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Congratulations to the 2011
Intel Schools of Distinction Winners!
One Star Innovator, five additional winners, and 12 finalists were honored at an awards ceremony for schools with exceptional math and science programs.
On September 20, at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., Intel announced the winners of its 2011 Schools of Distinction Award, which honors U.S. K-12 schools that have demonstrated excellence in math and science education and their ability to promote 21st century skills. The Intel Foundation and sponsoring companies distribute a total of $1 million in cash grants and awards to the winning schools. In recognition of and in support of their efforts, each winning school won an estimated $100,000 in a combination of cash grants from the Intel Foundation and an award package that includes curriculum materials, professional development resources, hardware and software from such sponsors as BrainHoney, BrainWare Safari, Dell, I-CAN, KDS, LanSchool, SAS and Pearson.
The Star Innovator
Valley Christian Junior High School in San Jose, California, took home the top award. As the Star Innovator, the school won an additional $15,000 from the Intel Foundation and other prizes for a total of $125,000 in cash and prizes. A large, independent school serving a diverse, urban population, Valley Christian employs a variety of methods to teach mathematics, including directed teaching, hands-on activities, collaborative work, discovery exploration, and “inverted learning” in which students watch prerecorded webcasts of lessons as homework, reserving class time for practice. The effects include increased student engagement, increased retention and the utilization of multiple forms of personalized learning through individual work, pair share, group work, and one-on-one student-teacher interactions. Over the past four years, Valley Christian students have consistently scored in the nation’s top 17 percent in mathematics on the Stanford Achievement Test.
Other Winners
Additional winners of the 2011 Schools of Distinction program are: MATHEMATICS: Crellin Elementary School Byron Senior High SCIENCE: Farmington View Elementary Preston Middle School Lynbrook High School
Finalists
The winners were selected from a pool of 18 schools that were recognized as finalists from 156 applications from 38 states. The finalists for 2011 included: MATHEMATICS Hollin Meadows Elementary Wauwatosa STEM Millikan Middle School Andover High School Leadership Public Schools SCIENCE: Walton Elementary School Zachary Elementary School New Bridge Middle School Sandy Run Middle School Brooklyn Technical High School California Academy of Mathematics & Science
TO LEARN MORE
Read about all the 2011 winners and finalists Learn about winners from previous years Visit Intel's Schools of Distinction site To get the latest Intel Education news, visit www.intel.com/newsroom/education, join the Facebook group at http://intel.ly/intel-edu and follow Twitter updates at http://twitter.com/intel_education. To join Intel's community of people sharing their stories with the hope of becoming a catalyst for action and a voice for change in global education, visit www.inspiredbyeducation.com.
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About Intel
Over the past decade alone, Intel has invested more than $1 billion, and its employees have donated more than 3 million hours toward improving education in 50 countries. To learn more, visit http://www.intel.com/educationand the blogs.intel.com/csr. To join Intel's community of people sharing their education stories, visit http://www.inspiredbyeducation.com. Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world's computing devices. Additional information is available at newsroom.intel.com and blogs.intel.com. |
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