Please allow me to brag about Sam's school, Maple Elementary School, for a minute.
This is a school where more than 60 percent of the students receive free lunch, the student body speaks 17 different languages, and more than half of the students live in homes where English is not the first language or spoken at all.
Despite these challenges, in 2006, 91 percent of Maple fourth-graders read at or above grade level, and 82 percent performed at or above grade level on math tests. Both school scores were way above the overall state level.
Because of these successes, the U.S. Department of Education visited Maple to shoot a video about the school's successes. Please read more here: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/344079_maple19.html. The end of this article provides a link to where the U.S. Department of Education will present the entire video that they shot.
I can't help it -- I'm really, really proud. Basically, this school went from being a 'failing' school to being named a federal No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. And my kid is a part of that. What's not to be giddy about?
Jen, Dave & Boys. Sure did miss you at Christmas this year. Am so glad to learn of your sight!! Great way to keep up to date on what's going on! Really enjoyed the pics of the boys and the ones you took! Love to all, Cristy & John
Posted by: Cristy & John | December 23, 2007 at 03:43 PM