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.  For the month of September, the PowerWalks Hero School Targets were as follows:

September Targets High Schools – 150 PowerWalks Observations Middle Schools / Junior High Schools – 125 PowerWalks Observations Elementary / Intermediate / Combined Campuses – 100 PowerWalks Observations Alternative Schools – 50 PowerWalks Observations.

With schools hitting their stride in October, we will raise the targets to the following levels:

October Hero School Targets High Schools – 180 PowerWalks Observations Middle Schools / Junior High Schools – 150 PowerWalks Observations Elementary / Intermediate / Combined Campuses – 120 PowerWalks Observations Alternative Schools – 60 PowerWalks Observations.

In September, all of the schools using the PowerWalks Instructional Observation System conducted a total of 13,401 classroom observations. A commendable job, LYS Nation! But now, without further ado, here are your twenty-nine PowerWalks Hero Schools for the month of September 2015.  Congratulations!!!

Elementary Schools & Combined Campuses Middle Schools & Junior High Schools Alternative Schools High Schools
Southside PS (CISD) – 667 Cleveland MS (CISD) – 767 Cleveland DAEP (CISD) – 74 Cleveland HS (CISD) – 524
Eastside ES (CISD) – 519 Lomax JH (LPISD) – 283 Frederick Douglas LC (CISD) – 62 Fairdale HS (JCPS) – 481
Northside ES (CISD) – 474 Canyon MS (CISD) -278 Morton Ranch HS (KISD) – 453
Rennell ES (CFISD) – 394 Borger MS (BISD) – 176 Mayde Creek HS (KISD) – 326
Dublin IS (DISD) – 346 Saginaw HS (EMSISD) – 272
Dublin ES (DISD) – 283 Vernon HS (VISD) – 170
Portland ES (JCPS) – 237 Iroquois HS (JCPS) – 156
Gateway ES (BISD) – 190 Dublin HS (DISD) – 155
Gleason ES (CFISD) – 190
Live Oak Learning Center (ACISD) 160
Hutto ES (HISD) – 136
Paul Belton ES (BISD) – 124
Raymond E. Curtis ES (WISD) – 118
Borger IS (BISD) – 108
Cottonwood Creek ES (HISD) – 105

Think. Work. Achieve. Your turn…

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