Congratulations, South Central Elementary! Title 1 Achievement Award
South Central Elementary School has been selected by the PA Department of Federal Programs to receive the Title I Academic Achievement Award of $1000 for having two years of Adequate Yearly Progress on the PSSA assessments. This is the second time South Central has been selected for this award. Congratulations!
Congratulations, First Street! Title 1 Achievement Award
Each year, the Division of Federal Programs allocates a portion of Title 1 funds to Title 1 schools making AYP for two or more consecutive years. This year, 123 Title 1 schools have been selected to receive the maximum Title 1 Academic Achievement Award of $5000 based on that criterion, along with one or more of the following:
The school is among the list of top 25 percentage of students scoring Advanced and Proficient in the All students category of the 2007-08 PSSA: or
Students tested in one or more of the measured subgroups in the 2007-08 PSSA meet performance criteria.
First Street Elementary School has been selected to receive this Title 1 Academic Achievement Award in the 2008-09 school year. The Pennsylvania Department of Education, Division of Federal Programs, will honor First Street Elementary School at the 2009 Title 1 Improving Schools’ Performance Conference as a 2009 Distinguished Title 1 School. As well, all of these schools will be eligible to be chosen as one of two National Title 1 Distinguished Schools. National Title 1 Distinguished Schools will be honored at the National Title 1 Conference in San Antonio, Texas in February 2009.
