| For immediate release March 29, 2012 |
Contact:
Larry Slonaker, SCCOE Phone: (408) 453-6662 |
31 county schools named ‘Distinguished’
SAN JOSE, CA – Thirty-one Santa Clara County schools were among the 387 elementary schools selected as 2012 California Distinguished Schools, announced Thursday by the California Department of Education. The program honors schools that have demonstrated educational excellence for all students, and progress in narrowing the achievement gap.
Fourteen county districts were represented. The districts and their honored schools:
| Alum Rock Union Elementary | James McEntee Academy |
| Berryessa Union Elementary | Laneview Elementary |
| Campbell Union | Forest Hill Elementary Marshall Lane Elementary |
| Cupertino Union | C. B. Eaton Elementary D. J. Sedgwick Elementary Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary Meyerholz Elementary Regnart Elementary Stevens Creek Elementary |
| Evergreen Elementary | Carolyn A. Clark Elementary Evergreen Elementary Laurelwood Elementary Silver Oak Elementary |
| Franklin-McKinley Elementary | Franklin Elementary Voices College-Bound Language Academy |
| Milpitas Unified | Anthony Spangler Elementary Joseph Weller Elementary William Burnett Elementary |
| Moreland Elementary | Country Lane Elementary |
| Morgan Hill Unified | Charter School of Morgan Hill |
| Oak Grove Elementary | Glider Elementary |
| San Jose Unified | George W. Simonds Elementary Graystone Elementary Hacienda Environmental Science Magnet Williams Elementary |
| Saratoga Union Elementary | Argonaut Elementary |
| Sunnyvale | Cumberland Elementary Ellis Elementary |
| Union Elementary | Guadalupe Elementary Idella Lietz Elementary |
Schools earning the Distinguished School title agree to share their signature practices with other schools and serve as mentors to other educators who want to replicate their work. An updated searchable database of these practices will be available later this spring by the CDE.
A regional program awarding Distinguished Schools from this area, hosted by the Santa Clara County Office of Education, is scheduled for May 30. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson and County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Charles Weis are scheduled to appear at the event.
Date last updated: March 29, 2012
