{"id":12044,"date":"2023-04-21T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.greendot.org\/?p=12044"},"modified":"2023-04-21T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T12:00:00","slug":"animo-florence-firestone-recognized-in-2023-california-schools-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greendot.org\/newsold\/animo-florence-firestone-recognized-in-2023-california-schools-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c1nimo Florence-Firestone Recognized in 2023 California Schools to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>The Department of Education in partnership with the California League of Educators recognized \u00c1nimo Florence-Firestone Charter Middle School as a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leagueofeducators.org\/stw\"> California School to Watch<\/a>, an award exclusive for California middle schools. This year, \u00c1nimo Florence-Firestone, is among 36 new schools in California to receive the Schools to Watch designation for the first time this year, with a total of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leagueofeducators.org\/post\/2023-schools-to-watch\">77 California middle-grades schools<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The steps to retain its designation included a self-evaluation assessment completed by all school staff members, and a feedback survey completed by both parents and students.Once the California League of Educators assessed the assessment and surveys, the organization conducted a validation visit&nbsp; to give \u00c1nimoFlorence-Firestone further feedback to support students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a really good recognition of the hard work that our students, parents, and teachers do every day,&#8221; said Josh Hartford, Principal of \u00c1nimo Florence-Firestone. &#8220;People don&#8217;t always see the hard work that goes on every day at \u00c1nimo Florence-Firestone, but it is very nice to be recognized by other middle schools.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This recognition highlights \u00c1nimo Florence-Firestone&#8217;s innovative practices, mission fulfillment, and commitment to&nbsp; whole child support and professional development.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The recognition comes with great pride, reinforcing \u00c1nimo Florence-Firestone&#8217;s commitment to providing quality education to all students. Our school leaders and educators at Green Dot California are committed to learning, growing, and striving for excellence. <\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.greendot.org\/locke-college-prep-academy-awarded-2-8mm-grant-for-cte\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Read on Locke College Prep Academy&#8217;s $2.8MM grant for CTE\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Education in partnership with the California League of Educators recognized \u00c1nimo Florence-Firestone Charter Middle School as a California School to Watch, an award exclusive for California middle schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":12051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,13,28],"tags":[36,12,14],"class_list":["post-12044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beyond","category-featured","category-teachers","tag-animo-florence-firestone","tag-charter","tag-green-dot-california"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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