| San Jose Schools Win Awards and Honors
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| | the success of the California Board of
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| This Summer
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| | Education and the school district , like
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| This summer several San Jose Schools won
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| | San Jose Schools. The California School
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| some kind of award or honor for their
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| | Recognition Program honors California's
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| continued achievements in education.
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| | best and inspiring schools with the
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| Three schools in the San Jose Schools
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| | California Distinguished School Award.
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| system have won awards for successfully
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| | Participation in the program is
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| competing in the California Student Media
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| | completely voluntary and decided by the
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| and Multimedia Festival. River Glenn
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| | school district. However, the award is
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| Middle School and Almaden Elementary
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| | very respect and many schools in the
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| entered a multimedia technology and
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| | state strive to attain it. About 5% of
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| science project into the competition.
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| | the schools in California receive the
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| This project entitled "Environmental
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| | California Distinguished School Award.
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| Concerns in the Community" won the
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| | Usually participation in the program
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| Multi-Grades & Schools Collaboration
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| | includes about 40 school districts from
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| for Grades 4-8 category. In this project
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| | across the state. San Jose Schools has
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| three San Jose Schools interacted with
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| | participated for many years and plans to
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| each other electronically to collaborate
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| | continue in the future.
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| on a scientific investigation of the
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| | California's Model Schools Project
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| impact of precautionary measures designed
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| | Recently, two San Jose Schools have been
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| to protect area wetlands. The students
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| | selected to participate in the California
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| participating in the project came from a
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| | Model Schools Project. The exhaustive
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| fourth grade class at Almaden Elementary,
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| | application process narrowed the
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| a fifth grade class at Zanker Elementary
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| | selection down to eight schools in Santa
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| and a class from River Glenn. The two
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| | Clara County of which two are members of
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| main coordinating teachers Mary Howland,
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| | the San Jose Schools system. The two
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| Special Education Teacher of River Glen
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| | schools selected to participate in the
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| Middle School, and Beth Fensterwald, TSG
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| | California Model Schools Project were
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| of Almaden Elementary were also honored.
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| | Gardner Academy and Willow Glen Middle
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| Two San Jose Elementary Schools received
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| | School. These two schools will work
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| 2006 California Distinguished Schools
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| | closely with and be supported by other
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| honors this year. Willow Glen Elementary
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| | schools across Santa Clara County. They
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| and Terrell Elementary were called by
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| | will also collaborate with the Successful
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| State Superintendent of Public
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| | Practices Network at the International
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| Instruction Jack O'Connell to announce
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| | Center for Leadership in Education. The
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| their selection as 2006 California
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| | main goals of the California Model
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| Distinguished Schools. This honor is
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| | Schools Project is to increase state
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| given to schools that have shown
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| | testing scores, improve the quality of
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| themselves to improve over the school
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| | the schools instructional and leadership
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| year. The California School Recognition
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| | practices, and raise community
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| Program is designed to aid and publize
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| | involvement in the schools.
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