MCRR to honor schools for achievement in reading
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Nineteen Minnesota schools will be honored for their achievement in reading by the College's Minnesota Center for Reading Research in a presentation and ceremony at 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 22 at the Continuing Education and Conference Center. Schools chosen for the honor are those that made adequate yearly progress in reading under No Child Left Behind during school years 2005-06 and 2006-07 after failing to make adequate yearly progress in previous years.
Administrators from three schools will present specific actions their schools undertook to turn reading achievement around.
The recognition of accomplishment in reading will be preceded by a keynote presentation by Donald Leu, a literacy and technology professor at the University of Connecticut, on the new literacies of online reading comprehension.
The event is open to the general public. A private luncheon for honored guests will follow the presentation and award ceremony. The schools to be honored are:
Anoka Senior High (Anoka-Hennepin)
Anthony Middle School (Minneapolis)
Battle Creek Middle (St. Paul)
Buffalo Community Middle (Buffalo)
Centennial Middle (Centennial)
Coon Rapids Middle School (Anoka-Hennepin)
Eastern Heights Elementary (St. Paul)
Friedell Middle (Rochester)
Hastings High School (Hastings)
John Marshall Senior High (Rochester)
Milaca Secondary High (Milaca)
Moorhead High School (Moorhead)
Murray Junior High (St. Paul)
Partnership Academy (Partnership Academy)
Prairie Elementary (Worthington)
Robbinsdale Armstrong (Robbinsdale)
Valley Middle (Rosemount)
Waite Park Elementary (Minneapolis)
Wayzata High School (Wayzata)
For more information visit www.cehd.umn.edu/reading or call (612) 624-9147.