53 Campuses Named Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase Schools
Since 1990, campuses nationwide have experienced remarkable outcomes with Capturing Kids’ Hearts tools and processes, creating the socio-emotional safety conducive to learning. Now, through the Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase Schools awards, the Flippen Group is recognizing and celebrating schools that go the extra mile each day, building an environment where students are relationally connected and eager to learn.
The Flippen Group has named the following campuses Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase Schools for the 2016-2017 school year:
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- Bagdad Elementary, Milton, Florida – Principal Daniel Baxley
- Camp Verde Middle School, Camp Verde, Arizona – Principal Danny Howe
- Challenger Intermediate School, Goddard, Kansas – Principal Jess Herbig
- Community Outreach Academy, McClellan, California – Principal Larissa Gonchar
- Conner Creek Academy East, Roseville, Michigan – Principal/Assistant Superintendent Karen Smith
- Country Meadows Elementary, Peoria, Arizona – Principal Val Barrett
- Crockett Elementary, Bryan, Texas – Principal Debi Ehrhardt
- Diane Patrick Elementary, Grand Prairie, Texas – Principal Matt Brown
- E.C. Mason Elementary, Manvel, Texas – Principal Renae Rives
- East Ridge Elementary, Sweetwater, Texas – Principal Vicki Mayberry
- Emery Elementary, Katy, Texas – Principal Michelle Merricks
- Forest North Elementary, Austin, Texas – Principal Amy Jacobs
- Fort Elementary, Royse City, Texas – Principal Danette Dodson
- Freeman Elementary, Haysville, Kansas – Dr. Donna Ferguson, Principal
- Fronteras Spanish Immersion Charter, Wasilla, Alaska – Principal Jennifer Hutchins
- Gateway International School, Sacramento, California – Principal Joi Tikoi
- Goddard Middle School, Goddard, Kansas – Principal Lisa Hogarth
- Gower West Elementary, Willowbrook, Illinois – Principal Gina Rodewald
- Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy, Grand Prairie, Texas – Principal Maria Schell
- Haysville West Middle School, Haysville, Kansas – Principal Ildo Martins
- Jim Maples Academy, Porterville, California – Principal Mitzie Styles
- Johnson Elementary, Bryan, Texas – Principal Amy Newbold
- Jones Elementary, Bryan, Texas – Principal Linda Montoya
- Knightdale High School of Collaborative Design, Knightdale, North Carolina – Dr. James Argent, Principal
- Liberation Academy – Dr. Audrey Sanders, Principal
- Liberty Middle School, Liberty, Texas – Principal Rhonda Smith
- Memminger School of Global Studies, Charleston, South Carolina – Dr. Abigail Woods, Principal
- Miss May Vernon Elementary, Fate, Texas – Principal Shannon Hayes
- Nelson Elementary, Haysville, Kansas – Principal Mike Mitchener
- Nevada Central Elementary, Nevada, Iowa – Principal Joel Fey
- New Temple Elementary, South El Monte, California – Principal John Gannon
- Oak Grove Elementary, Porterville, California – Principal Troy Hayes
- Ocotillo Elementary, Palmdale, California – Principal Larry Lueck
- O’Neal Elementary, Poplar Bluff, Missouri – Dr. Amy Dill, Principal
- Pine Grove School, Avon, Connecticut – Principal Jess Giannini
- Pioneer High School, Redding, California – Principal Els Prigmore
- Poplar Bluff Junior High School, Poplar Bluff, Missouri – Principal Bob Case
- Pray-Woodman Elementary, Maize, Kansas – Principal Nils Gabrielson
- R. B. Stall High School, North Charleston, South Carolina – Principal Jeremy Carrick
- Ruth Clark Elementary, Haysville, Kansas – Principal Carla Wulf
- Sacramento Academic & Vocational Academy, Sacramento, California – Principal Morri Elliott
- Sherrod Elementary, Palmer, Alaska – Principal Dan Michael
- Southeast Elementary, Sweetwater, Texas – Principal Peggy Elliott
- St. James Middle School, St. James, Missouri – Principal Kaaren Lepper
- Summit Charter Academy Lombardi Campus, Porterville, California – Principal Treasure Weisenberger
- Sweetwater High School, Sweetwater, Texas – Dr. Ron Morris, Principal
- Taft High School, Taft, Texas – Principal Angel Lopez
- Thunderbolt Middle School, Lake Havasu, Arizona – Principal Mari Jo Mulligan
- Turtle Bay School, Redding, California – Principal A.J. Anderson
- Union Hill Elementary, Round Rock, Texas – Principal Kimberly Connelly
- Vandagriff Elementary, Aledo, Texas – Principal Stephanie Covington
- Voigt Elementary, Round Rock, Texas – Principal Cheryl Hester
- Wasilla High School, Wasilla, Alaska – Principal Carol Boatman
Creating high-performing, self-managing classrooms is no easy task.
The typical classroom comprises twenty or more students with diverse family backgrounds and expectations for behavior, randomly assembled into a cohort and required to learn together. Too often, the impact of peer pressure and outside influences creates a classroom culture that passively or even actively resists learning.
Teachers are tasked with raising the bar on student performance while competing against social, environmental, and outside pressures as never before. While researchers and officials work to determine the most effective curricula, teachers struggle to manage their classrooms and meet both parents’ and administrators’ expectations.
How can today’s teacher transform a classroom from a disruptive, reactive environment into a place where put-downs and criticism dissipate, and students’ minds become actively engaged in learning?
The Flippen Group, a national professional development provider founded by Flip Flippen, believes what the research demonstrates – that students are most likely to succeed when they are emotionally safe and able to reconnect with their natural curiosity. Flippen Group processes provide educators the skills they need to change the trajectory of students’ lives. Openness replaces defensiveness. Judging and feelings of being judged are replaced with acceptance and real connectedness to school. “Discipline problems nearly non-existent,” and “Academic achievement constantly improving,” are common feedback following implementation of the highly acclaimed Capturing Kids’ Hearts processes.
The Flippen Group believes these unsung education heroes, producing exemplary outcomes in schools and paving the way for other schools to follow, need and deserve recognition for a job well done. Please join us in congratulating and honoring these schools and their leaders for their dedication and commitment!
For more information about the Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase Schools awards, contact:
Tanya Peterson
Flippen Group
Office Phone: 1-800-316-4311
Office Fax: 1-877-941-4700
info@flippengroup.com
www.flippengroup.com
Of the 53 schools listed as Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase Schools, what is the average, minimum and maximum student population? How many of these schools are charter schools? Private schools? Public schools? Of the public schools, how many are Title I schools?
Hello Randy!
Thanks for your interest in Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase Schools.
Here are the numbers on the data points you inquired about:
• Average Student Enrollment: 615
• Minimum Student Enrollment: 164
• Maximum Student Enrollment: 1715
• # charter schools: 5
• # private schools: 0
• # public schools: 48
• Of the 48 public schools, the # of Title I schools: 44
Please don’t hesitate to contact us for further information – 1-800-316-4311 or info@flippengroup.com