While some schools in Kansas do just enough to stay off improvement, other schools exceed the standards on the state assessments just enough to receive a special designation.
Several schools in Wyandotte County are some of those special schools.
The Kansas Department of Education announced its "Standard of Excellence" awards this week. The awards are given out based on the performance of individual grade levels and building-wide achievement.
Schools must make adequate yearly progress, have a larger percentage of students who tested in the "exemplary" level and have a lower "academic warning" student achievement percentage.
Piper Middle School was the big winner in terms of individual schools. The middle school received over 10 separate awards for their students' performances on the standardized assessments.
Here are all the Wyandotte County schools honored:
TURNER SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Oak Grove Elementary School: 4th-Grade reading, 5th-Grade reading, 3rd-Grade math and math building-wide
- Turner Elementary School: 5th-Grade reading, 3rd-Grade math, 5th-Grade math and math building-wide.
- Piper Elementary School: Reading building-wide and math building-wide.
- Piper East Elementary School: 4th-Grade reading, 5th-Grade reading, reading building-wide, 4th-Grade math, 5th-Grade math and math building-wide.
- Piper Middle School: 6th-Grade reading, 7th-Grade reading, 8th-Grade reading, reading building-wide, 6th-Grade math, 7th-Grade math, 8th-grade math, math building-wide, 6th-Grade history, 8th-Grade history and finally, history building-wide.
- Piper High School: Reading building-wide and math building-wide.
- Bonner Springs Elementary: 3rd-Grade math, 5th-Grade math and math building-wide.
- Bonner Springs High School: Reading building-wide and math building-wide.
- Edwardsville Elementary: 3rd-Grade math, 5th-Grade math and math building-wide.
- Robert E. Clark Middle School: 6th-Grade reading, 7th-Grade reading, 8th-Grade reading and reading building-wide.
- Delaware Ridge Elementary School: 4th-Grade reading, 5th-Grade reading, reading building-wide, 3rd-Grade math, 4th-Grade math, 5th-Grade math and math building-wide.
- Emerson Elementary School: 5th-Grade reading and 4th-Grade math.
- William Allen White Elementary School: 5th-Grade math and math building-wide.
- Bethel Elementary School: 5th-Grade reading, reading building-wide, 3rd-Grade math, 5th-Grade math and math building-wide.
- White Church Elementary School: 4th-Grade reading, 5th-Grade reading, reading building-wide, 4th-Grade math, 5th-Grade math and math building-wide.
