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TOPEKA — The Confidence in Kansas Public Education Task Force has named 78 schools in 28 Kansas public school districts as recipients of the 2017 Challenge Awards.
The awards recognize Kansas schools that are making a notable difference in student achievement despite facing significant challenges in their school population. Since its inception in 2002, more than 1,500 awards have been presented to schools across the state.
Certificates of Merit will be presented to schools by Kansas State Board of Education members.
The Challenge Award recognizes schools for outstanding achievement and uncommon accomplishments based on Kansas Assessment results, the sample size, graduation rates, attendance and the socio-economic status of those taking the test.
The Confidence in Public Education Task Force is a nonprofit corporation whose primary purpose is to strengthen confidence in Kansas public education and to increase awareness of the positive aspects of public education in the state. The Task Force was created in 1981.
Members of the Task Force include American Association of University Women; Kansas PTA; Kansas Association of School Boards; Kansas National Education Association; Kansas State Board of Education; Kansas State High School Activities Association; Kansas Partners in Education; League of Women Voters – Kansas; and United School Administrators of Kansas.
For more information about the Challenge Awards program, call Tamla Miller at (785) 296-4950.
A list of schools receiving a 2017 Challenge Award is below. The list includes the subject area and grade level for which the school is being recognized.
Third-grade math
Broken Arrow Elementary School, Shawnee Mission USD 512
Central Heights Elementary School, Central Heights, USD 288
Fairview Elementary School, Olathe USD 233
Franklin Elementary School, Wichita USD 259
Griffith Elementary School, Wichita USD 259
Lincoln Elementary School, Hutchinson USD 308
Miller Elementary School, Dodge City USD 443
Ortiz Elementary School, Wichita USD 259
W A White Elementary School, Emporia USD 253
Westside Elementary School, Pittsburg USD 250
Fourth-grade math
Central Elementary School, Olathe USD 233
Central Elementary School, Baxter Springs USD 508
Emerson Elementary School, Kansas City USD 500
Harper Elementary School, Chaparral USD 361
John Fiske Elementary School, Kansas City USD 500
Quincy Elementary School, Topeka USD 501
Riverside Elementary School, Emporia USD 253
White Elementary School, Wichita USD 259
Fifth-grade math
Cleaveland Traditional Magnet, Wichita USD 259
Irving Elementary School, Wichita USD 259
McCarter Elementary School, Topeka USD 501
Park Elementary School, Great Bend USD 428
Paul B Cooper Elementary School, Derby USD 260
Payne Elementary School, Wichita USD 259
Sixth-grade math
Central Heights Elementary School, Central Heights USD 288
Dodge City Middle School, Dodge City USD 443
Emporia Middle School, Emporia USD 253
Everest Middle School, South Brown County USD 430
Lyons Middle School, Lyons USD 405
Robinson Middle School, Wichita USD 259
Shawanoe Elementary School, Shawnee Mission USD 512
Sublette Elementary School, Sublette USD 374
Truesdell Middle School, Wichita USD 259
Seventh-grade math
Brooks Magnet Middle School, Wichita USD 259
Galena Middle School, Galena USD 499
Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet, Wichita USD 259
Jardine Middle School, Topeka USD 501
Marshall Middle School, Wichita USD 259
Eighth-grade math
Argentine Middle School, Kansas City USD 500
Coronado Middle School, Kansas City USD 500
Hamilton Middle School, Wichita USD 259
Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High School, Southwestern Heights USD 483
Sumner Academy of Arts & Science, Kansas City USD 500
10th-grade math
Dodge City High School, Dodge City USD 443
Field Kindley High School, Coffeyville USD 445
Lyons High School, Lyons USD 405
Southeast High School, Wichita USD 259
Third-grade reading
Cessna Elementary School, Wichita, USD 259
Garfield School, Parsons USD 503
Lyons Central Elementary School, Lyons USD 405
Meadowview Elementary School, Labette County USD 506
OK Elementary School, Wichita USD 259
West Bourbon Elementary School, Uniontown USD 235
Fourth-grade reading
Gertrude Walker Elementary School, Garden City USD 457
Guthridge School, Parsons USD 503
James Enders Elementary School, Wichita USD 259
New Stanley Elementary School, Kansas City USD 500
Sunset Elementary School, Salina USD 305
Fifth-grade reading
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Abilene USD 435
McLean Science/Technology Magnet, Wichita USD 259
Noble Prentis Elementary School, Kansas City USD 500
Oakdale Elementary School, Salina USD 305
Washington Elementary School, Geary County USD 475
Sixth-grade reading
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center, Garden City USD 457
Comanche Elementary School, Shawnee Mission USD 512
Community Elementary School, Coffeyville USD 445
Eisenhower Elementary School, Great Bend USD 428
Gordon Parks Academy, Wichita USD 259
Seventh-grade reading
Baxter Springs High School, Baxter Springs USD 508
Hutchinson Middle School 7, Hutchinson USD 308
Marjorie French Middle School, Topeka USD 501
Parsons Middle School, Parsons USD 503
Eighth-grade reading
Hutchinson Middle School 8, Hutchinson USD 308
Mead Middle School, Wichita USD 259
Pittsburg Middle School, Pittsburg USD 250
Pleasant Valley Middle School, Wichita USD 259
10th-grade reading
Highland Park High School, Topeka USD 501
North High School, Wichita USD 259
Osawatomie High School, Osawatomie USD 367
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