Summit Club Award

Brownsville ISD’s J.T. Canales Elementary in Texas was recently recognized as the campus that had the highest gains during the 2018-19 school year on the 5th grade STAAR Science. Their success was top not only among Brownsville ISD schools, but among the more than 100 elementary schools across the Rio Grande Valley that use Summit K12.

Canales Elementary Principal, Dr. Edward Ude, recognized Mr. Jose Peña and Ms. Enelda Brown, 5th Grade Science teachers, as well as the rest of the 5th Grade Team, which included Ms. Michelle Gardner-Vidal, Ms. Elsa Gonzalez, and Ms. Elizabeth Lopez. He also acknowledged Mr. Roman Gomez, Elementary Science Specialist, for his support of the school’s instructional program.

John Kresky, CEO of SumittK12, said ''We will continue to work with the administrators and teachers to align our support of the campus with their goals — to make sure the training goes well, and that teachers use best practices as they implement the Summit K12 program to improve their score.''

Eight schools in the McAllen Independent School District, in McAllen, Texas were recognized by Summit K12 for the growth during the 2018-19 school year.

Seguin Elementary School received the Summit Growth award for their distinction in outstanding achieving on the 2018 Science STAAR test.

The schools receiving the recognition include Alvarez Elementary, Roosevelt Elementary, Garza Elementary, Sanchez Elementary, McAuliffe Elementary, Navarro Elementary and Thigpen-Zavala Elementary. Along with these campuses, seven teachers received the prestigious Teaching Excellence Award for reaching a 100 percent passing rate with their fifth-grade students on the Science STAAR last spring. Those teachers include Reyna Diaz (Houston Elementary), Silvia Saldivar (Houston), Monica Rivera (Thigpen-Zavala), Argelia Torres (Garza), Kari Ramirez (Perez), Heather Kester (Milam) and Janice Morin (Milam).

Carman Elementary School in Texas was recognized with Science Growth Campus award.

Carman Elementary is part of the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District in the Rio Grande Valley.

Henry Ford Elementary School in Texas was recognized with Science Growth Campus award.

Henry Ford Elementary is part of the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District in the Rio Grande Valley.

Martha Perez from Vida Clover Elementary in Texas’ Alamo ISD received the Summit K12 teaching excellence award for achieving a 100 percent passing rate on the STAAR Science Assessment in Texas.

Rodolfo Reyes, a 5th-grade science teacher at John McKeever Elementary, was recognized for achieving a 100 percent passing rate on the STAAR Science Assessment in Texas. He is the recipient of the first ever Summit K12 Teaching Excellence Award.

Ms. Lacinda Rosas, a science teacher from Reed-Mock Elementary School in the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo school district, was awarded a Teaching Excellence Award for her effort in achieving 100% science passing on the STAAR test in Texas.