Schools recognized for Standard of Excellence
Forty schools were recognized by the Board of Education on October 26 for receiving the Standard of Excellence, the state’s highest honor from the Kansas Department of Education. The honor is based on the percentage of students who score exemplary on the state assessments in reading, math, science and/or writing. For 2009, schools received 127 Standard of Excellence Awards by grade-level and/or building- wide, an increase of 18 more awards than the district received in 2008.

Schools receiving Standard of Excellence for the first time were honored with a banner marking their achievement. Schools that have received Standard of Excellence in previous years were given hanging plaques that attach to the bottom of the banners they received in prior years.

After the BOE recognition, a reception was held to honor the school staff members for their hard work.

Standard of Excellence is based on Kansas state assessment data. For a school to receive Standard of Excellence, a certain percentage of students must score exemplary on the assessments and only a small percentage of students be placed on academic warning. The percentage varies by grade level.

The following schools received Standard of Excellence:

Elementary Schools

Allen	Writing
Beech	Math – 3rd grade
Benton	Reading – 4th grade
Black	Reading – 3rd and 4th grade, building-wide Math – 3rd, 4th and 5th grade, building-wide Writing
Bostic	Reading – 3rd, 4th and 5th grade, building-wide Math – 3rd, 4th and 5th grade, building-wide Science Writing
Bryant	Reading – 5th grade Math – 5th grade
Buckner	Reading – 5th grade
Chisholm Trail	Math – 5th grade, building-wide
Cleaveland	Math – 5th grade Writing
College Hill	Reading – 4th and 5th grade, building-wide Writing
Colvin	Reading – 4th grade Math – 3rd, 4th and 5th grade, building-wide
Dodge	Math – 3rd and 5th grade, building-wide
Earhart	Math – 4th grade Writing
Emerson	Reading – 3rd grade
Enterprise	Reading – 5th grade Writing
Griffith	Reading – 3rd grade Math – 3rd grade, building-wide
Harry Street	Reading – 3rd grade Math –3rd grade
Hyde	Reading – 3rd grade, building-wide Math – 3rd and 5th grade, building-wide Science Writing
Irving	Math – 5th grade
Isely	Reading – 3rd grade
L’Ouverture	Writing
Kensler	Writing
McCollom	Reading – 4th and 5th grade, building-wide Math – 3rd and 5th grade, building-wide Science
McLean	Reading – 3rd, 4th and 5th grade, building-wide Math – 3rd and 4th grade, building-wide Science
OK	Reading – 4th and 5th grade, building-wide Math – 4th grade
Payne	Math – 3rd grade
Peterson	Reading – 3rd and 4th grade Math – 3rd and 4th grade, building-wide Writing
Price-Harris	Reading – 3rd grade Math – 3rd and 5th grade
Riverside	Reading – 4th and 5th grade, building-wide Math – 3rd, 4th and 5th grade, building-wide Science
Woodland	Reading – 4th and 5th grade Math – 5th grade

K-8 Schools

Horace Mann

Reading – 7th and 8th grade, building-wide Math – 7th and 8th grade, building-wide

Middle Schools

Allison	Reading – 6th, 7th and 8th grade, building-wide Math – 7th and 8th grade, building-wide
Coleman	Reading – 7th grade
Robinson	Reading – 7th grade, building-wide Math – 7th grade
Wilbur	Reading – 7th, 8th grade, building-wide

High Schools

East	Reading – building-wide
Metro- Boulevard	Writing – building-wide
Northeast	Reading – building-wide Math – building-wide
Northwest	Reading – building-wide