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economist suntribune education saturday feb 2 2002 some celebrate others view results with caution by stefania rizzi staff writer lolita bruneau expected fanfare when she announced to students thursday how well they performed on last years provincial tests im sure there will be a lot of cel ebration said the enthusiastic st justin martyr catholic elementary school principal we have a better understanding of the curriculum theres been a shift in strategies and the inservice training- for teachers has been remarkable were reaping the benefits of those things according to provincewide read- ing writing and math test scores released for individual schools last week the unionville schools grade 3 students are number 1 in the board with a 93 average close to 100 per cent of the schools grade 3 students met or exceeded provincial standards in math and writing approximately 87 per cent met those levels in reading grade 6 stu- dents scored an average of 88 per cent in the three tested areas plac ing second in the board x we are building on our results from the past said ms bruneau whose school last year was among the top six we are maintaining our high standards and expectations and the results are a credit to the hard work of our teachers students and parents if you set up the foun dation that carries through close to 135 students wrote the test about two per cent of grade 3 students did not write the test the assessments help us to improve learning and teaching and show us which areas we need to work on said ms bruneau adding the school will continue to foster lit eracy and math skills tlirough such initiatives as the early literacy pro gram so many factors contribute the results to the success of a school and like the parents who have been extremely supportive we can be extremely happy with the results last year grade 6 students at unionvilles st monica catholic school were not among the boards top 10 schools but according to this years test scores they take top honour about 96 per cent of the schools grade 6 students achieved provin cial standards in reading with 94 per cent and 87 per cent achieving those levels in math and writing they are an exceptional group of kids said principal paul game see tests page 1 lolita bruneau principal of st justin martyr catholic elementary school praises curriculum these scores indicate how each york catholic school performed on the grades 3 and 6 testing last year for reading writing and math students were graded on a scale of one to four with four being the highest the numbers reflect the percentage of students who finished at levels three and four percentages were then averaged for ranking purposes level three is the provincial standard rankschool reading writing math avg grade 3 i st justin martyr v 87 96 2stpauln 90 84 3 st patrick sch 86 86 4 st joseph the worker th 84 90 5 canadian martyrs n 88 78 8 st matthew u 71 78 7 holy familyth 81 69 8st benedict u 65 84 9 corpus christi rh 78 71 10 st michael th 71 71 ii san marcow 69 76 12 our lady of grace a 76 73 13 our lady of the annunciation rh 69 70 14 blessed trinity ma 77 80 15 sir richard wscott m 58 80 16 christ the king rh 64 72 17 st joseph m 68 84 18 father john kelly ma 66 80 19 light of christ a 69 72 20 saint anne rh 65 70 21 st vincent de paul m 71 77 22 our lady help of christians rh 73 60 23 holy name kt 7 71 83 24 st mary immaculate rh 62 69 25 ourlady of peace ma 70 71 26 st patricks m 68 68 27 all saints u 52 71 28 st charles gamier rh 68 74 29 notre dame n 68 73 30 ourlady of fatjniaw 64 75 31 st nicholas n 59 66 32 st gregory the greatw 74 61 33 our lady of good counsel s 70 61 34 good shepherd hl 67 59 35 kateritekakwitha m 70 54 36 st markst 65 61 37 st anthony th 61 71 38 rather henri nouwen rh 59 65 39 stangela mericlw 74 70 40 st clement w 62 73 41 st francis xavierm 55 76 42stjohnboscow 65 53 43 john xxill u 63 56 44 st thomas aquinas k 54 69 45 st elizabeth seton n 62 61 46 our lady of the rosary c 51 64 47 st