For the third straight year, Bowling Green Middle School has won a Momentum Award from the Ohio Board of
Education.
The award is in recognition of exceeding expectations in student growth on the Ohio School Report Cards
for the 2018-19 school year.
The announcement was made earlier this week.
BGMS is one of only 69 schools in the state to receive the award and Bowling Green is one of 48 districts
to earn the honor, according to Superintendent Francis Scruci.
“We’re really pleased with what is going on in the district. We’re doing great things,” he said, adding
that staff is working to improve areas of concern.
Schools must earn all A’s on all applicable value-added measures on the Ohio School Report Card in 2019.
The four possible measures are overall (all students), gifted students, students in the lowest 20% in
achievement, and students with disabilities. Schools must have a least two graded subgroups to be
eligible.
“Obviously we’re really excited to earn the Momentum Award for the third consecutive year,” Scruci said.
“This is a tribute to the teachers and the work being done in their classrooms.”
He said districts should be graded in just two areas: growth of students every year and graduating
students.
When you can show that, as Bowling Green is doing, “You’re pretty much doing your job,” Scruci said.
