DENVER - The Colorado Department of Education recently announced its annual awards and 22 Boulder Valley schools were among those honored.
Ten BVSD schools received the Governor’s Distinguished Improvement Award, which celebrates schools that demonstrate exceptional student growth. On the school performance framework that is used by the state to evaluate schools, these schools "exceed" expectations on the indicator related to longitudinal academic growth and "meet or exceed" expectations on the indicator related to academic growth gaps. Only 105 schools in 39 districts earned this award in 2018.
2018 BVSD Governor’s Distinguished Improvement Awards
Bear Creek Elementary School
Birch Elementary School
Boulder Community School of Integrated Studies
Creekside Elementary School
Fireside Elementary School
Flatirons Elementary School
High Peaks Elementary School
Monarch High School
Summit Middle Charter School
Superior Elementary School
Twenty BVSD schools received the John Irwin Award, which is given to schools that demonstrate exceptional academic achievement over time. These schools received an Exceeds Expectations rating on the Academic Achievement indicator of the School Performance Frameworks reflecting exceptional performance in Math, English Language Arts, and Science. A total of 185 schools in 34 districts earned this award in 2018.
2018 BVSD John Irwin Awards
Bear Creek Elementary School
Boulder Community School of Integrated Studies
Boulder Universal
Coal Creek Elementary School
Creekside Elementary School
Douglass Elementary School
Eisenhower Elementary School|
Fairview High School
Fireside Elementary School
Flatirons Elementary School
Foothill Elementary School|
High Peaks Elementary School
Horizons K-8 School
Jamestown Elementary School
Lafayette Elementary School
Louisville Elementary
Mesa Elementary School
Southern Hills Middle School
Summit Middle Charter School
Superior Elementary School
Eight BVSD schools received both awards.
Learn more about CDE’s awards at https://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeawards/awards
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