Three of the eight elementary colleges within the Sunnyvale Faculty District have been chosen for the state’s 2023 Distinguished Colleges Program.
The California Division of Schooling bestowed the excellence on Cherry Chase, Cumberland and Fairwood elementary colleges. The Sunnyvale campuses have been amongst 356 within the state to be named Distinguished Colleges this yr.
Established in 1985, the California Distinguished Colleges program acknowledges colleges for his or her work in certainly one of two classes: closing the achievement hole and attaining distinctive scholar efficiency.
“We're excited that the state of California has acknowledged the dedication of our workers, college students, households and district,” Superintendent Michael Gallagher mentioned in a press release. “All of our stakeholders are working collectively to construct faculty communities that concentrate on the tutorial, social-emotional and behavioral progress of our college students, and that's clearly contributing to the success of our college students.”
The Division of Schooling chosen colleges for the excellence by analyzing information reported via the 2022 California Faculty Dashboard, together with evaluation outcomes, power absenteeism, suspension charges and socioeconomic information, in keeping with the Division of Schooling.
“California Distinguished Colleges characterize examples of not simply wonderful educating, studying and collaboration but additionally extremely profitable, data-driven faculty efforts starting from skilled improvement for educators to psychological well being and social-emotional wellness methods to handle the wants of scholars and households,” state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond mentioned in a press release.
Elementary colleges and center and excessive colleges obtain the award in alternating years, which means colleges maintain the title for 2 years.
For extra data, go to cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/cm/index.asp.