No. 110      Institute for Learning

Brief Explanation:

The Board of Education will recognize significant individual student and team achievements on May 22, 2001. The purpose of this circular is to solicit names of deserving students/teams for recognition.

Your assistance is needed to ensure that all deserving students are honored and that their achievements are publicly celebrated. To submit student/team names, please complete and return the attached form by April 23, 2001. Additional forms may be duplicated at the site. For literary or writing awards, a copy of the work must be attached (for compilation into an anthology). Confirmations will be sent.

Awards for individual student achievement, at the minimum, must be countywide or regional, and must be first-place or sweepstakes. Examples of student achievement that should be honored:

• Sweepstakes winners at the International History Fair, and Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair.

• First-place winners at the state or international science fair.

• Freedoms Foundation participants.

• Girls’ and Boys’ State participants.

• Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Award recipients.

• National Merit Scholarship and National Achievement Scholarship recipients. (Note: Other scholarships should be recognized at the school level.)

• Outstanding ROP students.

• County Spelling Bee and Geography Bee winners.

• Other county/regional/state/national awards.

Awards for team recognition, at the minimum, must be countywide or regional and must be first-place or sweepstakes.

Among the examples of team work that should be recognized:

• Science Olympiad

• Academic League

• Academic Decathlon

• Mock Trial

• CIF in a variety of sports (Note: Presentations to all CIF championship athletic teams must be coordinated through Brian Haggerty, Interim Educational Services Director, 619-725-7125.)

IMPORTANT: A reception will be held for the award recipients on May 22, 2001 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Eugene Brucker Education Center lobby. The ceremony will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the auditorium. Certificates will be awarded as part of the presentation. It is the school site’s responsibility to inform students, parents and teachers of the date and time of the board presentation.

Questions regarding board recognition of student achievements should be directed to Marty Stultz, Institute Support and Professional Development, 858-496-1875.

Distribution: Lists A, D, E, F, and O