Maddy's academics get her the Gold

At Clear Creek Middle School the Principal has always honored the students that do well on their state testing and class GPA. There are three levels of awards. Bronze; awarded to those who improved their state testing scores and their GPA by .5 and having at least a 2.5 GPA, and no more than 2 office referrals. Silver; meeting state testing scores and maintaining a 3.5 GPA or higher, and no more than 1 office referal. Gold; exceeding the state testing scores in all subjects, maintaining a 3.5 GPA or higher for all grading periods of the school year, and no office referrals.

Maddy has maintained a 4.0 GPA the whole year and exceeded on all her state tests. I am very proud of her and her efforts in the classroom as well as her efforts at home with homework. She is one that does not put off an assignment. As soon as she receives a big project that she has 3-4 weeks to complete she gets it done in the first week. At the beginning of the year she would turn her projects in right away. Unfortunatley she learned from that, that some other students are not always honest and copy your finished project. The Teachers knowing she turned hers in first have given her credit but have warned her that in the future she needs to protect her work from other dishonest students. So since then she has still completed her projects way ahead of schedule but has waitied to turn them in so no one could copy. Here is the principal of Clear Creek Middle school, John koch ( pronounced cook)

On Monday of this week he was announced as the new Gresham High School Principal as of July 1, 2010. So my older 2 will get their old principal back and my younger kids will have to wait and see who will be their principal for the upcoming school year. John Koch is very good with students. He interacts well with them, has a great sense of humor and has possitive advice to give. He was named Oregons Principal of the year in 2008. A very top honor.
Also in the photo, next to my Maddy is Maddie Huff. Happy 12th Birthday! Then Maddie Sheehan, Maddy Halberg and Delaney Jackson. Congrats girls on your academic achievements!