Partnership School Award Winners - 2006

Seven schools are winners of the 2006 Partnership Awards from the National Network of Partnership Schools (NNPS) at Johns Hopkins University. They are recognized for excellence in developing and sustaining comprehensive, goal-oriented programs of school, family, and community partnerships. The award winners are working to ensure that all families are welcome at their children’s schools and that programs and practices of family and community involvement help increase student achievement and other indicators of success in school.

The schools received an award plaque, a free registration to an NNPS professional development conference, and a cash prize of $500 to recognize program quality and sustained progress in program development. They also are featured in Type 2, Fall 2006, #21 and in the Honors column of Education Week.

		Cherokee Heights Elementary School, St. Paul, MN Maureen Siebert, Principal; Shirley Andino and Lily Ailabouni, Action Team Co-Chairs (Saint Paul Public Schools)

		Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School, Silver Spring, MD Mary Beth Waits, Principal; L. Karen Turner, Action Team Chair (Montgomery County Public School System)

		Grant Elementary School, Wausau, WI Teresa O’Connell, Chairperson and Principal (Wausau School District)

		Highlands Elementary School, Naperville, IL Amy Vander Veen and Debbie Whang, Co-Chairs; Susan Stuckey, Principal (Naperville Community School District 203)

		Kennedy Junior High School, Lisle, IL Don Perry, Principal; Lisa Trychta and Jessica Jozwiak. Action Team Co-Chairs (Naperville Community District 203)

		Phalen Lake Elementary, St. Paul, MN Jan Hopke-Almer, Principal; Mary Sellers, Action Team Chair (Saint Paul Public Schools)

		Webster-Stanley Elementary School, Oshkosh, WI Patricia Vickman, Principal; Tami Goodwin and John Pieper, Action Team Leaders (Oshkosh School District)