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Friday, November 27, 2009

EDMONTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS RECOGNIZED BY ALBERTA EDUCATION

At today's MELRA (Minister's Education Leadership Recognition Awards) ceremony, the Minister of Education presented Edmonton Public Schools' Board Chair Don Fleming with awards to acknowledge the District's very high achievement in four categories:

• Program of Studies
• Education Quality
• Citizenship
• School Improvement

The District also received awards for significant improvement in 13 categories:

• Safe and Caring
• Program of Studies
• Education Quality
• Drop Out Rate
• PAT: Acceptable
• PAT: Excellence
• Transition Rate (6 year)
• Citizenship
• Parental Involvement
• School Improvement
• Practical Arts
• Healthful Living
• Other Non-Diploma

The categories are based on the provincial Accountability Pillar, which involves a variety of objective measures and criteria regarding the education quality of publicly funded school boards. Edmonton Public Schools was recognized in more categories than any other school jurisdiction in Alberta.

For more information on the awards, visit the Alberta Education website.

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