For the first time in three years, Commerce Middle School was judged to have made "adequate yearly progress" under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

Commerce Middle School meets AYP

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Mark Beardsley
in Area Headline News, Top Stories
Tuesday, July 29. 2008
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As the new school is about to begin, the Commerce City School System received official notice that it had met a major goal of the past school year.

Commerce Middle School, for the first time in three years, met adequate yearly progress (AYP) under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

The city system as a whole — and its other three schools — also made AYP.

The key at CMS was getting math scores up for special education students. That’s where CMS failed for two years, and if a school fails one of the 10 categories, it fails to meet AYP.

Meeting AYP was perhaps the system’s biggest goal, and certainly that of Chuck Bell, who took over as principal a year ago.

But Bell wasn’t ready to take credit for the improvement.

“Lots of great things were going on before I arrived,” he said. “The students and the teachers are the ones that deserve all the credit for making AYP this year. I’m really proud of what was accomplished there and hope it is a precursor to future achievement.”

For the complete story, see the July 30 edition of The Commerce News.
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