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Home Page   Local News   Local Sports   Community Calendar   Opinion   Editorials   Columns   Letters to the Editor   Archives   News Archives   Sports Archives	12-13-2007 Milford named one of top high schools By MICHELLE MILLER Staff Writer MILFORD - Milford Central School Superintendent Peter Livshin said he is very proud the academic success of MCS students is being recognized. "It reinforces what we have been thinking for years," said Livshin about MCS appearing in the US News & World Report list of "America's Best High Schools." MCS received a bronze medal after the magazine collaborated with School Evaluation Services, a K-12 education and data research and analysis business that provides parents with education data on schoolmatters.com, to analyze academic and enrollment data from more than 18,000 public high schools to find the very best across the country. The top schools were placed into gold, silver, or bronze medal categories, and MCS was one of 1,086 schools that were identified with bronze status. Livshin said it is a great feeling to have been one of five area schools included in the US News & World Report list of "America's Best High Schools." Other area schools that received bronze medals were Owen D. Young, Greene, Jefferson, and South Kortright Central Schools "It feels absolutely terrific," said Livshin. "We are obviously doing something right." According to the magazine's website, 100 schools earned gold medals, and 405 schools were awarded silver medals. The three factors that were studied during the analysis included high school performance on English language arts and mathematics assessments, proficiency rates of economically disadvantaged students, and students' participation in and performance on AP exams administered by the College Board. MCS earned a bronze rank by meeting two criteria for excellence, which were academic outcomes and the school's ability to meet student needs, according to Livshin. "We are able to supply a lot of one-on-one attention at MCS," Livshin said. Livshin said many teachers help students before and after school. He also credits a lot of the success to the Academic Intervention Program MCS has. The students who are more economically disadvantaged tested extremely well, said Livshin, who said the analysis was based on the 2005-2006 school year. Livshin said the support staff, students, board of education, teachers and parents should all be very proud. "The students worked very hard for it," Livshin said.
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