Cashion Elementary School recently achieved the prestigious honor of being named a Great Expectations Model School.

“The school is truly a shining star in the community, state, and nation. The staff and faculty are to be highly commended for their efforts. We are overjoyed to add them to our list of ‘Showcase Schools’,” said Dr. Linda Dzialo, president and CEO of Great Expectations.

The Great Expectations Program, founded in 1991, is a scientifically-based research educational reform model for PK-12 public and private school classrooms in Oklahoma and beyond.

“The program represents an approach to learning that empowers teachers to expect and to get the best from students,” Dzialo said. “It rekindles the excitement of discovery among both students and teachers and it pushes everyone involved to greater heights of achievement.”

The basic principles of the program are: High expectations for students, a learning climate based on mutual respect between student and teacher, student self-esteem, a belief that all students can learn, positive teacher attitude, and highly skilled and knowledgeable teachers who inspire and enable students to achieve success.

This is the 18th consecutive year for Cashion to earn the GE Model School honor.

“Cashion Elementary is proud of our 18-year GE Model School status and will continue to work to implement the tenets and principles that have made a difference in the lives of our students, teachers, families and community,” said Principal Julie Moore.

More than 40,000 educators have been trained in the GE methodology. There are currently GE Model schools in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Michigan and South Carolina.

“We could not be more proud of Mrs. Moore, our teachers and our students,” Superintendent Sammy Jackson said. “We see these principles in use everyday here at Cashion.

“And the most important part of this program is life principles and expectations that are practiced and taught at Cashion Elementary carry on with these students for the rest of their lives.”