BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–College Park Middle School (CPM) will celebrate its re-designation as a National School to Watch tomorrow, Thursday, May 14, 2015, in the school’s multi-purpose room beginning at 9:20 a.m.
“College Park Middle’s re-designation as a School to Watch can be attributed to hard work and dedication of the CPM family. Our students, teachers and staff are dedicated to upholding the Schools to Watch foundational beliefs of Academic Excellence, Social Equity, Developmental Responsiveness, and Organization and Structure. This is a wonderful recognition for our school community,” said College Park Middle School Principal, Ingrid Dukes.
Schools to Watch is an initiative launched by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform in 1999. Through the Schools to Watch initiative, the National Forum identifies schools across the United States that are well on their way to meeting the Forum’s criteria for high performance.
Forum members believe that high-performing middle-grade schools are academically excellent, developmentally responsive and socially equitable. Each characteristic has its own criteria for assessment.
College Park Middle School was initially named a National School to Watch in 2011. Every three years schools go through the process of being re-designated as a National School to Watch.
For more information about The National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform and the Schools to Watch Initiative, visit middlegradesforum.org.
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