Academic Awards

Each graded class at the Middle School has criteria for students to earn an Academic Award. These criteria are posted on websites and shared with students at the beginning of the year. Classes include the special education supplemental classes as well as alternate math and literacy classes. This does not include Life Skills, ELL Newcomers class, or intervention classes.

Teachers consider the following guidelines in determining awards:

  1. Criteria does NOT include a behavioral component (e.g. no office visits)
  2. Criteria does NOT include an attendance component (e.g. no absences or tardies)
  3. Criteria DOES include something a step above achieving an "A" in the class.

Students can earn multiple bronze awards, but only receive one medal. Students are given certificates for each class in which they were awarded a bronze.

  • Fifth grade core class criteria can be found here.
  • Sixth grade core class criteria can be found here.
  • Seventh grade core class criteria can be found here.
  • Eighth grade core class criteria can be found here.
  • Fifth & sixth grade exploratory class criteria can be found here.
  • Seventh & eighth grade exploratory class criteria can be found here.
2021Presidential Awards
2023 Presidential Award

The Presidential Award for Educational Excellence awardees: Treyven Arp, Emerson Bridgewater, Sydney Culbertson, Whitney Culbertson, Taylor Dolezal, David King, Ioleta Kingbird, Meya Mekanovic, Eric Nunez-Alba, Emma Slifer, Kyle Youngbear. (Not pictured: Olivia Bradley & Yvonna Seremba)

Presidential Awards Nominees
Presidential Award

The Presidential Award for Educational Excellence is a nation-wide program founded in 1983. The program honors students for their achievement and hard work. The program has provided individual recognition from the President of the United States and the U.S. Secretary of Education to those students whose outstanding efforts have enabled them to meet challenging standards of excellence.

To receive the Presidential Award students must earn a 3.5 Grade Point Average for grades 7 AND 8. The student also must score at the 8oth percentile or above (national percentile rank) on the eighth grade NWEA Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test in Reading or Math.

Students who move in to the district ARE eligible for the Presidential Award since this is a national award. However, they must have earned a 3.5 or above in their previous school.