What is the Shoot for the Stars: A Record Breaking Year for Middle Schools campaign?
In January, Florida Education Commissioner John L. Winn kicked off a yearlong middle school reading initiative at the State Board of Education meeting in Orlando. Dubbed “Shoot for the Stars: A Record-Breaking Year for Middle Schools,” the initiative consists of three major contests: Commissioner Winn’s FCAT Reading Scores Challenge, Chancellor Yecke’s Summer Book Reading Challenge, and the Governor and First Lady’s Reading in the Arts Statewide Book Read. Commissioners FCAT Reading Scores Challenge The first event of the initiative was the “Commissioner’s FCAT Reading Scores Challenge.” Each middle school that increased both the percentage of students meeting high standards in reading and the percentage making learning gains received certificates from Commissioner Winn and Governor Bush, Just Read, Florida! posters, and flags commemorating their achievement. These schools entered into the final qualifying round. Somerset Academy Charter middle school made the most overall improvement
