Orcas Island School District’s Elementary/Middle School Principal Kyle Freeman was notified by Randy Dorn, Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction this week that Orcas Island Middle School has earned the 2012 Washington Achievement Award.
Washington Achievement Award winners are selected using the Washington Accountability Index and criteria in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility Waiver. The award is given to elementary, middle, high and comprehensive schools in seven categories: overall excellence, language arts, math, science, extended graduation rate (high and comprehensive schools only), closing achievement gaps and high progress (Title I eligible and participating schools only).
Orcas Island Middle School earned the recognition for:
- Overall Excellence
- Math
- Science
There will be an awards ceremony on April 30 hosted by Kentwood High School in Covington.
To learn more about the Washington Achievement Awards, including details on the Washington Achievement Index and the criteria for selection, go to k12.wa.us/EducationAwards/WashingtonAchievement
Dorn writes to Principal Freeman, “We congratulate you on this achievement. Your staff, students, parents and community can take pride in joining this distinguished group.”
Congratulations! to Kyle, Orcas staff, Board, and of course, students and parents. A program’s success is not built in a year; Orcas’s success is built from Kindergarten on up. I would consider that such assistance as ECEAP and our several Island early childhood programs support your success as well to develop student readiness. It does take a village. Thanks, Orcas.
Rick Markov
Kaleidoscope
Orcas.