April 12, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Jeffco Schools Earn Academic Performance Awards

The Colorado Department of Education has given 19 Jefferson County Public Schools "John Irwin School of Excellence" awards for ranking in the top 8 percent of state schools in overall academic performance based on the 2006 School Accountability Reports.

The John Irwin Award, named after a former state legislator, is part of the Colorado School Awards Program created in the 2000 by the Colorado General Assembly to recognize the highest-performing and most-improved public schools in the state, as determined by the School Accountability Reports. The reports rate schools on academic performance and growth, based on standardized test results.

Schools receiving the awards will be recognized by the Jefferson County Board of Education at its regular business meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 26, 2007, at the district’s Education Center, 1829 Denver West Dr. #27, Golden, CO.

The John Irwin Award winners for 2006 are:

Elementary Schools: Bear Creek Elementary School Bergen Valley Elementary School Bradford Intermediate School Dennison Elementary School Kyffin Elementary School Maple Grove Elementary School Normandy Elementary School Parmalee Elementary School Ralston Elementary School Shaffer Elementary School West Woods Elementary School

Middle Schools: Bear Creek K-8 D’Evelyn Junior/Senior Evergreen Middle School The Manning School West Jefferson Middle School

High Schools: D’Evelyn Junior/Senior Evergreen High School Ralston Valley High School

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