Atkinson fifth-grader Andrelis Gutierrez Castro was recently named a top scorer on Achieve 3000 for New York State and worldwide. This is the first time a student from the Atkinson school has made the worldwide scoreboard.
"We are so proud of Andrelis for achieving worldwide status on Achieve 3000," said Gisselle Campbell-Ham, Principal. "Her hard work and love of reading has led her to this wonderful recognition."
Achieve 3000 is a differentiated reading program that Freeport Public Schools implemented to accelerate literacy growth and deepen learning across several content areas. It is a collection of nonfiction articles that match with every students' reading level.
To earn this award, Andrelis read nonfiction articles and answered multiple choice and poll questions about each article. Following the questions, she was also required to complete a writing assignment for each article. Andrelis chose articles on current events, history, science, and biographical figures and went well beyond the encouraged amount of two articles in English and Spanish per week to achieve worldwide recognition.
Congratulations to Andrelis on this wonderful achievement.
