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A MEMORIAL

RECOGNIZING JANUARY 19, 2007 AS "SCHOOLS ON THE RISE DAY" IN

THE NEW MEXICO SENATE AND RECOGNIZING ELEVEN SCHOOLS ON THE

RISE AND EIGHTEEN QUALITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN WHICH ALL OF

THE SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT HAVE MET ADEQUATE YEARLY

PROGRESS.

WHEREAS, New Mexico's standards, assessments and school

accountability are now among the best in the country; and

WHEREAS, the quality counts 2006 report indicates that

teacher quality has improved for the fourth straight year,

demonstrating that educators in New Mexico are raising the

bar for all students; and

WHEREAS, closing the achievement gap in New Mexico's

schools should be a matter of concern for all residents of

the state; and

WHEREAS, three hundred seventy-two of the state's public

schools are meeting or exceeding adequate yearly progress,

and eighteen districts have been recognized as "Quality

Districts" in which all schools made adequate yearly progress

for the school year 2005-2006; and

WHEREAS, through quality leadership and high

expectations for students, eighteen districts achieved the

high standard of all schools in the district meeting or

exceeding adequate yearly progress, including: Animas public

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schools; Capitan municipal schools, Cimarron municipal

schools, Clayton public schools; Cloudcroft municipal

schools; Elida municipal schools; Fort Sumner municipal

schools; Hondo Valley public schools; Logan municipal

schools; Los Alamos public schools; Melrose public schools;

Mosquero municipal schools; Roy municipal schools; San Jon

municipal schools; and Texico municipal schools; and

WHEREAS, through the hard work and dedication of faculty

and administrators, eleven public schools have achieved the

standard of adequate yearly progress for two consecutive

years and are no longer designated as schools in need of

improvement, including: Eugene Field elementary school from

Albuquerque public schools; Central primary school and

Bloomfield childhood learning center from Bloomfield

municipal schools; Dixon elementary school from Espanola

public schools; Anthony elementary school from Gadsden

independent schools; Milan elementary school and Laguna-Acoma

middle school from Grants-Cibola county schools; Tome

elementary school from Los Lunas public schools; Nob Hill

elementary school and Sierra Vista primary school from

Ruidoso municipal schools; Dowa Yalanne elementary school

from Zuni public schools;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE

STATE OF NEW MEXICO that January 19, 2007 be designated as

"Schools on the Rise Day" to honor and showcase the eleven

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schools identified as meeting or exceeding adequate yearly

progress for the last two school years; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that "Schools on the Rise Day"

also recognize the eighteen school districts that are

"Quality Districts", in which one hundred percent of all of

the school district's schools met or exceeded annual yearly

progress in the school year 2005-2006; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to the public education department; Eugene Field

elementary school from Albuquerque public schools, Central

primary school and Bloomfield childhood learning center from

Bloomfield municipal schools, Dixon elementary school from

Espanola public schools, Anthony elementary school from

Gadsden independent schools, Milan elementary school and

Laguna-Acoma middle school from Grants-Cibola county schools,

Tome elementary school from Los Lunas public schools, Nob Hill

elementary school and Sierra Vista primary school from Ruidoso

municipal schools and Dowa Yalanne elementary school from Zuni

public schools.