Mayor Proclaims April 9 as Gideon Pond Day

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Mayor Proclaims April 9 as Gideon Pond Day
4/8/2010 8:45 AM

Pictured, from left, Principal Laura Pierce, Carime Garcia Enciso, Mayor Elizabeth Kautz, Sam Dylla and Maria Graves.

Mayor Elizabeth Kautz and city council members have declared that Friday, April 9, is Gideon Pond Elementary Day in the city of Burnsville in recognition of the school receiving the 2009-2010 Minnesota School of Excellence Award from the Minnesota Elementary School Principals' Association (MESPA).

(Scroll down to read the proclamation.)

The designation was approved to congratulate Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 and Gideon Pond Elementary for exemplary work in educating the youth of Burnsville, according to the proclamation.

Principal Laura Pierce accepted the award at the city council meeting on April 6. She was accompanied by three student leaders who also spoke briefly. They were Student Council President Maria Graves, Student Council Vice President Sam Dylla and Carime Garcia Enciso, student representative of Intermediate School District 917's Deaf and Heard of Hearing program which is located at the school.

The Minnesota School of Excellence Award is presented to schools that demonstrate dedicated continual growth through a comprehensive school improvement process in the areas of leadership, vision, student learning, culture and adult learning, data and decision making, and community engagement.

Gideon Pond students and staff will show their "Panther Pride" by wearing the school colors (red and black) on April 9.

Gideon Pond Elementary was one of only five schools to receive Minnesota School of Excellence validation this year. Since the program’s inception in 1986, 140 schools have received this honor. For more information, visit the MESPA Honors.

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Proclamation from Mayor Elizabeth B. Kautz

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