BCHS Given "High Schools That Work" Gold Achievement Award
SREB Program Honors Outstanding High Schools
ATLANTA – June 25, 2012 – The Southern Regional Education Board is recognizing 54 high schools, technology centers and middle schools in 13 states with national awards for outstanding achievement in school improvement and preparing more students for success in high school, college, careers and citizenship. (List of schools below.)
SREB President Dave Spence will present the awards on July 11 in New Orleans, during the 26th annual High Schools That Work Staff Development Conference, an event that will bring together more than 5,000 educators to focus on boosting student performance in the nation’s public schools.
“These 54 schools have shown the great progress that can be made when schools deeply implement the High Schools That Work, Technology Centers That Work and Making Middle Grades Work designs for strengthening curriculum and instruction,” said Gene Bottoms, SREB senior vice president and founder of the High Schools That Work, Technology Centers That Work and Making Middle Grades Work school improvement programs. “These schools illustrate the spirit of change that SREB advocates and supports.”
The schools will receive one of seven national SREB awards, based on performance on the 2012 HSTW Assessment, MMGW Surveys and state data.
Sixteen schools will be designated as HSTW Platinum High Achievement Schools, an honor given to schools that exemplify the progress schools can make when leaders truly embrace change and support improvement efforts. These schools are model HSTW sites that deeply implement the HSTW design, teach students a rigorous curriculum linked to a program of study, and have high achievement.
Three technology centers will be designated as TCTW Platinum High Achievement Centers, an honor given to centers that exemplify the progress that can be made when leaders truly embrace change and support improvement efforts. These schools are model TCTW sites that deeply implement the TCTW design, teach students a rigorous curriculum, and have high achievement.
The HSTW Gold Achievement Award will be given to 12 schools in which students experienced a rigorous career/technical curriculum and at least 50 percent of students earned the HSTW Award of Educational Achievement based on their performance on the 2012 HSTW Assessment. To earn this award, students met all three readiness goals on the assessment, completed the HSTW-recommended curriculum in at least two subjects and completed a concentration in the humanities, mathematics/science or a career/technical area.
Eight schools will receive the HSTW Gold Improvement Award for improving mean scores on the HSTW Assessment reading, mathematics and science tests by at least 10 points from 2010 to 2012. Students at these sites experience a rigorous career/technical curriculum.
Three shared-time technology centers will receive the TCTW Gold Readiness Award for their progress in improving students’ readiness for college and careers. To earn this recognition, technology centers had to have at least 75 percent of their students meet at least one readiness goal on the 2012 HSTW Assessment. Additionally, centers had 75 percent or more of students complete the HSTW-recommended curriculum in at least one subject, had 45 percent or more of students indicate they experienced an intensive emphasis on quality career/technical studies, and had 45 percent or more of students indicate they experienced an intensive emphasis on guidance and advisement.
The TCTW Gold Improvement Award will be given to four TCTW sites that increased their mean scores on the HSTW Assessment reading, mathematics and science tests by at least 10 points from 2010 to 2012.
The MMGW Depth of Implementation Award will be given to eight MMGW sites that deeply implement the MMGW design and had at least 50 percent of eighth-graders completing a rigorous curriculum in one or more subject area according to the 2012 MMGW Student Survey.
2012 SREB HSTW School Awards
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HSTW Platinum High Achievement Schools
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State
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Polytech High School
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Delaware
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Sussex Technical High School
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Delaware
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Lee's Summit North High School
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Missouri
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Lee's Summit West High School
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Missouri
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Crest Ridge High School
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Missouri
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Little Miami High School
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Ohio
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Sylvania Northview High School
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Ohio
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Bellevue High School
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Ohio
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Fort Mill High School
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South Carolina
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Walhalla High School
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South Carolina
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Wren High School
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South Carolina
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Lexington High School
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South Carolina
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Gaffney High School
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South Carolina
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Fred J. Page High School
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Tennessee
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Blackman High School
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Tennessee
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Los Fresnos High School
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Texas
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TCTW Platinum High Achievement Centers
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State
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National Park Technology Center
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Arkansas
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Summit Technology Academy
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Missouri
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Lexington Technology Center
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South Carolina
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HSTW Gold Achievement Award
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State
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Mary G. Montgomery High School
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Alabama
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Boyd County High School
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Kentucky
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Corbin High School
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Kentucky
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Hancock County High School
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Kentucky
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Central R-III High School
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Missouri
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Bethel-Tate High School
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Ohio
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Talawanda High School
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Ohio
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Van Wert High School
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Ohio
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Choctaw High School
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Oklahoma
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Durant High School
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Oklahoma
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Columbia Montour Area Vocational Technical School
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Pennsylvania
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Wando High School
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South Carolina
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HSTW Gold Improvement Award
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State
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Cabot High School
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Arkansas
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Collins Career Center
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Ohio
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Hardin Northern High School
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Ohio
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Mahoning County Career and Technical Center
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Ohio
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Morgan High School
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Ohio
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Catoosa High School
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Oklahoma
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Eagleville High School
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Tennessee
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Dan River High School
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Virginia
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TCTWGold Readiness Award
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State
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Carthage Technical Center
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Missouri
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Anderson Districts I & II Career & Technology Center
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South Carolina
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Mercer County Technical Education Center
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West Virginia
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TCTW Gold Improvement Award
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State
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Northeast Arkansas Career & Technical Center
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Arkansas
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Venango Technology Center
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Pennsylvania
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Florence Career Center
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South Carolina
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J. Harley Bonds Career Center
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South Carolina
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MMGW Depth of Implementation Award
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State
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Beverlye Magnet School
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Alabama
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Carver Magnet School
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Alabama
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Bloom-Carroll Middle School
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Ohio
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Shroder High School
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Ohio
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Patrick Henry Middle School
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Ohio
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Northwestern Middle School
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Ohio
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Marrington Middle School
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South Carolina
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Landrum Middle School
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South Carolina
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Contact
Fran Cowart, SREB School Improvement Assessment Coordinator
(404) 879-5611
Beth Day, SREB Communications Director
(404) 879-5544
High Schools That Work is a national, comprehensive school improvement design based on the premise that most students can master rigorous academic and career/technical studies if school leaders and teachers create a school environment that motivates all students to make the effort to succeed. More than 1,100 high schools in 30 states and the District of Columbia participate in the HSTW school improvement initiative.
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