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MSD of Warren Township (IN) Administrators Honored with Voyager Founder's Award



From left to right: Curtis Williams, Regional Director, Voyager Expanded
Learning; Karen Foster, District Reading Coordinator; Philip Talbert,
Principal, Hawthorne Elementary; Dr. Peggy Hinckley, Superintendent




Metropolitan School District (MSD) of Warren Township in Indianapolis, Indiana, first implemented Voyager Passport® in 2004, in two of it elementary schools, Hawthorne and Pleasant Run, as part of the Reading First grant. Each year, as schools saw increased student achievement, the district added the program in more of its schools, until the 2008-2009 school year, when Voyager Passport was implemented district-wide. As elementary schools throughout the district started using the program, administrators, teachers and students began to see not only reading achievement in the program, but also improved state test scores. Schools also began to receive recognition from outside organizations and the Department of Education. It is because of the increased student achievement, hard work and dedication of teachers that the district and its administrators were chosen as the most recent recipients of the Voyager Founder's Award.

Curtis Williams, Voyager regional director, presented the Voyager Founder's Award on Sept. 16, to Superintendent Dr. Peggy Hinckley, District Reading Coordinator Karen Foster and Hawthorne Elementary School Principal Philip Talbert. The award was presented before of a crowded room of educators, parents and students at the district's second school board meeting of the school year.

"Thank you, Voyager," Dr. Peggy Hinckley said. "Also, thank you to the teachers who use the Voyager program for their hard work."

Recent accomplishments in the district include:

2008-2009 Hawthorne Elementary School: Title I Distinguished School
2008-2009 Liberty Park Elementary School: National Blue Ribbon School
2009 Diplomas Count 2009: Broader Horizons: The Challenge of College Readiness for all students. Warren Township was identified as a large urban school system that demonstrated the highest graduation rates and strongest growth, relative to expectations based on demographics and structural characteristics

 
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