Costa Mesa School Brings Home National Renaissance(R) Conference Award for 'Outstanding Student Achievement'
25 March 2004 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Costa Mesa School Brings Home National Renaissance(R) Conference
Award for 'Outstanding Student Achievement' MADISON, Wis., March 24
/PRNewswire/ -- Recognized for their "outstanding student
achievement," Rea Elementary School, located in Costa Mesa, Calif.,
was awarded the Renaissance Solutions Award at the fifth annual
National Renaissance Conference. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001108/RENAISSANCELOGO ) The
National Renaissance Conference, which was held March 16-19 in
Orlando, Fla., is hosted once a year by Renaissance Learning(R),
Inc., a leading provider of learning information systems and school
improvement programs for pre-K-12 schools. Rea Elementary School is
a 100 percent Title I school located in Southern California that
has exceeded their AYP and API significantly each year. They credit
much of their success to using Renaissance programs. Rea Elementary
School is a Renaissance Master School (one of only seven in
California), and has a certified Master Library(one of only five in
California). This year's National Renaissance Conference was
attended by about 3,000 educators from across the country who
gathered to network with others dedicated to educating our nation's
children, receive professional development training, hear
motivational speakers, and view Renaissance Learning's newest
products and services. Taking center stage this year were
demonstrations of Renaissance Place(R), the Company's enterprise
wide suite of products which offers centralized data and web-based
consolidated school- and district-wide reporting, and English in a
Flash(TM), a revolutionary new research-based product to help
teachers address the needs of ELL (English language learners) and
ESL (English as a second language) students. The 2004 National
Renaissance Conference was also highlighted by keynote
presentations by Wally Amos, founder of Famous Amos cookies and
nationally recognized literacy advocate, Mary Pope Osborne, author
of the Magic Tree House children's series,and Jim Trelease,
motivational speaker and author of The Read-Aloud Handbook.
Attendees were treated to the opportunity to meet many famous
authors and attend several of the more than 100 professional
development workshops offered on a variety of subjects -- from the
latest teaching techniques and research to funding opportunities,
technology briefings, and detailed discussions of Renaissance
products. The 2005 National Renaissance Conference will be held
March 3-6 in San Antonio, Texas. Renaissance Learning(R), Inc., is
a leading provider of research-based learning information systems
software, school improvement programs, teacher training and
consulting. Adopted by over 65,000 schools, Renaissance information
technology products give studentsand teachers continuous
constructive feedback that helps motivate students, dramatically
accelerate learning, improve test scores, and help students master
all standards, while reducing teacher paperwork. Over 500,000
educators have received Renaissance training. Renaissance Learning
has six U.S. locations and subsidiaries in Australia, Canada,
India, and the United Kingdom.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001108/RENAISSANCELOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Renaissance Learning, Inc.
CONTACT: Jonas Berberich of Renaissance Learning, Inc., Toll free
office, +1-800-200-4848, Fax, +1-608-664-3888, Web site:
http://www.renlearn.com/
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