In furtherance of a LYS Nation tradition, we will take this time to tip our caps to the campuses that have embraced the most important step in creating and maintaining an action oriented professional learning community. These are the campuses that have conducted an extraordinary number of formative classroom observations in a given month. In December, the Hero Schools met or exceeded the targets below:
The December Hero School Targets Big Schools – 175 PowerWalks Observations Medium Sized Schools – 125 PowerWalks Observations Small Schools – 65 PowerWalks Observations Very Small Schools – 40 PowerWalks Observations.
For January, due to holidays and starting a new semester, we will adjust the targets:
The January Hero School Targets Big Schools – 250 PowerWalks Observations Medium Sized Schools – 175 PowerWalks Observations Small Schools – 95 PowerWalks Observations Very Small Schools – 50 PowerWalks Observations.
For the record, the schools in the LYS nation conducted a total of 5,889 PowerWalks observations this past month. But enough stalling, here are your twenty-five PowerWalks Hero Schools for the month of December 2014. Congratulations!!!
| Elementary Schools | Junior High & Middle Schools | Alternative Schools | Combined Campuses | High Schools |
| Rennell ES (CFISD – midsized school): 505 | Winona ES / MS (WISD – small school): 522 | San Marcos School (JWPCS – very small school): 150 | Winona HS (WISD – small school): 331 | |
| Winona ES / IS (WISD – small school): 357 | Magnolia JH (MISD – midsized school): 131 | Mayde Creek HS (KISD – large school): 265 | ||
| Veterans’ Hill ES (HISD – small school): 237 | Big Spring IS (BSISD – small school): 125 | Fairdale HS (JCPS – large school): 249 | ||
| West Avenue ES (NEISD – small school): 187 | Morton Ranch HS (KISD – large school): 230 | |||
| Raymond E. Curtis ES (WISD – small school): 154 | Weatherford HS (WISD – large school): 218 | |||
| Dublin ES (DISD – very small school): 152 | Iroquois HS (JCPS – large school): 186 | |||
| Mary Martin ES (WISD – small school): 146 | Weatherford 9th Grade Center (WISD – small school): 78 | |||
| Stephen F. Austin ES (WISD – small school): 116 | ||||
| Refugio ES (RISD – small school): 80 | ||||
| Hutto ES (HISD – small school): 76 | ||||
| Cottonwood Creek ES (HISD – small school): 73 | ||||
| Marlin ES (MISD – very small school): 72 | ||||
| Ray ES (HISD – small school): 71 | ||||
| Johnson ES (HISD – small school): 69 |
Think. Work. Achieve. Your turn…
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