The A+ Education Partnership has awarded William J. Christian K-8 School with its School of Excellence award for its participation in the A+ College Ready program for 2023-24.
A+ College Ready Schools of Excellence have met or exceeded their academic goals for the given school year. Middle schools are measured based on individual performance on the PSAT 8/9 exam.
The 2024 cohort of 8th grade students' average PSAT 8/9 baseline score was 783 when they took the exam as 7th graders. A+ College Ready set a growth goal of 843 for this group of students for spring of 2024. This group of students' average score was 865 when they took the final exam this April.
W.J. Christian will be recognized as a School of Excellence at the Summer Leadership Institute to be held at the Bryant Conference Center on June 10 and 11, 2024.
Along with the recognition, each teacher at W.J. Christian who has a letter of agreement for the 2023-24 school year, as well as the school’s A+ Coordinator, Phylecia Ragland, will receive a $500 stipend. In addition, individual students who increased their PSAT 8/9 score by 60 or more points from the baseline to the final exam will be sent a $50 gift card this fall.