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 October, the PowerWalks Hero School Targets were as follows:

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.

With the Thanksgiving Holiday in November, we will adjust the targets to the following levels:

November Hero School Targets High Schools – 150 PowerWalks Observations Middle Schools / Junior High Schools – 120 PowerWalks Observations Elementary / Intermediate / Combined Campuses – 100 PowerWalks Observations Alternative Schools – 50 PowerWalks Observations.

In October, all of the schools using the PowerWalks Instructional Observation System conducted a total of 13,161 classroom observations. A commendable job, LYS Nation! But now, without further ado, here are your thirty-three PowerWalks Hero Schools for the month of October 2015.  Congratulations!!!

Elementary Schools & Combined Campuses Middle Schools & Junior High Schools Alternative Schools High Schools
Southside PS (CISD) – 547 Cleveland MS (CISD) – 681 George Rogers Clark HS (CCPS) – 564
Eastside ES (CISD) – 474 Marlin MS (MISD) – 453 Fairdale HS (JCPS) – 413
Colonial Hills ES (NEISD) – 452 Bernard Harris MS (NEISD) – 277 Saginaw HS (EMSISD) – 356
Live Oak Learning Center (ACISD) – 425 Rockport-Fulton MS (ACISD) – 220 Morton Ranch HS (KISD) – 323
Northside ES (CISD) – 405 Magnolia JH (MISD) – 206 Marlin HS (MISD) – 294
Marlin ES (MISD) – 340 Borger MS (BISD) – 159 Kilgore HS (KISD – 258
Rennell ES (CFISD) – 336 Canyon MS (CISD) -157 Cleveland HS (CISD) – 257
Gleason ES (CFISD) – 314 Borger HS (BISD) – 255
Dublin ES (DISD) – 264 Dublin HS (DISD) – 206
Little Bay Primary School (ACISD) – 195 Vernon HS (VISD) – 192
Dublin IS (DISD) – 164
Natalia ES (NISD) – 163
Raymond E. Curtis ES (WISD) – 155
Cottonwood Creek ES (HISD) – 151
Gateway ES (BISD) – 150
Ault ES (CFISD) – 150

Think. Work. Achieve. Your turn…

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