Focus on Serf-Esteem, Achievement Turns School Into Showcase
SAN FRANCISCO--Standing in a schoolyard here on a foggy autumn Friday morning, Willie B. Santamaria, principal of Daniel Webster Elementary School, is handing out "student of the week" awards.
Holding a microphone as parents and other guests look on, she reads citations and announces the names of the winners from each class.
"She is learning how te listen and follow directions," the principal says, in both English and Spanish, of one student. "He remembers te do homework, and is improving in math," she says of another. "He is eager te learn, and got 100 percent on his spelling test," she says of a third, adding: "He dresses up like an executive. He is going...
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