District News
13 SPS schools to be honored April 27 with Washington Achievement Awards
Thirteen Seattle Public Schools will be honored on April 27 for winning the Washington Achievement Award for overall excellence and special recognition in language arts, math, science, graduation rate, improvement and closing achievement gaps. The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction announced the Washington Achievement Award on Feb. 15 collaboratively with the State Board of Education and was based on the Washington Achievement Index. Schools are selected based on their statewide assessment data for the three previous years. This data is analyzed using the Achievement Index and methodology.
Ceremonies will start at 9 a.m., at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, 701 S. 37th St. The schools from Seattle Public Schools and the categories being recognized are:
- AS#1 – Improvement
- Catharine Blaine – Overall Excellence
- Bryant – Overall Excellence
- Concord* – Overall Excellence
- Coe – Overall Excellence
- Hay* – Overall Excellence
- Home School Resource Center – Extended Graduation Rate
- Loyal Heights* – Overall Excellence, Math
- McGilvra* – Overall Excellence
- Mercer* – Overall Excellence
- Montlake – Overall Excellence
- NOVA – Language Arts
- Schmitz Park – Overall Excellence, Math
* These schools also won awards in 2009
News release (pdf)