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ACADEMIC
ACHIEVEMENT REPORT
ADMINISTRATORS, STUDENTS PRMS Celebrates Schools Kristy Rush and Sarah Thearle and secretaries
AND THE SCHOOLS TO WATCH to Watch Re-Designation Debbie Klodowski and Lynn Ross.
TEAM CELEBRATE PINE-RICHLAND
MIDDLE SCHOOL’S RE-DESIGNATION Pine-Richland Middle School celebrated being re- Schools to Watch State Director Bruce Vosburgh and
AS AN EXEMPLARY MIDDLE designated an exemplary middle school in the Pennsyl- sponsors Joe Maddalon and George Pry and District
SCHOOL. vania Don Eichhorn 2016 Schools to Watch program Director Sara Bresnahan Kennedy, from Speaker
for a third time. Students, staff and Schools to Watch of the House Mike Turzai’s Office, participated in
team members highlighted the achievement on May the program. Mrs. Pfeifer spoke about some of the
18, 2016. projects students worked on outside of school to show
they care which included Paws in the Park fundraiser
“The Schools to Watch program gives us an oppor- for which the students and staff earned a “Make a
tunity to hold up a program against a set of criteria,” Difference” national award. Eighth grader James
said Superintendent Brian Miller. “The process is Rekowski spoke about Saturday Service Day which
dynamic, and it is not fixed or static. Great schools included visits to St. Barnabas and Animal Friends.
change and improve.” Also helping speak at the program was seventh grader
Tannah Hendrickson and eighth graders Petros
“The Schools to Watch Student Erin Ahern, who was one of several student Balouris and Daniel Krill. Assistant Principal Ashley
speakers, reminded everyone “being a Pine-Richland Boyers closed out the program.
program takes PR pride Middle School student takes pride.”
State leaders select schools that exhibit academic ex-
to a new level. We are “The Schools to Watch program takes PR pride to a cellence, responsiveness to the needs and interests of
new level,’ She said. “We are PR, a School to Watch!” young adolescents, and commitment to helping all stu-
PR, a School to Watch!” dents achieve at high levels. In addition, schools must
Principal David Kristofic said that this is the third show evidence of a strong leadership team in which
— Pine-Richland Middle School time the team has re-designated PRMS as a School teachers and administrators work together to improve
eighth grader Erin Ahern to Watch. The school earned national recognition curriculum and instruction and commit to being held
(Schools to Watch Program by being designated a School to Watch originally in accountable for continuous improvement.
Celebration – May 18, 2016) 2007 and was re-designated in 2010, 2013 and now
in 2016. In addition, PRMS earned the Don Eichorn Dr. Irv Howard, past president of the national forum
Award for Outstanding Middle School in 2004. stated, “We congratulate these schools for being
places that do great things for all of their students.
“We are proud to earn an honor in the Don Eichhorn These schools demonstrate that high-performing mid-
Schools to Watch Awards program,” said Dr. David dle grades schools are places that focus on academic
Kristofic, principal. “Our students, staff and parents growth and achievement. They are also places that
make this school the place to be.” recognize the importance of meeting the needs of all
of their students and ensure that every child has access
Dr. Kristofic extends appreciation to staff members to a rigorous, high-quality education”.
who helped administrators in the re-designation
process. They included teachers Robert Bartell, Erika New Education Law
Graham, Jeffrey Paul, Kate Pfeifer, Jason Prucey, Signed in December
The Every Student Succeeds Act was signed by
the president in December of 2015 and replaces
the previous version of the law, the No Child
Left Behind Act. The law will take full effect in
the 2017-2018 school year. States will continue
to submit accountability plans, but will be able
to pick long-term and short-term goals that
take into account English language proficiency,
graduation rates and proficiency on tests.
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