forty-two Kansas elementary schools, 11 middle/junior high schools and 18 high schools were recently recognized as part of the sixth annual Governor’s Achievement Awards, honoring top performing schools in the state.
To receive this prestigious award, schools must have achieved the Standard of Excellence in both reading and mathematics for 2012 and have made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in both reading and mathematics and one additional measure in 2012. For elementary schools and middle/junior high schools the additional AYP measure is attendance and for high schools the measure is graduation rate. Additionally, the school must have been among the top 5 percent of schools in both reading and mathematics on the 2012 state assessments at its respective level (i.e. elementary schools, middle/junior high schools, or high schools).
“I want to offer my congratulations to all of the schools receiving the Governor’s Achievement Award,” said Kansas Education Commissioner Dr. Diane DeBacker. “This is a significant award that recognizes exceptionally high achievement. It is certainly something in which the students, staff, parents and communities of these schools can take great pride.”
Schools receiving the 2012 Governor’s Achievement Award are as follows:
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Broken Arrow Elementary School, USD 497 Lawrence
Brookwood Elementary School, USD 512 Shawnee Mission
Cedar Hills Elementary School, USD 229 Blue Valley
Edgerton Elementary School, USD 231 Gardner-Edgerton
Frankfort Elementary School, USD 380 Vermillion
Gardner Elementary School, USD 231 Gardner-Edgerton
Good Shepherd School, Kansas City Catholic Diocese
Greeley Elementary School, USD 365 Garnett
Haviland Elementary School, USD 474 Haviland
Holy Spirit Catholic School, Wichita Catholic Diocese
Holy Family School, Dodge City Catholic Diocese
Holy Name Catholic Elementary-Coffeyville, Wichita Catholic Diocese
Horizon Elementary School, USD 232 De Soto
Jay Shideler Elementary School, USD 437 Auburn Washburn
Jefferson West Elementary School, USD 340 Jefferson West
Lakeside Intermediate School, USD 272 Waconda
Lakewood Elementary School, USD 229 Blue Valley
Lakin Elementary School, USD 215 Lakin
Langston Hughes Elementary School, USD 497 Lawrence
Lebo Elementary School, USD 243 Lebo-Waverly
Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elementary, USD 456 Marais Des Cygnes
McDermott Elementary School, USD 480 Liberal
Mission Trail Elementary School, USD 229 Blue Valley
Morse Elementary School, USD 229 Blue Valley
Mound Valley Elementary School, USD 506 Labette County
New York Elementary School, USD 497 Lawrence
Oatville Elementary School, USD 261 Haysville
Oswego Neosho Heights Elementary School, USD 504 Oswego
Parker Elementary School, USD 362 Prairie View
Robert M. Martin Elementary School, USD 385 Andover
Sacred Heart Elementary-Ness City, Dodge City Catholic Diocese
Sheridan Elementary School, USD 475 Geary County
South Breeze Elementary School, USD 373 Newton
St. Benedict Elementary School, USD 115 Nemaha Central
St. Joseph Elementary School-Conway Springs, Wichita Catholic Diocese
St. Joseph Elementary School, Dodge City Catholic Diocese
St. Marks Elementary School, USD 267 Renwick
St. Patrick Catholic Elementary-Kingman, Wichita Catholic Diocese
Stilwell Elementary School, USD 229 Blue Valley
Sunflower Elementary School, USD 231 Gardner-Edgerton
Sunset Ridge Elementary School, USD 229 Blue Valley
Wellington Christian Academy, Wellington
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
Andover Central Middle School, USD 385 Andover
Blue Valley Middle School, USD 229 Blue Valley
Doniphan West Middle School, USD 111 Doniphan West
Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School, USD 265 Goddard
Flinthills Middle School, USD 492 Flinthills
Harmony Middle School, USD 229 Blue Valley
Lakeside Jr. High School, USD 272 Waconda
Lakewood Middle School, USD 229 Blue Valley
Lexington Trails Middle School, USD 232 De Soto
Pioneer Ridge Middle School, USD 231 Gardner-Edgerton
Prairie Star Middle School, USD 229 Blue Valley
HIGH SCHOOLS
B & B Jr/Sr High School, USD 115 Nemaha Central
Blue Valley High School, USD 229 Blue Valley
Blue Valley Southwest High School, USD 229 Blue Valley
Centralia High School, USD 380 Vermillion
Chapman High School, USD 473 Chapman
De Soto High School, USD 232 De Soto
Dighton High School, USD 482 Dighton
Flinthills High School, USD 492 Flinthills
Frankfort High School, USD 380 Vermillion
Kansas State School for the Blind, Kansas City
Lakin High School, USD 215 Lakin
Louisburg High School, USD 416 Louisburg
Lyndon High School, USD 421 Lyndon
Meade High School, USD 226 Meade
Miltonvale High School, USD 334 Southern Cloud
South Central High School, USD 300 Comanche County
St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Kansas City Diocese
White City High School, USD 481 Rural Vista
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