By Pat Jenkins The Dispatch For the second year in a row, schools in the Bethel and Eatonville school districts are ranked among the best-performing schools academically in Washington. State education officials announced last week that 401 schools statewide earned the Washington Achievement Award for 2014, based on their performances over a three-year span. In the Bethel district, the awards and the categories in which they were earned are Bethel High School, Graham-Kapowsin High School and Spanaway Lake High School (High Progress), Spanaway Middle School, Rocky Ridge Elementary School and Evergreen Elementary School (English Language Acquisition), and Centennial Elementary School (Math Growth). Eatonville High School, in High Progress, is the Eatonville School District's award honoree. Bethel, Liberty, Rocky Ridge and Spanaway Lake High also were award recipients in 2013, as was Eatonville High. The award, now in its sixth year, uses criteria involving the state Board of Education Revised Achievement Index and statewide assessment data for the past three years. "Honoring successful schools is one of the most important things we do,GÇ¥ said state Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn. "We know schools are doing great work and are getting better at serving all students every day." Krestin Bahr, superintendent of the Eatonville district, said Eatonville High's award is "fantastic recognition for the hard work of the students and teachers, as well as all staff. Literacy and mathematics are the core subjects for this award. We know that the hard work is being done in all classrooms." Spanaway Lake High will be the scene of a ceremony April 28 where state officials will formally honor all 401 of the latest Washington Achievement Award winners. The awards "acknowledge the school communities who have made the greatest difference in the lives of Washington students,GÇ¥ said Isabel Munoz-Col+¦n, chairwoman of the Board of Education.
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