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Moving up, Parkside Elementary

Dania Maxwell/Staff Haylen Irvan, 8, sits in her third grade classroom at Parkside Elementary School listening to the teacher provide instructions for a math exercise on Friday, January 18, 2013 in Naples, Fla. In the fall, principal Tammie Stewart joined Parkside Elementary and embraced the objective to improve the school, which for years has scored at the bottom of the district's 48 schools in state accountability measures. Stewart says the results have been positive. 'We are working really hard to raise academic achievement,' Stewart said.

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Dania Maxwell/Staff Haylen Irvan, 8, sits in her third grade classroom at Parkside Elementary School listening to the teacher provide instructions for a math exercise on Friday, January 18, 2013 in Naples, Fla. In the fall, principal Tammie Stewart joined Parkside Elementary and embraced the objective to improve the school, which for years has scored at the bottom of the district's 48 schools in state accountability measures. Stewart says the results have been positive. "We are working really hard to raise academic achievement," Stewart said.

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  • Dania Maxwell/Staff Teacher Rachael Cordeiro assists students Haylen Irvan, 8, left, and Suzette Sanchez, 9, right, through a math exercise in her third grade classroom at Parkside Elementary School on Friday, January 18, 2013 in Naples, Fla. In the fall, principal Tammie Stewart joined Parkside Elementary and embraced the objective to improve the school, which for years has scored at the bottom of the district's 48 schools in state accountability measures. Stewart says the results have been positive. 'We are working really hard to raise academic achievement,' Stewart said.
  • Dania Maxwell/Staff Suzette Sanchez, 9 works through a math exercise in her third grade classroom at Parkside Elementary School on Friday, January 18, 2013 in Naples, Fla. In the fall, principal Tammie Stewart joined Parkside Elementary and embraced the objective to improve the school, which for years has scored at the bottom of the district's 48 schools in state accountability measures. Stewart says the results have been positive. 'We are working really hard to raise academic achievement,' Stewart said.
  • Dania Maxwell/Staff Rachael Cordeiro explains a math exercise to her third grade classroom at Parkside Elementary School on Friday, January 18, 2013 in Naples, Fla. In the fall, principal Tammie Stewart joined Parkside Elementary and embraced the objective to improve the school, which for years has scored at the bottom of the district's 48 schools in state accountability measures. Stewart says the results have been positive. 'We are working really hard to raise academic achievement,' Stewart said.
  • Dania Maxwell/Staff Haylen Irvan, 8, sits in her third grade classroom at Parkside Elementary School listening to the teacher provide instructions for a math exercise on Friday, January 18, 2013 in Naples, Fla. In the fall, principal Tammie Stewart joined Parkside Elementary and embraced the objective to improve the school, which for years has scored at the bottom of the district's 48 schools in state accountability measures. Stewart says the results have been positive. 'We are working really hard to raise academic achievement,' Stewart said.
  • Dania Maxwell/Staff Guidance Counselor Tom Gemmer, right gives the kindergarten student of the week, Adony Petit Pierre, 5, left, a note of commendation while his friend Sergio Ramierz Lopez, 5, center, watches on during the lunch period at Parkside Elementary School on Friday, January 18, 2013 in Naples, Fla. In the fall, the school started rewarding students of the week for each grade level. 'It provides positive recognition to encourage other students to achieve,' Gemmer said.
  • Dania Maxwell/Staff Guidance Counselor Tom Gemmer, left, sits with the kindergarten student of the week, Adony Petit Pierre, 5, right, and his friend Sergio Ramierz Lopez, 5, center, during the lunch period at Parkside Elementary School on Friday, January 18, 2013 in Naples, Fla. In the fall, the school started rewarding students of the week for each grade level. 'It provides positive recognition to encourage other students to achieve,' Gemmer said.
  • Dania Maxwell/Staff Guidance Counselor Tom Gemmer, left, sits with the kindergarten student of the week, Adony Petit Pierre, 5, right, and his friend Sergio Ramierz Lopez, 5, center, during the lunch period at Parkside Elementary School on Friday, January 18, 2013 in Naples, Fla. In the fall, the school started rewarding students of the week for each grade level. 'It provides positive recognition to encourage other students to achieve,' Gemmer said.

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