Dayton School District

Dayton School District • 609 South Second • Dayton, WA 99328

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The Dayton School District has been recognized as a "School of Distinction" by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. On October 10th, school representatives Rich Stewart, Jude Cornaggia, Katie Leid, Denise Hoon, Mary Pryor and Shelly Franklin traveled to Olympia to receive the award for the Dayton High School and Middle School. The Superintendent of Public Instruction, Terry Bergeson, presented the awards along with a banner to be displayed at the schools.

These awards were given to only 86 schools from around the state. The Schools of Distinction represent the top 5 percent of elementary, middle and high schools whose students have shown outstanding growth in both reading and mathematics skills during a six-year period. The winning schools are composed of 51 elementary schools, 20 middle schools and 15 high schools out of 2,500 schools in the state.

To be considered for the award, each school had to meet the current year’s state learning targets on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning for students in both reading and mathematics.

Schools that met the reading and mathematics targets were then evaluated for six-year gains on the state’s “Learning Improvement Index.” Because the award is based on improvement across a six-year period, only results from grades four, seven and 10 were used, as those are the only grade levels with six years of trend data.

According to Superintendent Bergeson “We all need to stop every once in a while and celebrate the successes in our schools and the hard work and dedication of students, teachers, administrators, support staff, parents and communities. Everyone who has contributed to these Schools of Distinction should be immensely proud of what they’ve accomplished.”

Superintendent Stewart thanked the staff for all of their hard work and dedication on behalf of the students of the Dayton School District. The awards and banners are on display at the High School and the Middle School.