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DeLay receives national award
By Chris Roark, Staff Writer
All of the efforts made at DeLay Middle School to improve learning in math and other subjects was enough to impress officials at Intel Corporation.
DeLay was recently named a recipient of the 2008 Intel Schools of Distinction Award, which recognizes schools that implement innovative math and science programs and serve as role models for other schools.
DeLay was one of six schools in the country to win the award, and DeLay won for the middle school mathematics division.
DeLay was the only school in Texas to win the award.
DeLay was chosen for a variety of efforts in progressive teaching.
“(Intel officials) said they were really excited about out technology and how we’re integrating it for students to learn,” Flores said. “We’re using it the way it should be used. They also liked our high level of teaching, and they were also impressed with how united we are.”
DeLay began a program earlier in the school year that included cross-curriculum teaching, in which teachers of each subject coordinate with each other to provide for linear instruction. Another program was a reading initiative that brings teachers and classes together.
A summer math camp and tutorial sessions were other initiatives DeLay has taken on this past year.
DeLay will receive a $10,000 grant for winning the award, as well as $160,000 worth of educational material.
Flores said the school will set up a committee with teachers, administrators and parents to decide how to spend the $10,000, though she said $3,000 of it will likely be spent on wireless navigation systems, which will be used in algebra classes similar to those in high school.
“Ten thousand dollars can go quickly,” Flores said. “So we’ll form a committee and make a decision together.”
Representatives from each of the six winning schools will attend an awards celebration Sept. 9 in Washington D.C. where one of the schools will be named Star Innovator and will receive additional prizes, including a $15,000 grant.
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