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Pennsylvania Middle

School Association

P.O. Box 7258

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

15213-0258

www.pmsaweb.org

PMSA Newsletter
Text Box: An Official Publication of the Pennsylvania Middle School Association Text Box: Volume 13, Issue 3 March 2006

An Affiliate of the National Middle School Association

 

 

 

 

Exciting news!  The National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform has selected Pennsylvania as one of the three additional states to implement its acclaimed “Schools to Watch” program.   This program will allow Pennsylvania to identify high-performing middle grades schools that are not only academically excellent, developmentally responsive, and socially equitable, but also have the organizational supports to sustain the school’s success.

 

Since 1999, Schools to Watch has identified 79 schools to serve as models of what high-performing middle schools can achieve.  The Forum web site (www.schoolstowatch.org) features online tours of the schools, detailed information about the selection criteria, and links to the state Schools to Watch programs. 

 

The National Forum co-sponsors Schools to Watch with the National Association for Elementary School Principals, National Association of Secondary School Principals, National Middle School Association, National Staff Development Council,

and currently the eleven state Schools to Watch programs. 

 

The Pennsylvania Schools to Watch is a partnership between the Pennsylvania Middle School Association, the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Lehigh University, Gettysburg College, and Duquesne University.  As a team, we will identify exemplary middle grades schools in the state of Pennsylvania.  The Pennsylvania team’s training will occur in June, followed by the call for applications for 2006-07.

 

Please visit the  National Forum web site.  Work with your school and begin making plans to become a School to Watch!  Attend the National Schools to Watch conference on June 22-24, 2006, at the Marriott Crystal Gateway in Washington D.C.  Information about this conference can be found at the following web site:  www.mgforum.org

 

Isn’t it exciting to be involved in educating the children in Pennsylvania? 

Text Box: A Message from PMSA President: Debbie Lappano