Auburn School District No. 408
915 4th Street Northeast, Auburn, WA 98002
5/1/06
NEWS RELEASE
Auburn School District Awarded
Superintendent of Public Instruction's Academic Improvement Award
On April 24, the Auburn School District Board of Directors received commemorative plates that represent the gains made in the Academic Improvement Awards Program for 2004-2005. The plates were adhered to the Academic Achievement Award Plaque presented to the district last year for gains made in 2003-2004.
Schools and districts receive Academic Improvement Awards if they reduce by 10 percent the number of students who miss meeting the reading, mathematics or writing goals from one school year to the next. A school district earns this distinction in reading, writing and/or mathematics for the fourth, seventh and/or tenth grade levels.
Auburn School District earned the 2004-2005 distinction in the following areas:
Fourth grade reading and writing
Seventh grade reading and writing
Tenth grade reading
For more information, contact Superintendent Linda Cowan at (253) 931-4914.