The Washington Achievement Award is sponsored by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) and the State Board of Education. Award winners are selected using the state’s Accountability Index and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility Waiver.
Schools are recognized as top performers in one of six categories:
• Overall Excellence
• High Progress
• Reading Growth
• Math Growth
• Extended Graduation Rate (awarded to high schools and comprehensive schools only)
• English Language Acquisition
State Superintendent Randy Dorn supports this collaboration. “So many schools in our state are doing good work to make a difference for kids,” he said. “These awards represent some of the best. It’s an honor to recognize them and celebrate their success.”
ESD 112 region schools receiving the award included:
• Battle Ground School District – Battle Ground High School (High Progress), CAM Junior/Senior High School (Overall Excellence), Captain Strong Elementary School (High Progress).
• Green Mountain School District – Green Mountain School (Special Recognition-Math Growth).
• Hockinson School District – Hockinson High School (Overall Excellence).
• Ridgefield School District – Ridgefield High School (Overall Excellence, High Progress, Special Recognition-Reading Growth, Special Recognition-Math Growth), South Ridge Elementary School (High Progress, Special Recognition-Reading Growth), View Ridge Middle School (High Progress).
• Woodland School District – Woodland Intermediate School (High Progress).
The award-winning schools will be honored at a ceremony on April 24 at Timberline High School in Lacey.
WAA criteria and list of winners is available at www.k12.wa.us/EducationAwards/WashingtonAchievement.
Educational Service District 112 enables school districts to concentrate more time, money and energy on student learning. Headquartered in Vancouver, ESD 112 provides local and regional cooperative programs and services to school districts and communities in the six counties of Southwest Washington. ESD 112 was established by the Legislature in 1969 as one of nine regional educational service centers to work in partnership with local communities and school districts to provide support services for student instruction, professional development for staff, and technical assistance in the administration of schools. The agency offers more than 250 cooperatives and services ranging from interactive telecommunications to the child care network. There are 30 public schools, 23 private schools and two state schools serving 100,000 students and 15,000 school employees who benefit from ESD services.
