Albemarle
Road Middle School is proud to be recognized by the National Forum to
Accelerate Middle Grades Reform as a School to Watch. The National Forum
to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform is an alliance of educators,
researchers, national associations, and officers of professional
organizations and foundations committed to promoting the academic
performance and healthy development of young adolescents. Through its
Schools to Watch® (STW) program, the Forum has developed criteria for
identifying high-performing middle-grades schools, and created tools to
help schools use the criteria and expand the program states across the
United States and selected and honored hundreds of successful schools
across the country. Our students and teachers worked tirelessly to
achieve this recognition. Congratulations Hornets!
Check out the video below to hear the some of the great things happening at our school.
CMS schools earn national magnet recognition
Magnet Schools of America gives merit awards
for excellence to 21 schools
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 23, 2020 —
Twenty-one schools with magnet programs in Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools have won national recognition for their specialized programs.
Five schools earned the highest designation as a School of Excellence
from the national organization Magnet Schools of America. Sixteen others
were named Schools of Distinction.
“Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools is proud to have such a range of magnet programs for our
students,” said Earnest Winston, superintendent. “These recognitions
also speak to the hard work of our teachers. I am grateful to them for
how they serve students every day.”
The
awards, given each year, go to schools that show a strong commitment to
academic standards, demonstrate curriculum innovation and have
diversity in enrollment.
In
addition to academics, curriculum and diversity, the schools are also
judged on community partnerships and parent involvement. To be
considered, a school must submit a detailed application, which is scored
by a panel of educators.
The five schools
winning the School of Excellence award were Albemarle Road Middle,
Huntingtowne Farms Elementary, Idlewild Elementary, Park Road Montessori
and Piedmont IB Middle.
“We
feel proud and honored to be recognized as part of an elite group of
magnet schools,” said Brittany Maxwell, principal at Huntingtowne
Farms. “Our students and staff have worked extremely hard to provide
quality IB instruction for all of our students. Every day we see the
success of our magnet program.”
The 16 schools recognized as Schools of Distinction were Blythe Elementary, Cotswold Elementary, East Mecklenburg High,
Elizabeth Traditional Elementary, Highland Mill Montessori, Irwin
Academic Center, J.M. Alexander Middle, Kennedy Middle, Mallard Creek
Elementary, McClintock Middle, North Mecklenburg High, Northwest School
of the Arts, Paw Creek Elementary, Shamrock Gardens Elementary,
Tuckaseegee Elementary and Winget Park Elementary.
The
schools will be formally recognized during an awards ceremony at Magnet
Schools of America's national conference in Clark County, Nev., in
April. To learn more about Magnet Schools of America, click here.
