TOPEKA — The Confidence in Kansas Public Education Task Force has named 91 schools as recipients of the 2022 Challenge Awards.
The awards recognize Kansas schools making a notable difference in student achievement despite facing significant challenges in their school population. Since its inception in 2002, more than 1,800 awards have been presented to schools across the state.
Certificates of Merit will be presented to schools receiving a Challenge Award.
The Challenge Award recognizes schools for outstanding achievement and uncommon accomplishments based on Kansas Assessment results in math and reading, graduation rates, chronic absenteeism rates and the socio-economic status of those taking the test.
The Confidence in Public Education Task Force is a nonprofit corporation whose primary purpose is to strengthen confidence in Kansas public education and to increase awareness of the positive aspects of public education in the state. The Task Force was created in 1981.
For more information about the Challenge Awards program, call Tamla Miller, public service administrator for Communications and Recognition Programs at the Kansas State Department of Education, at (785) 296-4950.
Hutch Post area schools receiving a 2022 Challenge Award are:
- Lincoln Elementary School, Hutchinson USD 308.
- Hutchinson Middle School, Hutchinson USD 308.
- Pretty Prairie Elementary School, Pretty Prairie USD 311.
- Kingman High School, Kingman-Norwich USD 331.
- Central Elementary School, Lyons USD 405.
- Lyons Middle School, Lyons USD 405.
- Roosevelt Elementary School, McPherson USD 418.
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