5th Annual Most Improved Student Awards

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Last week, Chancellor Kaya Henderson and Ward 8 Councilmember Marion Barry joined Council Chairman Kwame Brown to celebrate the achievements of the Class of 2011’s, both DCPS and PCS, most improved students.

Students shared stories of their journeys to make academic improvements in school. All of the 2011 award recipients are attending college in the fall.

“It’s not about how you start. It’s about how you finish,” said Robert Butler, graduate of Cardozo Senior High School.

Principals and guidance counselors made nominations based on relationships they have built with students as they strived to improve their academic performance.

Chairman Brown created the annual awards ceremony after authoring and introducing legislation to honor our graduates’ academic achievements and was been driven by Brown's desire to acknowledge the most improved student of each DC public high school to further foster and encourage student effort.

2011 Most Improved Student Award recipients

Anacostia High School	Clifford Taylor Jr.
Benjamin Banneker Academic High School	Tino Santana Monroe
Calvin Coolidge Senior High School	Samuel Cuffee
Cardozo Senior High School	Robert Butler
Columbia Heights Education Campus	DeAngelo Smith
Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Jonathan Sadler
Eastern Senior High School	Donald Haston
H.D. Woodson Senior High School	Anthony Settles
Mamie D. Lee School	Ashley Lucas
McKinley Technology Senior High School	Byron Wilson
School Without Walls	Eugene Kinlow
Spingarn Senior High School	Shantelle Johnson
Thurgood Marshall Academy	Jereme Speight
Woodrow Wilson Senior High School	Marcellos Watson

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