Aurora West, Clyde Miller and Montview Recognized by Foundations for Great Schools

NEWS RELEASE # 55
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 29, 2013

  

Aurora West, Clyde Miller and Montview Recognized by Foundations for Great Schools

 

Aurora West College Preparatory Academy, Clyde Miller P-8 and Montview Math and Health Sciences Elementary received awards today for academic success. The schools are winners in the 2013 Foundations for Great Schools awards program, which recognizes and encourages success among metro area public schools serving high proportions of low-income students.

The 2013 award-winning Aurora Public Schools include:

• Aurora West College Preparatory Academy – $20,000
• Clyde Miller P-8 (middle school division) – $40,000
• Montview Math and Health Sciences Elementary – $40,000

“The schools we are recognizing today have shown they can motivate and teach students to make significant academic progress,” said Tom Kaesemeyer, Executive Director of the Fox Family Foundation and spokesperson for Foundations for Great Schools. “They have taken whatever challenges they might face and turned them into opportunities for student success. Each of these schools is achieving very strong results in academic growth and performance, and the strategies they are taking to achieve that success deserve to be recognized.”

Common success strategies found among the 2013 winners include a focus on school culture; data-driven teaching strategies to meet individual student needs; expanded learning time; and teacher professional development. The award-winning Aurora schools reported data-driven instruction (Clyde Miller), teacher expertise and follow-through with students (Montview), and differentiated support for all students (Aurora West) among their top strategies for success.

About Foundations for Great Schools

A partnership of five private Colorado foundations comprises the Foundations for Great Schools: The Anschutz Foundation, Daniels Fund, Fox Family Foundation, Gates Family Foundation and Piton Foundation. The group collectively selects annual award winners from among a 12-school district area based on a variety of factors including academic performance and growth, percentage of students qualifying for the Federal free and reduced lunch program, school leadership, culture, and instructional effectiveness.

 

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