| For immediate release January 3, 2012 |
Contact:
Larry Slonaker, SCCOE Phone: (408) 453-6662 |
22 county schools receive '2020 Vision' awards
for progress in closing achievement gap
SAN JOSE, CA – Twenty-two schools in Santa Clara County are being honored as recipients of the inaugural "2020 Vision" awards of the SJ2020 initiative, which is the collaborative community effort to eliminate the achievement gap by the year 2020. (The schools are listed below.)
The 2020 Vision awards, given to the schools for noteworthy accomplishments in closing the gap, will be presented at the SJ2020 Annual Report event Jan. 19 at the Santa Clara County Office of Education. Featured speakers at the event will be San José Mayor Chuck Reed and Santa Clara County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Charles Weis.
Representatives from each of the schools and their districts will be on hand to accept their awards. Information on the educational practices that enabled them to make progress toward closing the gap also will be featured.
The City of San José, the County Office of Education, school districts, charter schools, colleges, and business and nonprofit community agencies joined forces in the fall of 2009 to announce SJ2020, spurred by the persistent disparity in academic performance between two groups: lower-performing Hispanic/Latino and African-American students, versus higher-performing Asian and white/non-Hispanic students. In the city of San José alone, nearly half of all public school students tested are not proficient in their grade-level skills.
The 2020 Annual Report event will be held Jan. 19 at 9 a.m. at the Santa Clara County Office of Education, 1290 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose. For more information on the event or SJ2020, contact Don_Bolce@sccoe.org, 408-453-6877.
Recipients of the '2020 Vision' Awards
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Almaden Elementary School
San Jose Unified School District
Principal: Enrique Pin
Superintendent: Dr. Vincent Matthews
Cassell Elementary School
Alum Rock Union School District
Principal: Carolyn Barnaba
Superintendent: José L. Manzo
McEntee Academy
Alum Rock Union School District
Principal: Sylvia Villarreal
Superintendent: José L. Manzo
Lietz Elementary School
Union Elementary School District
Principal: Chris Izor
Superintendent: Dr. Jacqueline Horejs
Luigi Aprea Elementary School
Gilroy Unified School District
Principal: Richard Rodriguez
Superintendent: Dr. Deborah A. Flores
Meyer Elementary School
Alum Rock Union School District
Principal: Markeeta Fields
Superintendent: José L.Manzo
Reed Elementary School
San Jose Unified School District
Principal: Bonnie Thurston
Superintendent: Dr. Vincent Matthews
Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary School
County Office of Education (charter sponsor)
Principal: Maricela Guerrero
Chief Achievement Officer: Preston Smith
Washington Elementary School
San Jose Unified School District
Principal: Maria Evans
Superintendent: Dr. Vincent Matthews
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
Ascencio Solorsano Middle School
Gilroy Unified
Principal: Maria Walker
Superintendent: Dr. Deborah A. Flores
Brownell Middle School
Gilroy Unified School District
Principal: Greg Camacho-Light
Superintendent: Dr. Deborah A. Flores
Cabrillo Middle School
Santa Clara Unified School District
Principal: Stan Garber
Superintendent: Dr. Bobbie Plough
Fischer Middle School
Alum Rock Union School District
Principal: Howard Greenfield
Superintendent: José L. Manzo
KIPP Heartwood Academy
Alum Rock Union School District
Principal: Judy Tang
Superintendent: José L. Manzo
Luther Burbank School
Luther Burbank School District
Principal: Marvelyn Maldonado
Superintendent: Jan Kaay
Moreland Middle School
Moreland School District
Principal: Karen Allard
Superintendent: Mark Barmore
Quimby Oak Middle School
Evergreen School District
Principal: Phil Bond
Superintendent: Kathy Gomez
River Glen Middle School
San Jose Unified School District
Principal: Carlos Salcido
Superintendent: Dr. Vincent Matthews
South Valley Middle School
Gilroy Unified School District
Principal: Anisha Munshi
Superintendent: Dr. Deborah A. Flores
Sunnyvale Middle School
Sunnyvale Unified School District
Principal: Dorothy Abreu-Coito
Superintendent: Dr. Benjamin H. Picard
HIGH SCHOOLS
Pioneer High School
San Jose Unified School District
Principal: Susan Walker
Superintendent: Dr. Vincent Matthews
Lincoln High School
San Jose Unified School District
Principal: Matt Hewitson
Superintendent: Dr. Vincent Matthews
Date last updated: March 19, 2012
