Congratulations to all of you who are working so hard on behalf of the children of Tehama County. Local Secondary Schools Win California Distinguished School Awards State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Delaine Eastin, recently released the 2000-01 Distinguished School winners. Two middle schools and one high school from Tehama County were among the awardees. It is modeled after the federal Blue Ribbon Schools program. Elementary and secondary schools are honored in alternate years.
Schools receive the award for a four-year period.
Secondary schools with Stanford 9 test scores in the top half of the statewide distribution were invited to apply for the award. Secondary schools that had won California Distinguished School awards in 1998-99 were not eligible to apply. Vista School received the California Distinguished School Award in 1999. To win the award, schools prepared a 19-page application based on the best practices of exemplary schools. In the application, schools were required to cite evidence of student achievement, capable teaching, a well-organized curriculum, and parent and community support.