Mary Fay Pendleton honored for academic distinction

FALLBROOK – Mary Fay Pendleton Elementary School has earned recognition as a 2018 Leader in Me Lighthouse School of Academic Distinction. Mary Fay Pendleton Elementary School is a K-8 school located aboard U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton educating military connected students and is part of the Fallbrook Union Elementary School District.

"We are so pleased to receive this acknowledgement. Mary Fay Pendleton's staff works very hard to design learning experiences that are standards based, meet the instructional needs of individual students and design future forward lessons at the correct level of difficulty for whole group instruction," Brian Frost, principal of Mary Fay Pendleton said. "We get a lot of volunteer support from parents and community members. As a team, we model a culture that recognizes future opportunities are fostered in schools where students are seen as developing leaders. I thank all those who have contributed and continue to contribute to our students' successes at Mary Fay Pendleton."

All FUESD schools teach leadership skills and training based upon Dr. Steven Covey's "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" and "The Leader in Me." Additionally, all FUESD schools have also achieved Lighthouse Status, an indicator of the highest level of implementation of "The Leader in Me" and leadership training.

The new "Lighthouse School of Academic Distinction" was created to recognize Leader in Me Schools that have both met the requirements necessary to achieve and maintain Lighthouse School Certification and shown exemplary academic growth or proficiency as measured by state accountability standards.

Academic distinction is determined through the data analysis of an independent nonprofit – http://www.schooldigger.com – a website focused on empowering families with reliable data about the performance of their children's school. The Schooldigger algorithm scores on a percentile ranking, comparing like schools across the state. The percentile ranking for Mary Fay Pendleton Elementary School was 94.7 percent, showing exemplary academic proficiency.

Submitted by Fallbrook Union Elementary School District.