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Oswalt Makes Education Organization's 'Honor Roll'

The Walnut school was one of four Rowland Unified School District campuses selected to the California Business for Education Excellence's statewide list.

Walnut's Stanley G. Oswalt Academy was one of four Rowland Unified School District campuses selected to the California Business for Education Excellence's (CBEE) 2012 Honor Roll.

The organization recognizes campuses across the state that increase academic performance, close achievement gaps for al of their students, and focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) proficiency, according to a school district news release.

Alvarado Intermediate, Blandford Elementary, and Ybarra Academy of Arts and Technology also made the honor roll.

The Rowland Unified School District Board of Education will honor these schools in June.

“We are very proud that the business community has recognized the efforts being made by our educational team on closing the achievement gap and the focus on helping every student perform at their highest level,” Superintendent Ruben Frutos said in a statement. “We are also pleased that Blandford Elementary was one of only 100 schools in the state named as a STEM school for its excellence in math and science.”  

Greg Jones, CBEE's chairman and a past member of the California State Board of Education, said in a statement that these schools can serve as models for others.

“We have schools throughout the state that are getting it right for all students and this should not be a secret,” Jones said.  “To ensure more of our schools succeed, we must change the conversation from being about fixing failing schools to one that focuses on replicating the success of schools like those on the Honor Roll.”  

CBEE has found a common set of factors that higher performing schools and districts that make them successful. Those include high expectations for all students, ongoing collaboration among teachers, targeted use of data to find out what needs improvement and to monitor progress, continual intervention of struggling students, and the knowledge of content, officials said.



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