One state department of education, four districts, four schools, and one organization are winners of the 2003 Partnership Awards from the National Network of Partnership Schools (NNPS) at Johns Hopkins University. The sites are recognized for excellence in developing and sustaining comprehensive programs of school, family, and community partnerships.
Partnership Award applications require states, districts, organizations, and schools in NNPS to provide detailed descriptions and clear evidence of “essential elements” of teamwork, leadership, plans for action, implementation, evaluation, and networking. Applicants must be members of NNPS for at least two years.
Winners receive a Partnership Award banner or plaque, one free registration to attend an NNPS National Leadership Conference, and national recognition for their work in the education media, the fall issue of Type 2, and the NNPS website.
Congratulations to all winners of 2003 Partnership Awards! Click on a link below to learn more about each program.
Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction
Jane Grinde, Director, and
Ruth Anne Landsverk, Coordinator, Family-School-Community Partnership
Team; Elizabeth Burmaster, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Local
District B, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
Charlotte
Castagnola, Facilitator, Parent Activities; Sue Shannon, Superintendent
Local District
F, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
Linda Ariyasu,
School Family Facilitator; Richard A. Alonzo, Superintendent
Naperville
Community Unit School District 203, Naperville, IL
Jane Wernette,
Core Team-Parent Co-Chair; Alan Leis, Superintendent
Saint Paul
Public Schools, St. Paul, MN
Arty Dorman, Director, Family
and Community Involvement; Patricia A. Harvey, Superintendent
Arminta Street Elementary School, North
Hollywood, CA
Bettie Wilson, Coordinator; Maria Pelayo, Site
Action Team; Julia Kane, Principal (Local District B, Los Angeles Unified
School District)
Early Childhood Center, Chaska, MN
Catherine
Redford, Action Team Chair; Erin Anderson, Principal (Naperville Community
Unit School District 203)
Highlands Elementary School, Naperville,
IL
Jessica Jozwiak
and Lisa Trychta, Co-Chairs; Susan Stuckey, Principal (Naperville Community
Unit School District 203)
Roosevelt Elementary, Saint Paul, MN
Christine
Cardinal, Action Team Chair; Maria Castro, Principal (Saint Paul Public
Schools)
Families
In Schools, Los Angeles, CA
Ruth M. Yoon, Executive Director
(For work with Districts B and F in LAUSD and other schools and districts.)