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A STANDARD BEARER AWARD WINNING DISTRICT

Impact on Learning Award The Orange High School Media Center received the Impact on Learning Award from Council of Educational Facility Planners. This award recognizes excellence in new and renovated educational projects across the country that enhance learning through innovative design, engineering and technology solutions. Through careful evaluation and thorough planning, Orange Schools renovated the space in order to provide students with a high-tech, state-of-the-art media center where they can research, gather and share information through a seamless environment.

Students born after 1982 are considered to be "digital natives." Orange is a high performance district, and this is a high performance space. The media center technology upgrades allow students greater access to study resources, interactive video distance learning (IVDL) and wireless capabilities in three labs. Furniture and lighting was placed to provide an enhanced study and workgroup environment that will better address the needs of the students in the 21st century. This center will provide students with a variety of learning opportunities for many years as a wireless, technology-rich center where students can connect to the outside world through two-way interactivity.

Siemens Foundation AP Award Orange High School's Advanced Placement (AP) program won the Siemens Foundation Award for top high school in the state of Ohio. One high school per state is selected in recognition of its commitment to students and leadership in AP participation and performance. Schools receive a $1,000 grant awarded from the Siemens Foundation to be used to support math and science education.

National School Board Association Technology and Learning Salute District The Orange School District is proud to announce that it has been selected as a National School Board Association (NSBA) Technology and Learning Salute District. The Orange Board of Education, Administrative Staff, the Technology Department, and the entire Orange learning community have played a role in this accomplishment.

Orange achieved this accomplishment by integrating technology across the school district, and creating an instructional environment where technology is used to support and transform learning experiences.

Moreland Hills Elementary School has been selected as an Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators (OAESA) Hall of Fame School. School staff submitted extensive written documentation substantiating the quality of their educational program in various areas, including mission statement, instructional system, student achievement, student development, personnel, school management and community.

Moreland Hills Elementary was chosen as an OAESA Hall of Fame schools by a committee of principals who reviewed the documentation and another team of principals who conducted on-site evaluations of the school.

Ballard Brady Middle School was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a National Blue Ribbon School. Brady was the only middle school in northeastern Ohio to earn this distinction. The Blue Ribbon Schools Program has focused on school improvement initiatives. It identifies and recognizing schools that are models of excellence and equity, schools that demonstrate a strong commitment to educational excellence for all students, and that achieve high academic standards or have shown significant academic improvement over five years.

Orange High School has received Tier One status in the Ohio Award for Excellence (OAE), the state of Ohio's premier award program recognizing the positive impact of quality. The OAE issues this award to a handful of organizations each year for their commitment to quality. The award is open to all organizations in business, education, health care, government and not-for-profit sectors. There are four tiers within the OAE. Orange High School achieved Tier One status and in the future will strive to move onto the other three tiers. Tier One is the Pledge Toward Excellence, which is awarded to organizations beginning their quality journey. The award criteria covers the areas of leadership, strategic planning, customer focus, information and analysis, workforce development, process management and the organizational results achieved.

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