State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster praised Bowler High School for being among the state's 182 schools that received the New Wisconsin Promise School of Recognition honors for the 2007-08 school year during a special October 13th ceremony at the State Capitol in Madison.
“It is the work of teachers, parents, administrators, and other staff members at these schools that contributes to student success and helps us fulfill our New Wisconsin Promise to provide a quality education for every child and to close the achievement gap between economically disadvantaged students and their peers,” state Superintendent of Public Instruction Elizabeth Burmaster said.
To be recognized, students must receive federal Title I funding and be among the highest poverty schools in the state, based on free and reduced-price school lunch data. Additionally, student achievement on statewide reading and mathematics assessments must outperform the state average for schools with similar poverty rates and grade configurations and the school must have made adequate yearly progress for the past two years as defined under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. |