monica m 60 62 48 st joseph a 60 55 96 93 94 89 95 89 92 89 98 88 96 82 86 79 84 78 84 78 89 77 85 77 80 76 89 76 70 76 88 75 87 74 71 74 77 74 79 73 83 73 69 72 83 72 62 72 84 72 74 72 79 72 i92 72 72 71 71 71 73 71 85 70 74 70 78 70 80 69 81 ea 75 67 68 67 75 66 54 66 62 66 66 66 78 65 74 64 67 63 67 63 71 62 64 62 70 62 49 st edward m 64 50 mother teresa m 62 51 st francis of assisi w 53 52 immaculate conception w 47 53stclarew 55 54 st david ma 51 55 divine mercy ma 51 56 st joseph rh 51 57 st gabriel the archangel w 49 58 bishop scalabrinith 48 59 st peter w 53 60 st mary nb 50 61 st margaret mary w 54 62 holy spiritia 39 63 prince of peace k 43 64 holy jubilee ma 51 65 st rene goupilth 43 66 st luketh 50 67 st catherine of siena w 38 68 saint bemadette su 41 board average 63 provincial average 53 50 53 62 60 69 62 57 57 55 56 51 55 55 64 48 48 52 50 48 46 67 55 71 69 66 74 55 63 68 67 70 64 63 60 52 57 66 55 57 42 47 38 74 65 rankschool reading writing math grade 6 1 st monica m 96 2 st justin martyr u 89 3 st matthewu 90 4 st joseph m 83 5 our lady of grace a 79 6 john xxiii u 82 7 st patricks m 89 8 canadian martyrs n 80 9aii salntsu 74 10stedwardm 84 11 st anthony 73 12 st benedict u 77 13 christ the king rh 75 14 our lady help of christians rh 78 76 87 82 78 77 85 85 82 80 78 76 84 70 78 15 st elizabeth seton n 73 16stclarew 80 17 light of christa 74 18 corpus chrisrj rh 73 19 st michael 69 20 st mary nb 68 21 saint anne rh 77 22 our lady of peace ma 77 72 23 good shepherd hl 68 76 24 our lady of good counsel s 69 58 25 st vincent de paul m 76 68 26 st patrick sch 76 47 79 72 80 73 79 72 71 94 94 91 97 85 79 75 82 89- 80 82 90 80 78 77 72 70 78 74 80 70 68 73 88 71 88 62 61 60 60 60 59 59 58 58 56 56 55 54 53 52 51 51 47 44 42 68 58 avg 92 88 86 86 83 82 82 81 80 80 80 79 78 77 76 75 75 75 74 73 73 72 72 72 72 70 27 st joseph the worker to 68 74 28stlukem 82 55 29stpeterw 72 67 30stjosepha 71 68 31 st clement w 71 60 69 73 67 36 69 32 st charles gamier rh 70 59 71 33 our lady of the rosary c 67 64 64 34 stangela mericiw 74 58 63 35 st nicholas n 72 61 61 36 st gregory the great w 69 57 67 37 notre dame n 61 66 66 38 st margaret maryw 75 65 52 39 holy name kt 64 67 61 40 kateritekakwitha m 72 62 55 41ourladyoffatamaw 63 42 father john kelly ma 63 43 st francis xavier m 73 44 st mark st 56 45 st rene goupil 68 46 immaculate conception w 67 47 rather henri nouwen rh 73 58 48 st mary immaculate rh 60 57 49 holy spirit a 67 67 50 st paul n 70 59 66 58 52 66 64 63 60 67 63 65 55 56 54 65 47 50 51 bishop scalabrini 78 53 47 52 mother teresa- m 60 63 53 53 st joseph rh 62 62 52 54 st gabriel the archangel w 55 57 60 55 holy family 56 50 58 56 sir richard w scott m 51 62 51 57 san marco w 57 50 54 58 st david ma 58 55 47 59 divine mercy ma 1 62 48 48 60 holy jubilee ma 49 60 49 61 our lady of the annunciation rh 52 51 62 blessed trinity ma 53 59 39 63 st thomas aquinas k 46 51 49 64 st francis of asslsl w 50 44 48 v 65 st john boscow 63 47 32 66 prince of peace k 46 35 38 67 saint bemadette su 21 32 18 24 68 st catherine of siena w 0 00 0 board average 68 64 65 1 66 provincial average 56 54 56 55 legend a aurora c concord hl holland landing kt king township k keswick- m markham ma maple n newmarket nb nobleton rh- richmond hill s sharon sch schombefg st stouffyille su sutton th thornhill u unionville w woodbridge statistics compiled by the york region newspaper group using information provided by the york region catholic school board results not available due to inconsistencies in scores 70 70 69 68 67 67 65 65 65 64 64 64 64 63 63 63 63 62 62 62 62 61 60 60 59 59 59 57 55 55 54 53 53 53 52 50 49 47 47 40 grtktvtulstouffvlle f o vot ittult 1 1 umt ute 7vui gefui 7vu hu sat fafit fuiict 28 highquality juices tcv choose from our jti i ces a re fully gua ra h teed make your wine at home or on our premises liuikv choici awshu wlnmk i ill tecdwmflstsun vin bon markham 172 bullock drivei9 9054710124 iw i be ready far easter bring 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