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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL First grade Indians belonging to the "Arrington tribe” partake of Thanksgiving lunch at Perry Primary School recently. According to a release from the school: "The stu dents, parent, fac ulty and staff want to thank the lunch room staff of Perry Primary School for all their hard work and dedication. A lovely Thanksgiving lunch was made and served to all.” More than 400 kin dergarten parents took advantage of the opportunity. Submitted Morningside Elementary top 10 sell ers of the Fall Fund raiser show off some of the gifts they received recently. One of them is right behind them - a limousine ride to lunch at Chick-fii-A. According to a release from the school, the annual fall fund-raiser is used to help raise money to fund school projects and events. This year the school was able to purchase a Risograph Machine with the money gener ated. Submitted Eagle Springs earns top recognition Special to the Journal Eagle Springs Elementary School was among the nearly 100 Georgia schools recently highlighted nation ally for significantly narrow ing the achievement gap. Standard and Poor’s School Evaluation Services recently identified 96 schools in 59 Georgia districts that have reduced the gap in at least one of three categories: Black and White student achievement, Hispanic and White student achievement, Economically Disadvantaged and Non Disadvantaged stu dent achievement. Eagle Springs was sin gled out in the last afore mentioned category. “This shows that the hard work we are doing all over Georgia is paying off,” State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox said. “In Georgia, all boats are rising and the gap is closing.” Gov. Sonny Perdue con gratulated the 96 schools. “These schools demonstrate that an excellent education is possible for all students and they represent the progress Georgia is making in raising student achievement across the board,” Perdue said. In order to be recog nized by Standard & Poor’s, schools must: - Test at least 30 stu dents in each student group being analyzed; - Reduce at least one achieve ment gap between student groups in reading and math proficiency rates by more than five percentage points from one year to the next; and simultaneously raise the RaMP rates for each stu dent group being compared. - Reduce at least one achieve ment gap between student groups in a grade-level read ing test by more than five percentage points from one year to the next; and simul taneously raise that grade level reading proficiency rate for each student group being compared. Schools must demonstrate similar prog ress in math, though not necessarily the same grade level. 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