Recently, Southgate Academy was honored as a recipient of the prestigious ASCA Model Program RAMP Award. An award given out annually across the country to schools for their excelling school counseling programs. The RAMP award designation is awarded to schools whose counseling programs are committed to delivering a comprehensive, data-driven school program and creating an exemplary educational environment for students. Since it's inception, more than 400 schools across the country have received the RAMP award, with Southgate Academy now joining this elite group of schools.
In order to be eligible to receive the ASCA Model Program RAMP Award schools must meet a number of different eligibility criteria. Any school across the country may submit a portfolio of their school's counseling programs and activities in order to be selected for the RAMP award. Each year the award is based on last school year's data and programs. Southgate Academy's program was selected based on it's outstanding counselor guidance lessons and classroom lessons with our students (Mrs. Candice Alvarez and Mrs. Angela Robinson), it's superior small group counseling sessions including “Gator Way” and “Attendance”, and it's social committees including: “Parent-Teacher Committee”, “Gator Way Committee”, and “Advisory Committee”.
This year's ASCA Model Program RAMP Award will be awarded to Southgate Academy on June 25th, 2012 at a special ceremony in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Locally, Kay Schreiber, State Career Guidance Counselor Supervisor from The Arizona Department of Education will be recognizing Southgate Academy and our RAMP award at a special ceremony to be held in March. Facilitator Delia McCraley and Counselor Candice Alvarez will be on hand to receive recognition and acceptance of the award from The Arizona Department of Education. It is an honor to have Southgate Academy chosen as one of only a handful of charter schools in the country to receive the prestigious RAMP award.
-Jason McKay
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