School stacks up awards
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ST. IGNATIUS – The Mission School District received an unprecedented number of prestigious awards this summer for academic achievements, behavioral accomplishments, and outstanding data scores.
“I’m super proud to be a Bulldog,” Superintendent Jason Sargent said.
Every school in the Mission district received a gold rating from the Montana Behavioral Initiative through the Montana Office of Public Instruction.
“We had the first reservation high school to receive gold, and now, we are the first reservation district to receive gold at all three schools,” he said.
The award comes from an outside evaluation focused on positive behavior to help kids succeed.
“They look at our response to behavioral intervention and our academic achievements,” he said adding that schools can get a bronze, silver, or gold rating when they are evaluated.
The school also received the 7th Generation Award from OPI for having great data. They went from a 78 percent graduation rate to 87 percent in the last few years.
“We also closed the achievement gap above the state average with Native American students,” he said. “We’ve improved our graduation rates for Native American students and all students.”
Mission picked up the Rilla award from a company out of Idaho that helps track data concerning academic achievement, dropout rates, and parent and staff surveys. Sargent said the school hasn’t ever received so many awards.
“It’s not very often that a school gets these awards, especially all in one year,” he said.
Sargent said one of the reasons for the school’s success is due to the fact that leadership is given a shared approach where students, teachers, and administrators work together to achieve goals.
“But the biggest reason is due to the teachers and the students,” he said.
