25ANNUAL TH - Southern Regional Education Board

Recognizing 2011 High Schools That Work, Making Middle Grades Work andTechnology Centers That Work Award RecipientsThe Making Middle Grades Work (MMGW ) Pacesetter School designation is given to schools that exemplify the progress that can bemade when leaders truly embrace change and support improvement efforts. These schools are model MMGW sites that deeply implementthe MMGW design, teach students a rigorous curriculum, have high achievement and satisfy state Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) criteriaunder the federal No Child Left Behind Act.Recipients of the MMGW Gold Award for Improved Achievement improved student scores in reading, mathematics and science by atleast 10 points between the 2008 and 2010 Middle Grades Assessments and made AYP.The MMGW Silver Award for Algebra Completion is given to schools that had at least 75 percent of students complete Algebra I orhigher in the eighth grade, thus ensuring that more students are prepared for rigorous high school mathematics courses. These schools alsosatisfied state AYP criteria.This year, HSTW, MMGW and TCTW State Coordinators from throughout the SREB networks nominated schools in their states toreceive an Outstanding School Award. These awards are presented to high schools, middle grades schools and technology centers that havedemonstrated outstanding commitment to improving achievement, graduation rates, and college- and career-readiness. These schools havedemonstrated the breadth and success of promising practices occurring in the networks. Only one school per network in each state waseligible for this award.StateAlabamaOhioStateGeorgiaStateAlabamaGeorgiaIdahoStateArkansasDelawareIllinoisMissouriNebraskaMMGW Pacesetter SchoolsFloyd Middle Magnet SchoolPeter F. Alba Middle SchoolCardington-Lincoln Junior High SchoolClermont Northeastern Middle SchoolGranville Middle SchoolHicksville Middle SchoolLittle Miami Junior High SchoolPatrick Henry Middle SchoolMMGW Gold Award for ImprovedAchievementMorrow Middle SchoolPointe South Middle SchoolMMGW Silver Award for AlgebraCompletionCarver Middle SchoolBeverlye Magnet SchoolRex Mill Middle SchoolRigby Jr. High SchoolOutstanding HSTW SchoolsLakeside High SchoolSussex Technical High SchoolLaSalle-Peru High SchoolCentral R-III High SchoolBurke High SchoolNew MexicoOhioOklahomaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginiaWest VirginiaStateAlabamaMissouriNebraskaOhioSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginiaStateArkansasLouisianaMissouriNew JerseyOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaPiedra Vista High SchoolContinental High SchoolTecumseh High SchoolSt. James High SchoolFred J. Page High SchoolCrockett High SchoolDan River High SchoolScott High SchoolOutstanding MMGW SchoolsBay Minette Middle SchoolBakersfield Middle SchoolAlice Buffett Magnet Middle SchoolBethel-Tate Middle SchoolPowdersville Middle SchoolSouthside Elementary SchoolMount Pleasant Junior High SchoolCumberland Middle SchoolOutstanding TCTW SchoolsNational Park Technology CenterCaddo Career and Technology CenterSouth Central Career CenterCumberland County Technical Education CenterSouthern Oklahoma Technology CenterReading Muhlenberg Career andTechnology CenterAnderson District I & II Career andTechnology CenterFor more information about the awards and criteria, please see the Awards Brochure found in the conference bag.6 25th Annual Staff Development Conference