Batavia High School Recognized As School Of Distinction From IAEA

Press release from Batavia Public School District 101:

The Illinois Art Education Association recently recognized Batavia High School as a 2020 School of Distinction. Batavia High School is one of eight awardees across Illinois in the inaugural year of this award.

This recognition celebrates schools with rigorous art, design, and media education programs. To earn the School of Distinction Award, Batavia High School evidenced practices that directly enacted the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards, the Illinois Fine Arts and Media Standards, and Social-Emotional Learning Priorities. For more on how the award aligns with these markers, please follow this link.

Participating in high-quality art, design, and media courses develops student creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication skills in valuable ways. Students in these programs gain social and emotional skills along with college, career, and citizenship readiness. Research indicates that schools with successful programs like that at Batavia High School experience increased student attendance, engagement, and academic performance when compared with schools that don’t.

The IAEA is proud to honor Josh Casburn, Jennifer Carpenter, Jennifer Melendez, Andrea Schindlbeck, Kathleen Tieri-Ton, Andrea Schindlbeck, and Dawn Zalkus for the distinguished programming and the significant opportunities offered students.
Batavia High School is led by Dr. Smith, principal, and Dr. Lisa Hichens, superintendent.

For more information, here is a link to the Press Release.

This press release was produced by Batavia Public School District 101. The views expressed here are the author’s own.