Year: 2011

Rocky Heights Middle School (Rocky Heights) opened in 2003 with 400 students in grades seven and eight. This was a time of tremendous growth in the nation’s fastest growing county, Douglas County, Colorado. Rock Height’s small beginnings and hand picked staff were the foundation for a belief based on doing what’s best for kids. In 2005, with tremendous growth continuing in our attendance area, we added 6th graders to our school.
An affluent community, a quickly expanding student popula...Read more

Kelly Kirkpatrick - Assistant Principal
Clark Wilhelm - Counselor
Rocky Heights Middle School

Model Schools Conference 2011

Duration: 11:27 Minutes

David Reilly, Principal
Woodside High School

January 2012

Duration: 12:04 Minutes

Ginger Featherstone, Principal
Jensen Beach High School

June 2011

Duration: 14:30

Delic Loyde, Principal and Colleagues, Houston, TX

Duration: 11:46

Folder: Leadership

A Research Partnership of the Successful Practices Network, the Council of Chief State School Officers, the International Center for Leadership in Education, and the Quaglia Institute. Funded by the generous support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This report describes the results of five years of research SPN led in 75 schools in 10 states. The factors that emerged from this research has contributed to a national understanding of what distinguishes model schools. This report feat...Read more

Bowie Elementary School
Corsicana, TX

Duration: 17:04

The purpose of the World Café is to provide time for colleagues to meet and talk with each other and discuss issues of importance in the school. It works very well to introduce a topic or get feedback on something.

Year: 2011

It has been said that a man's reputation is what other people think of him, but his character is what he really is. Had this quote been about schools, it would fit Labadieville Middle School (Labadieville) perfectly because at one point in time Labadieville was the place no one wanted to go. Neither students nor teachers would be excited about going to Labadieville. It was no secret to the district, administration, teachers, students, parents, and community that Labadieville was a school of q...Read more

Year: 2011

Woodside High School (Woodside), home of the Wildcats, has been serving the communities of the San Francisco mid-peninsula since its opening in 1958. The 34-acre campus lies just east of the Santa Cruz Mountains and is one of five campuses in the Sequoia Union High School District (SUHSD).

Woodside has approximately 1,800 students who come from the surrounding communities of Redwood City, Woodside, Portola Valley, Menlo Park, San Carlos, and East Palo Alto. The school community reflects th...Read more