Recognition Awards
2017 Recognition School
These are chosen for exceptional performance and/or closing the achievement gap. Both Title I and non-Title I schools can qualify. Stokes Elementary School is honored with $50,000. This year, because of the state’s federal Race to the Top funding and the U.S. Department of Education’s approval of a new state school accountability system for Delaware, the Delaware Department of Education was able to expand the number of schools recognized from five to 19, in four categories. A majority of the program is aligned with the former Academic Achievement Award program. The continuation of that program as provided by the RTTT grant funding. The RTTT grant provides funding for this through 2015.
2017 Recognition School
W. Reily Brown Elementary
These are chosen for exceptional performance and/or closing the achievement gap. Both Title I and non-Title I schools can qualify. Stokes Elementary School is honored with $50,000. This year, because of the state’s federal Race to the Top funding and the U.S. Department of Education’s approval of a new state school accountability system for Delaware, the Delaware Department of Education was able to expand the number of schools recognized from five to 19, in four categories. A majority of the program is aligned with the former Academic Achievement Award program. The continuation of that program as provided by the RTTT grant funding. The RTTT grant provides funding for this through 2015.
2015 Recognition Award
Dover Air Base Middle School
These are chosen for exceptional performance and/or closing the achievement gap. Both Title I and non-Title I schools can qualify. Stokes Elementary School is honored with $50,000. This year, because of the state’s federal Race to the Top funding and the U.S. Department of Education’s approval of a new state school accountability system for Delaware, the Delaware Department of Education was able to expand the number of schools recognized from five to 19, in four categories. A majority of the program is aligned with the former Academic Achievement Award program. The continuation of that program as provided by the RTTT grant funding. The RTTT grant provides funding for this through 2015.
2014 Recognition Award
These are chosen for exceptional performance and/or closing the achievement gap. Both Title I and non-Title I schools can qualify. Stokes Elementary School is honored with $50,000. This year, because of the state’s federal Race to the Top funding and the U.S. Department of Education’s approval of a new state school accountability system for Delaware, the Delaware Department of Education was able to expand the number of schools recognized from five to 19, in four categories. A majority of the program is aligned with the former Academic Achievement Award program. The continuation of that program as provided by the RTTT grant funding. The RTTT grant provides funding for this through 2015.
2013 Recognition School
These are chosen for exceptional performance and/or closing the achievement gap. Both Title I and non-Title I schools can qualify.Simpson Elementary School is honored with $50,000. This year, because of the state’s federal Race to the Top funding and the U.S. Department of Education’s approval of a new state school accountability system for Delaware, the Delaware Department of Education was able to expand the number of schools recognized from five to 19, in four categories. A majority of the program is aligned with the former Academic Achievement Award program. The continuation of that program as provided by the RTTT grant funding. The RTTT grant provides funding for this through 2014.
2013 Recognition School
These are chosen for exceptional performance and/or closing the achievement gap. Both Title I and non-Title I schools can qualify. Stokes Elementary School is honored with $50,000. This year, because of the state’s federal Race to the Top funding and the U.S. Department of Education’s approval of a new state school accountability system for Delaware, the Delaware Department of Education was able to expand the number of schools recognized from five to 19, in four categories. A majority of the program is aligned with the former Academic Achievement Award program. The continuation of that program as provided by the RTTT grant funding. The RTTT grant provides funding for this through 2014.
2012 Recognition Schools
Dover Air Base Middle School
Stokes Elementary
These are chosen for exceptional performance and/or closing the achievement gap. Both Title I and non-Title I schools can qualify. Stokes Elementary School and Air Base Middle School were both honored with $50,000. This year, because of the state’s federal Race to the Top funding and the U.S. Department of Education’s approval of a new state school accountability system for Delaware, the Delaware Department of Education was able to expand the number of schools recognized from five to 19, in four categories. A majority of the program is aligned with the former Academic Achievement Award program. The continuation of that program as provided by the RTTT grant funding. The RTTT grant provides funding for this through 2014.