Skyway Elementary School to celebrate FCAT victory

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mon., Aug. 8, 2005

CONTACT: John Schuster
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
305-995-1126

***MEDIA ADVISORY***

SKYWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO CELEBRATE FCAT VICTORY

WHO:

Superintendent Rudolph F. “Rudy” Crew, School Board Vice-Chair Robert Ingram, Florida Commissioner of Education John Winn, state Sen. Frederica Wilson, Skyway Elementary staff, families

WHAT:
FCAT Celebration

WHEN:
Wednesday, Aug. 10, 9:30-10:30 a.m.

WHERE:
Skyway Elementary School, 4555 N.W. 206 Terrace

WHY:
Skyway Elementary School, a Title I school, scored in the 95th percentile among all Florida schools on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). The “A” school met its annual yearly progress targets under the federal “No Child Left Behind” program. Identified by Miami-Dade County Public Schools as a STELLAR (Schools Targeting Excellence in Literacy, Learning, and Reading) school, Skyway is part of a program that promotes high achievement while eliminating low student performance and improving literacy.

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