Published: 12/26/2011

Three schools earn School of Distinction title

Wilson High School and Lowell and Washington-Hoyt elementary schools won the 2011 School of Distinction award for outstanding improvement in student achievement in reading and math over a five-year period. They join 95 other state schools on the awards list. The Center for Educational Effectiveness (CEE) and Phi Delta Kappa-Washington State Chapter sponsored the fifth annual School of Distinction award recognition in Washington state.

All three Tacoma schools appeared on the list for the first time.

Lowell Elementary School Principal Bob Dahl and Superintendent Art Jarvis hold the banner Dahl received to hang in his school.

Wilson Prinicpal Dan Besett holds the School of Distinction certificate and banner. Superintendent Art Jarvis and former Wilson Assistant Principal Christine Brandt lend a hand.

About 15 Washington-Hoyt staff members attended the recognition ceremony for Schools of Distinction.

Superintendent Arthur O. Jarvis, Ed.D., ajarvis@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Superintendent-Elect (Interim) Carla Santorno, csantor@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Central Administration Building, P.O. Box 1357, Tacoma, WA 98401-1357, 253.571.1000

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