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SCW celebrates return to Schools to Watch

St. Clare Walker Middle School principal Dr. Elizabeth Sanders, at podium, congratulates SCW students, faculty and administration for the school receiving Schools to Watch status for the fifth time. (Photo by Larry Chowning)

 

“Safety, Ownership, Attitude and Respect!”

These words are part of the standards of excellence associated with the entire St. Clare Walker (SCW) Middle School family, said Dr. Elizabeth Sanders at a special Schools to Watch redesignation ceremony.

“This Schools to Watch award is something that we as Seahawks should all be proud of,” said Dr. Sanders at Friday’s SCW auditorium assembly that included students, teachers, school officials and parents. Dr. Sanders said that this is the fifth time Middlesex County Public Schools’ SCW has been awarded “Schools to Watch” status.

In 1999, the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform began a national program to identify high-performing middle grades schools. The Schools to Watch program recognizes academic excellence, developmental responsiveness, social equity and organization, structures and processes in middle school level education.

Virginia joined the national Schools to Watch program in 2003. This is the fifth time SCW has received the honor…

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Larry Chowning
Larry Chowninghttps://www.ssentinel.com
Larry is a reporter for the Southside Sentinel and author of several books centered around the people and places of the Chesapeake Bay.