Virginia last week honored 32 Chesterfield schools and the school division with Virginia Index of Performance awards, with 12 of those schools winning the highest honor, the Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence.
Chesterfield schools earning the Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence are Bettie Weaver Elementary, Bon Air Elementary, Elizabeth Scott Elementary, Evergreen Elementary, Gordon Elementary, Midlothian High, Midlothian Middle, Robious Elementary, Swift Creek Elementary, Swift Creek Middle, Winterpock Elementary and Woolridge Elementary. Statewide, 153 schools won this award. The Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence was first given in 2008, and three Chesterfield schools have won every year: Gordon Elementary, Swift Creek Elementary and Midlothian Middle.
To qualify for the Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence, schools must meet all state and federal achievement benchmarks for at least two consecutive years and achieve goals for elementary reading, enrollment in Algebra I by eighth grade, enrollment in college-level courses, high school graduation, attainment of advanced diplomas, increased attainment of career and industry certifications and participation in the Virginia Preschool Initiative. Schools and school divisions also earn bonus points for other performance measures, including the Governor’s Nutrition and Physical Activity Scorecard.
Fifteen Chesterfield schools earned the next highest award, the Board of Education Excellence Award: Alberta Smith Elementary, Beulah Elementary, Clover Hill Elementary, Crenshaw Elementary, Ecoff Elementary, Enon Elementary, Gates Elementary, Grange Hall Elementary, Greenfield Elementary, Harrowgate Elementary, Providence Elementary, Reams Road Elementary, Spring Run Elementary, Watkins Elementary and Wells Elementary. Statewide, 288 schools won this award.
Five Chesterfield schools and Chesterfield County Public Schools as a whole earned the next award, the Board of Education Competence to Excellence Award: Bailey Bridge Middle, Curtis Elementary, Cosby High, Hening Elementary and Jacobs Road Elementary. Statewide, 281 schools and 17 school divisions won this award.
How about a round of applause for these administrators and these schools!
January 22, 2010
December 18, 2009
Chesterfield Students Earn National Recognition
Chesterfield semifinalists in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program are Lloyd C. Bird High student Ryan Ball, Clover Hill High student Larson Lasek, Midlothian High students Alan Hauser and Bryan Kauder, Monacan High student James McLees and Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School students Susan Ballentine, Stephanie Humphrey, Jacob May, Elizabeth Pickering and Elissa Trieu.
This program, conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corp., annually recognizes as semifinalists about 16,000 academically talented high school seniors across the country. Later in the school year, about 90 percent of the semifinalists will advance to become finalists and about half of the finalists will earn scholarships.
This program, conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corp., annually recognizes as semifinalists about 16,000 academically talented high school seniors across the country. Later in the school year, about 90 percent of the semifinalists will advance to become finalists and about half of the finalists will earn scholarships.
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