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