Newport-Mesa schools awarded for achievements

Three Newport-Mesa schools have received the 2008-09 Title I Academic Achievement Award, State Supt. of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell said this week.

Killybrooke, Sonora and Victoria elementary schools have won the awards, which reward academic achievement at schools with more than 40% of their students who are socioeconomically disadvantaged.

To make the cut for the award, a school much show that all students are making significant progress toward meeting the state’s academic standards, and disadvantaged students must improve twice as quickly as No Child Left Behind requires for two years in a row.

“I hold these schools up as models for their success in ensuring that all students without regard to race, economic status, or physical or mental challenges are given the kind of education that allows them to achieve to their fullest potential,” O’Connell said in a statement released to the media.

— Michael Alexander