Thunder Ridge Middle School Receives Governor's Award
by Troy Schirmer
November 13, 2009
Governor’s Award Recognizes Top Performing
Schools
TOPEKA/The fourth annual Governor’s Achievement Awards, honoring
top performingschools in the state, were recently announced.
To receive this prestigious award, schools must have achieved the
Standard of Excellence in both reading and mathematics for 2009.
Additionally, the school must have made Adequate Yearly Progress
(AYP) in both reading and mathematics and one additional measure in
2009. For elementary schools and middle/junior high schools that
measure is attendance and for high schools the measure is
graduation rate. Additionally, the school must have been among the
top 5 percent of schools in both reading and mathematics on the
2009 state assessments at its respective level, i.e. elementary
schools, middle/junior high schools, or high schools.
Forty-one elementary schools, 12 middle/junior high schools, and 17
high schools qualified for the award.
Thunder Ridge Middle School Received this Award for the 2008-2009
school year.
