{"id":15863,"date":"2020-02-17T20:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T01:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=15863"},"modified":"2020-02-14T16:14:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T21:14:32","slug":"william-ramsay-elementary-school-applauded-for-improving-science-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=15863","title":{"rendered":"William Ramsay Elementary School Applauded for Improving Science Results"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Virginia Mathematics and Science Coalition has honored William Ramsay Elementary School with a Programs That Work<\/a> award.<\/p>\n

The school received the recognition after designing and implementing customized instruction for fifth grade students in the Science\/ELA intervention program.<\/p>\n

The non-profit was impressed by benchmark and SOL data that showed significant improvement following the introduction of the initiative.<\/p>\n

Principal Michael Routhouska said,<\/p>\n

We are happy to hear that the hard work of staff and students has been recognized by the Programs That Work<\/i> award. William Ramsay’s fifth grade Science Intervention\/Enrichment program, which provides students science-based small group instruction designed for students’ interests and academic needs, is making a great impact.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Each year, the Virginia Mathematics & Science Coalition<\/a> recognizes exemplary student and teacher strategies that have a measurable impact on learning.<\/p>\n

Award winners are evaluated by the extent to which their program innovates and has effect, is able to demonstrate the importance of science concept skills, and can show a measurable impact on teaching and learning.<\/p>\n

The Science I\/E program created by William Ramsay was designed to accomplish many diverse goals, all within a single 30-minute intervention block:<\/p>\n