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2010
Olive Middle School
Baldwin Park Unified School District
Olive Middle School is a diverse school with students and staff coming from various
backgrounds who come to collaborate and break racial barriers in order to provide a
learning experience that is meaningful in its caliber of quality education, particularly
in the English Language Development and Dual Language programs. The school
recognize the importance of having a culture rich environment and appreciates the
importance of building on its students’ heritage and background. The school’s mission statement is “ A community
working together to achieve success.” Teachers are committed to helping students in developing their English skillls
while also encouraging students to develop a better understanding and appreciation for different cultures through the
Dual Language program.
2010
Camino Nuevo Charter Academy - Burlington Site
Los Angeles Unified School District
Camino Nuevo is dedicated to cultivating scholars who are
bilingual, biliterate, and who are prepared to be agents of social change in their communities and the world. The
school is located in the Pico-Union/MacArthur Park neighborhood just west of downtown Los Angeles and serves 530
students in grade K-8 with 99.9% of the students receiving free/reduced lunch and 98% coming from homes where
Spanish is the primary language, and 62% of them English Learners. There is a developmental bilingual program at the
school and everyone values the language students bring and the language they work to learn. There is a strong belief
that language is a part of who we are and is inextricable from our cultures, our families and our lives.
2010
Gardner Academy
San Jose Unified School District
Gardner Academy embraces the cultural and linguistic diversity of its community. The school is located in the
downtown San Jose, California area in one of the city’s most diverse neighborhoods. Of the 500 K-5 students, 88%
are Latino, 5% White and the remaining 7% are Asian, Filipino and American Indian. English Learners comprise 75% of
the student population and 87% are low SES. In 2005-2006 the school was redesigned as a Professional Development
School and the school community renewed their commitment to student achievement to ensure more equitable
outcomes for the student population, The administrators, teachers and parents work collectively to provide students
with multiple opportunities to achieve continuous academic and social success as students are prepared to become
lifelong learners.
2009
Harborside Elementary
Chula Vista Elementary School District
Harborside is an elementary school in the Chula Vista Elementary School District. The school believes that their children
are high-achieving innovative thinkers who are multi-literate, self-reliant, and confident and have a lifelong love of learning
and are socially responsible citizens. The school takes pride in developing each child's full potential, while recognizing his
or her uniqueness. They value and find strength in their diversity and make learning meaningful and relevant, connected
with each child's individual needs, ethics, culture, and experiences, and linked with the world outside the classroom.
Families, staff, and the entire community are full partners actively working in a collaborative manner for the benefit of each
child's education and believe a child's success equals their success. The entire educational community accepts the challenge
of change and is motivated to acquire skills and values for a rapidly changing world while creating dynamic learning
experiences by supporting and encouraging excellent teaching and the educational growth of family and staff.
2009
Boronda Meadows Elementary
Salinas City Elementary School District
Boronda Meadows, an elementary school in the Salinas City Elementary School District, that serves students in grades
Pre-Kindergarten through Sixth. Their goal is to provide a well-structured academic program in an environment that is
safe and rewarding. Boronda Meadows educators and staff encourage the use of technology to enhance the teaching and
learning outcomes. Student success is very important. To help each student succeed, they offer after school, weekend,
and intersession programs and many intervention programs during the day to assist struggling students. Due to their
highly structured intervention programs, students met both the state API and federal AYP testing goals. They are very
proud of our students.
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