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. There were a total of 6,358 PowerWalks conducted during the past month and the December targets for Hero School designation were:
Big Schools – 175 PowerWalks Observations Medium Sized Schools – 125 PowerWalks Observations Small Schools – 75 PowerWalks Observations Very Small Schools – 40 PowerWalks Observations.
For January, with the start of the new semester, we will adjust the targets:
Your January Hero School Targets Big Schools – 240 PowerWalks Observations Medium Sized Schools – 175 PowerWalks Observations Small Schools – 100 PowerWalks Observations Very Small Schools – 55 PowerWalks Observations.
Now without further ado, here are your twenty-nine PowerWalks Hero Schools for the month of December 2013. Congratulations!!!
| Elementary Schools | Junior High and Middle Schools | Alternative Schools | Combined Campuses | High Schools |
| Bell’s Hill ES (WISD: small school) – 463 | Big Spring JH (BSISD: mid-sized school) – 177 | Louise Schools (LISD: small school) – 112 | Hutto HS (HISD: big school) – 335 | |
| Crestview ES (WISD: small school) – 357 | Marlin MS (MISD: small school) – 151 | Fairdale HS (JCPS: big school) – 323 | ||
| McFee ES (CFISD: mid-sized school) – 303 | Cesar Chavez MS (WISD: mid-sized school) – 125 | Smithson Valley HS (CISD: big school) – 256 | ||
| Dean Highland ES (WISD: small school) – 268 | Tennyson MS (WISD: mid-sized school) – 125 | Mayde Creek HS (KISD: big school) – 241 | ||
| Marlin ES (MISD: small school) – 258 | Indian Spring MS (WISD: mid-sized school) – 110 | Kennedale HS (KISD: mid-sized school) – 125 | ||
| Rennell ES (CFISD: mid-sized school) – 256 | ||||
| Frazier ES (CFISD: mid-sized school) – 204 | ||||
| Dublin ES (DISD: small school) – 157 | ||||
| West Ave ES (WISD: small school) – 127 | ||||
| Hutto ES (HISD: small school) – 118 | ||||
| Cottonwood Creek ES (HISD: small school) – 106 | ||||
| Kendrick ES (WISD: small school) – 98 | ||||
| Goliad ES (BSISD: small school) – 95 | ||||
| Ray ES (HISD: small school) – 90 | ||||
| Alta Vista ES (WISD: small school) – 88 | ||||
| JH Hines ES (WISD: small school) – 88 | ||||
| Startzville ES (CISD: small school) – 82 | ||||
| Washington ES (BSISD: small school) – 82 |
Think. Work. Achieve. Your turn…
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