The following students were winners during the rally on March 15th.  The prizes were some terrific gift cards to local eateries and clothing stores.  They entered this drawing when they picked up their new Renaissance Card based on 2nd quarter grades:

Cameron Harbilas

Jade Cegielski

Jake Elisus

Megan Eusey

Emily Gonzalez

Suzanne Arenal

Jose Galvan

Jacob Humbert

Brody Guisness

Jillian Hughes

Alex Ronnenberg

Jessica Saucedo

Hanna Schoenbaum

Karma Habbal

Brooke Franson

Chase Grippo

Cameron Harbilas

Gwen MacDonald

Keely Whelan

Jensie Givens

Matt Beyrooty

George Langford

Raquel Powers

Dolce Sutton

Libby Fitch

Natalie Summerford

Tristan Schroeder

Stephanie Joynt

Aleah Berger

Ryan Rothrock

Sabrina Burkholder

Haley Petrucci

Krystal Larrea

Jenna Lichner

Dolce Sutton

Eddie Jacobs

Deven Dahlberg

Carah Reddin

Sage Fellner

Sami Colleran

Aria Slovacek

Taylor Kirkwood

Jazmin Claro

Heather Costello

Rebecca Shedd

McKyla Beutler

Justin Lloyd

Brandon Bennett

Justine Kaneda

Jack Nicholas

Sarah Millikan

This year Corona del Mar Middle School will be continuing our academic and character education program. It is known as the Josten's Renaissance program. Renaissance was started by Larry Biddle in Conway, South Carolina in 1987. Today, over 4,300 schools nationwide are Renaissance schools. Corona del Mar will be one of the first schools in Orange County with a Renaissance program.

• Renaissance inspires the acceptance and excitement for academics that's traditionally reserved for athletics. Through Renaissance, Jostens aims to increase student performance and teacher enthusiasm, and to raise the level of community participation in schools. All students and teachers are encouraged to participate in Renaissance to help improve academic performance. Students benefit from the program because it raises the profile of academics and makes it cool to do well in school. Teachers often cite Renaissance as the source of renewed enthusiasm about their profession.
• Corona del Mar Middle School Renaissance will celebrate academic achievement, good character, leadership, participation by recognizing rewarding students, staffulty, parents, community in sharing the passion for excellence in education. Corona del Mar Middle SchoolRenaissance transforms recognition from a few top students to all students. Renaissance is the first and only national education-focused program created to recognize and reward the academic achievements of students from elementary school through college.Renaissance also encourages the involvement of parents and local businesses. In fact, many of the awards given to students to recognize their academic achievements come from local businesses, including discounts on goods and services.
• The students are recognized for academics, attendance, behavior, citizenship, and self-improvement through a process known asthe 4 R's of Renaissance: recognition, respect, reinforcement, and reward. Renaissance takes the incentive program from business and ties it to education. Renaissance is an ATTITUDE that is contagious! It empowers students, educators, administrators, parents, businesses, and community organizations to work together to encourage student achievement, celebrate success, and increase community involvement in our schools.
• Renaissance schools establish goals, develop strategies and plans, identify tools, and track results of their progress. The great things happening in our schools today are the communities’ best kept secret. Schools are the biggest and most important business in town – Kids are 24% of the population and 100% of our future.
• Corona del Mar Middle School Renaissance promotes academic and citizenship success through many forms of recognition such as academic pep rallies, reward card system, achievement postcards to parents, and many more! Our Renaissance Achievement Card system will provide qualifying students with even more rewards! Three achievement levels have been established and three color-coded cards will be distributed to the students.
• The levels are as follows:
• Gold Level: 4.0 GPA with all O's and/or S's for citizenship marks
• Silver Level: 3.9 to 3.5 GPA with all O's and/or S's for citizenship marks
• Blue Level: 3.49 to 3.0 GPA with all O's and/or S's for citizenship marks
• Green Level: .5 GPA increase with all O's and/or S's for citizenship marks
• These qualifications have been established for the current semester, but may be revised at a later time.