St. Clare Walker Receives the 2012 Board of Education Excellance Award
1/5/2012
Governor McDonnell & Board of Education Honor High-Performing Virginia Schools & School Divisions
2012 Virginia Index of Performance Awards Announced
Governor Bob McDonnell and the Board of Education announced today that 447 schools and two school divisions earned 2012 Virginia Index of Performance (VIP) awards for advanced learning and achievement. The incentive program recognizes schools and divisions that far exceed minimum state and federal accountability standards and achieve excellence goals established by the governor and the board. “I congratulate the educators in these schools and divisions for their unwavering commitment to academic excellence and to the success of their students,” McDonnell said. “They put students first and maintain high expectations for instruction, learning and student achievement.”
The schools and school divisions earning 2012 VIP awards — which are based on student achievement and other performance indicators during 2010-2011 — include:·
86 Virginia schools that earned the Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence;·
188 schools and two school divisions that earned the Board of Education Excellence Award;·
171 schools earned the Board of Education Competence to Excellence Award; and·
2 schools that earned the Board of Education Rising Star Award.
"The criteria for these awards are becoming more challenging with the Board of Education’s increasing focus on college and career readiness," Board of Education President Eleanor B. Saslaw said. "That so many schools earned VIP awards speaks to the capacity of most of Virginia’s public schools to accept new challenges." “As we celebrate the successes of the 2012 VIP award winners, we must not lose sight of the schools in Virginia where students still struggle to achieve at grade level in reading and mathematics,” Superintendent of Public Instruction Patricia I. Wright said. “Just as the Standards of Learning (SOL) provided the foundation for the excellence we recognize today, maintaining the SOL program is essential to raising achievement in low-performing schools and closing the achievement gap.”
St. Clare Walker Middle School has received the 2012 Board of Education Excellence Award which is the second-tier honor in the VIP program. These schools and divisions have met all state and federal accountability benchmarks for at least two consecutive years and have made significant progress toward goals for increased student achievement and expanded educational opportunities set by the board.