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 The Eureka Award for Performance Excellence™ is the top level award offered by CCE and adheres to the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award criteria. The Eureka Award offers seven categories: Large and Small Service; Education; Health Care; Non-Profit; Government; and, Military. The award consists of a full Baldrige-based application using the most current criteria of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
2007 CAPE Feedback Report Summary
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Certificated
Employee of the Year
 Congratulations to DINA PIAZZA-RAMSEY, Victor Elementary School District's Teacher of the Year. Dina was selected out of 520 teachers to be honored this year. She has been employed by VESD since 1996 and has distinguished herself as a leader and innovator at Brentwood Elementary School. In the past, she taught in the primary grades, but currently teaches sixth grade. She developed a very unique program using the AVID program, which encourages students to take ownership of their own learning and their future. The relationships she develops with her students and their families allows her to help them thrive both personally and educationally, and be better prepared for the next step in their educational journey. Thank you, Dina, for all you do for our students and our District!
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 Congratulations to ROGER BUSCH, our District Classified Employee of the Year. Roger has been employed by VESD since 1998 in the maintenance and operations department as an Electrician. We are so fortunate to have someone with such great experience and technical skills in this area, as hiis work is a critical ingredient in allowing sites to offer educational programs. Roger is known for his excellent workmanship and outstanding work ethic. He has been a leader on the maintenance crew, especially in the area of promoting safety for our employees. Thank you, Roger, for being a such a knowledgeable electrician and a positive employee. You exemplify our District motto, "Whatever it Takes!" every day.
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John L. Levell Humanitarian Award
 This year, our John L. Levell Humanitarian Award recipient is DEBBIE FIMBRES, an outstanding and dedicated employee who has served our district since 1995.
Her position as Instructional Aide/RSP at Challenger has allowed her to lead small groups of math and reading interventions as she encourages students through attitude and their commitment to learning. She is encouraging and consistently demonstrates responsibility in all her professional duties.
“Debbie is responsible for supporting Special Ed, and she does it well and with little fanfare,” said Audrey Howard, Principal at Challenger. “...she sees the value in every person, therefore, in any interaction with her, you come away feeling endorsed and motivated,” concluded Ms. Howard.
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 Sixth Street Prep School was named as a California Business for Education Excellence (CBEE) and Just for the Kids California Honor Roll School for 2007. This recognition came as a result of Sixth Street Prep's outstanding success in raising student academic achievement. After reviewing the student achievement data for every public school in California, CBEE found that Sixth Street Prep School stood well above the rest in getting students to grade level proficiency and closing the achievement gaps.
"CBEE Honor Roll schools dispel the myth that certain students can't reach grade-level proficiency and that schools with a challenging student population can't succeed. CBEE Honor Roll schools are tackling their challenges head on and are overcoming them. They set goals and hold themselves and their students to high expectations." - Greg Jones, CBEE Foundation Chairman
Awarded to Sixth Street Prep School October 2007
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 The
award program, which emulates the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
Award, recognizes companies and organizations that demonstrate
continuous improvement and superior performance in several key areas
including leadership, strategic planning, student learning results,
budgetary and financial results, faculty and staff focus,
organizational effectiveness and social responsibility.
District Awarded April 2006
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 This
is a national recognition program sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Education. The program encourages states to nominate
public kindergarten through grade twelve schools that are either
academically
superior or demonstrate dramatic gains in student achievement. "I
congratulate these schools on this special recognition," said State
Superintendent Jack O'Connell. "These fine schools are shining examples
of our improving school system, and the teachers, students, and parents
should be proud
of their tremendous accomplishment.
Brentwood
Elementary 2003
Lomitas
Elementary 1999
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 The
California School
Recognition Program was created in
1985 to publicize and reinforce the priorities of the State Board of
Education
and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The program
identifies and
honors some of the state's most exemplary and inspiring public schools
with the
California Distinguished School Award. Although participation is
voluntary, the
award is highly sought after by schools in all areas of the state.
State
Superintendent of Schools Jack O'Connell says "These schools are the
best
of the best. They share a vision of excellence and they have brought
that vision to life."
Galileo Academy Elementary
2008
Brentwood
Elementary
2002 and 2006
Liberty
Elementary
1993
Lomitas
Elementary
1998, 2002 and 2006
Park View
Elementary 1993,
1997 and 2004
The Academy of
Performing Arts and Foreign Language 2006
Village
Elementary
1995, 2000 and 2004
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 The
Title I Academic
Achievement Awards Program recognizes schools that are demonstrating
success in
ensuring all students are making significant progress toward
proficiency on California's
academic
content standards. These standards define the knowledge, concepts, and
skills
students are expected to acquire at each grade level. "This award is a
prestigious recognition for each school that has worked hard to improve
its
students’ academic achievement in spite of their
disadvantaged
backgrounds," said State Superintendent Jack
O’Connell. "There is
a clear record of schools staying on track and improving year after
year."
Brentwood
Elementary
2002 and 2004
Sixth
Street Prep school 2006 and 2007
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 Schools
were chosen from No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Award winners
according to the number of students eligible for free and reduced-price
lunches,
high state
test scores, and diversity of size, grade levels, and geographic
location.
Brentwood
Elementary
2002
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The Academic Performance Index (API) is the cornerstone of California's
Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999 (PSAA). The purpose of the
API is to measure the academic performance and growth of schools. It is
a numeric index (or scale) that ranges from a low of 200 to a high of
1000. A school's score on the API is an indicator of a school's
performance level. The statewide API performance target for all schools
is 800. A school's growth is measured by how well it is moving toward
or past that goal. A school's API Base is subtracted from its API
Growth to determine how much the school improved in a year.
The Academy of
Performing Arts and Foreign Language
Discovery
School of the Arts
Endeavour
Elementary
Galileo
Academy
Mountain
View Montessori
Lomitas
Elementary
Sixth
Street Prep School
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In addition to statewide ranks, schools also are ranked compared to 100
other schools with similar demographic characteristics. For the similar
schools rank, schools also are ranked into deciles according to school
type: elementary, middle, and high. To determine the similar schools
rank for a school, a comparison group of 100 similar schools of the
same type is formed for that school, based on similar demographic
characteristics. The APIs for this group of 100 schools are ranked into
ten categories of equal size, called deciles, from one (lowest) to ten
(highest). Each decile contains 10 percent of all of the 100 similar
schools in the comparison group. The school's similar schools rank is
the decile where that school's API Base falls compared with the Base
APIs of the 100 other similar schools in the comparison group.
Brentwood
Elementary
Del Rey
Elementary
Park View
Elementary
Sixth
Street Prep
Village
Elementary
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The district received the national MAGNA Award for its Student
Leadership Development Program, which also has received several county
awards. The Student Leadership Development Program builds leadership
skills in students to help them with future success in the world of
work. Our students learn human relations and career-related skills.
They developed 12 statements called "Basics to Success" which define
positive student interaction with peers, staff, and community. Students
visit local businesses and interact with business leaders; and they
have spoken formally about the program to neighboring school district
leaders, at community functions, and to the chamber of commerce.
District received this award April 2007
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 Bonstingl Leadership Development is a full-service international consulting firm specializing in Baldrige and Quality-based solutions for world-class leaders.
District received this award July 2005
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