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NEWS RELEASE – ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Date: May 13, 2010
 
Wilson Foundation Academy Named Finalist for
National School Change Award
 
Honor Recognizes “Tremendous Improvement”
 
 
(ROCHESTER, NY) Wilson Foundation Academy has been named a finalist for the 2010 Panasonic National School Change Award.
          The award is presented to schools that demonstrate measurable change in attitudes, beliefs, and values, evident in decisions about instruction, organization, governance, and accountability, which result in improved student performance.
 “The effort your school staff, students, and parents have made is a tribute to your school’s dedication to the well-being and academic success of all students in your school,” said Dr. Lew Smith, Director of the Panasonic National School Change Awards, in a letter to Wilson Foundation Academy Principal Dr. Deasure Matthew. “We salute all within the school community and your superintendent and the district office staff for this great accomplishment.”
Nominated schools are judged based on 16 criteria in four categories or “dimensions.” A school is a candidate for the award if it meets at least two <http://www.npli.org/nsca/criteria.html>criteria in each of the four dimensions and a total of at least ten <http://www.npli.org/nsca/criteria.html>criteria. (More information: <http://www.npli.org/nsca/index.html>http://www.npli.org/nsca/index.html.)
Each nominated school provides data and documentation of how it has achieved systemic change. From the 60 to 100 nominations received each year, 24 finalists are selected. >From that group, a national panel selects six winning schools.
Three Rochester schools have received the award in past years:
 
2009  Dr. Freddie Thomas High School
2007  World of Inquiry School No. 58
2003  John Williams School No. 5