Congratulations to Walsh Elementary School!
The Second Davis Learning Strategies Model School in the United States
 Walsh Elementary School in Walsh, Colorado, has been recognized to have met the qualifications and standards of a Davis Learning Strategies Model School for the 2006-2007 academic year.
Kristi Thompson, DLS Mentor and Workshop Presenter and owner of Turning Point Learning Center in Walsh, nominated Walsh elementary for this award. In addition to the Davis award, Walsh recently was awarded a national Title I award for overall high achieving school in Colorado. Walsh now has the highest reading test scores in the entire state, with almost 90% of its students reading at or above grade level.
The criteria for this award are:
- Administration should be knowledgeable and supportive of DLS.
- All primary teachers must have attended a DLS Workshop.
- Staff received 2 years of mentoring from a DLS Mentor.
- The school community is enthusiastic about DLS, clearly understanding that Davis Learning Strategies are lifelong strategies for ALL students.
- The Staff is willing to allow other (outside) school personnel to visit.
- The school can demonstrate positive results through test scores and/or teacher/principal observation of incorporating DLS in the curriculum and school environment.
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