Canyon Crest Receives Title I Academic Achievement Award
On Thursday, April 29, 2004, during a luncheon banquet
held in San Francisco, Canyon Crest Elementary in Fontana was recognized for
earning the Title I Academic Achievement Award. The award was presented by Jack
O’Connell, State Superintendent of Public Education to Sharon Lovell, Principal
of Canyon Crest Elementary. Also in attendance and representing the Fontana
Unified School District were Laurie St. Gean, Associate Superintendent of
Educational Services, Cheryll Price, Director of Categorical Programs, Kathy
Brumm, previous Principal of Canyon Crest, and Jeanne Hendricks, Teacher
representative from the school.
The Title I Academic Achievement
Award Program has been in operation since 1984 and was reauthorized by the No
Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). The program was developed so that
eligible schools can be identified and recognized for demonstrating success in
ensuring that all students make progress toward meeting or exceeding state
content standards. Eligible schools have significantly closed the achievement
gap among the significant subgroups of students enrolled in the school and have
met the adequate yearly progress requirements for at least two consecutive
years. For 2004, in the state of California there were 214 schools awarded the
Title I Academic Achievement Award. Ten of those awards went to schools in San
Bernardino County.
To be eligible for the
Academic Achievement Award, Canyon Crest Elementary School demonstrated an
achievement level of twice the Academic Performance Index (API) growth target,
school wide and for the socio-economically disadvantaged subgroup, for 2001-02
and 2002-03. The school also made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), as calculated
by the California Department of Education and defined under NCLB for 2001-02 and
2002-03. Additionally, Canyon Crest attained a median API growth score, as
required, of 729 during the 2003 school year. Meeting this same eligibility
criteria and earning the Title I Academic Achievement Award in 2003 was another
Fontana school, Shadow Hills Elementary School.
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