See below from State Department of Education
Kathy Cox, State
Superintendent of Schools
2008 Georgia Schools
of Excellence Named
Twenty-six schools
recognized for achievement, greatest gains
"These
schools are getting great results from all students in many different
areas," Superintendent Cox said. "The teachers, students and
administrators at these schools truly represent excellence. Congratulations to
our 2008
The
- Top 10%:
Schools that are in the top 10 percent of schools in
- Greatest
Gains: Schools that demonstrated greatest continuous gains in student
achievement for the past three years as measured by assessments in reading and
mathematics.
The
2008 GEORGIA SCHOOLS
OF EXCELLENCE
GREATEST GAINS
Congressional
District, School, System
1, Mamie Lou Gross
Elementary, Camden
3- tie,
3- tie, Double Churches
Elementary, Muscogee
5, Druid Hills High,
DeKalb
6, Manning Oaks
Elementary, Fulton
7, Loganville Elementary,
Walton
8-tie, Eastside High,
Newton
8-tie, Centerville
Elementary, Houston
9, Otwell Middle, Forsyth
10, East Jackson
Elementary, Jackson
11- tie, Kemp Elementary,
Cobb
11- tie, Trion High,
Trion City
TOP 10%
Congressional District,
School System Top Ten
3- tie, Huddleston
Elementary, Fayette
3- tie, McIntosh High,
Fayette,
4, Browns Mill
Elementary, DeKalb
5, Kittredge Elementary,
DeKalb
6- tie, Timber Ridge
Elementary, Cobb
6- tie, Dickerson Middle,
Cobb
6- tie, Lassiter High,
Cobb
7- tie, Sharon
Elementary, Forsyth
7- tie, Brookwood High,
Gwinnett
8, Quail Run Elementary,
Houston
9, South Forsyth High,
Forsyth
10, Davidson Magnet
School, Richmond
11,
12, Savannah Arts
Academy, Savannah-Chatham
MORE INFORMATION
- Schools of Excellence
Criteria: http://tinyurl.com/2008SOEcriteria
- Schools of Excellence
Website: http://www.gadoe.org/tss_learning.aspx?PageReq=TSSLearningSOE
- Recent Schools of
Excellence winners: http://tinyurl.com/pastschoolsofexcellence
Click here to see the
press release online:
http://www.gadoe.org/pea_communications.aspx?ViewMode=1&obj=1725
Congratulations!!