Park Village Elementary School
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Park Village Elementary School is located on Park Village Road in Rancho Penasquitos, California. It is part of the Poway Unified School District. Its principal is Richardo Cecena.
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[edit] Demographics
The School enrols children in grades K-5. There are approximately 830 pupils in this school as of the 2006-07 school year.[1] In grades K-3 there are about twenty children in each class, while in grades 4-5 there can be up to 34 children in a class.
[edit] Awards and recognition
During the 2000-01 school year, Park Village Elementary School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,[2] the highest award an American school can receive.[3][4] Park Village was recognized as a California Distinguished School in May, 2000.[5]
[edit] Newsworthy events
- The School was evacuated in July 2006 when a quick-moving brush fire broke out and charred about 22 acres in the Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve.[6]
- Park Village is one of only a handful of schools in its Poway Unified School District to support a plastic bottle and aluminum can recycling program. The money earned from recycling is put towards technology equipment at the school and they recycled a remarkable 62,000 items.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ "Park Village Elementary School", Great Schools
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006
- ^ CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
- ^ Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."
- ^ "Distinguished School Awards - Award Winners for San Diego County", California Department of Education
- ^ "Fire chars canyon - Fast-moving blaze scorches 22 acres; put out in 2 hours", The San Diego Union-Tribune, July 7, 2006
- ^ Seaworld.org, December 2002
- ^ "Superintendent’s Monthly Update", Poway Unified School District, March/April 2005
