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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.

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