 School Beat
Greetings!
Welcome to School Beat, an e-newsletter from Seattle Public Schools that features District information, student and staff celebrations, school news and upcoming District-related events. Please
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Superintendent's Message: State of the District |
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 Seattle Public Schools shows strong gains; graduation rates up from 67% to 73%
Seattle Public Schools made strong progress during 2010-11. We made student improvements in reading and math and had an increase in the four-year high school graduation rate.
West Seattle Elementary illustrates the importance of the first of the Four Pillars of Success: Great Principals. Thanks to the leadership of Principal Vicki Sacco, the school moved from Level 1 (lowest level) on the District's rating system in 2009-10 to Level 3 in 2010-11, and made Adequate Yearly Progress for the first time since 2004-05.
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Staff Celebrations |
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B.F. Day, Bryant teachers honored as 'Symetra Heroes in the Classroom'
  Ericka Johnson Pollard, a teacher at B.F. Day Elementary School, left, and Kevin Gallagher, a teacher at Bryant Elementary School, right photo, were honored as 'Symetra Heroes in the Classroom' Nov. 9 for their work as outstanding educators.
Franklin, Denny, Hamilton, Chief Sealth staff win Golden Apple Award; Garfield wins Golden Apple School of Excellence
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Around the Community |
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 Franklin High graduate elected mayor of San Francisco
Ed Lee, a 1970 graduate of Franklin High School, won San Francisco's mayoral race Nov. 8, becoming the city's first elected mayor of Chinese descent, as well as the first Asian American elected to the office.
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School and District events calendar |
If you would like to know about current special school activities, fund-raisers or other District events, visit the online District Events Calendar where you can see what's going on monthly at Seattle Public Schools. You can also search for specific events by date, school and type.
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We need your ideas |
The Communications Office is always looking for stories on interesting classroom projects, inspirational people or events in our schools to share with the greater Seattle community. We often highlight stories submitted by school staff for potential media coverage as well as District and community publications. For examples of stories we have published in the past, please visit this link. We would like to hear from you. If you have a unique story to share, please send your ideas directly to goodnews@seattleschools.org.
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In the News |
For a sampling of this week's local news stories on Seattle Public Schools, please click here.
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Students at Aki Kurose Middle School kicked off the second year of 
Local hip hop artist Macklemore was a guest at a Rainier Beach High School assembly this month to help raise awareness of the importance of attending school regularly in order to achieve academically.