State Activities Below are updates submitted by several state teams on activities they have been engaged in during the past year. Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia     Alabama Back to Top of Page   Arkansas   The Arkansas Forum recently wrote a successful proposal and became the 11th state in the nation to begin Schools to Watch. The Arkansas state team leadership was trained in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is now beginning the process of assembling and training a state team.   Back to Top of Page   Florida     Back to Top of Page   Georgia Georgia has just named two Schools to Watch: River Trail Middle School 10795 Rogers Circle Duluth, Georgia 30097 Ms Dawn Melin, Principal Fulton County School System and Upson Lee Middle School 101 Holstun Drive Thomaston, Georgia 30286 Mrs. Patsy Dean, Principal Thomaston-Upson Schools Back to Top of Page   Kentucky The Kentucky Forum recently met during the Second Kentucky Higher Education Symposium in Lexington, Kentucky. The symposium was attended by over 75 middle level professors, teachers, students, and parents, and was sponsored by the Center for Middle School Academic Achievement. Back to Top of Page Louisiana Back to Top of Page   Mississippi   Back to Top of Page   North Carolina North Carolina has recently selected and recognized four new schools as part of the National Forum's Schools to Watch effort. Back to Top of Page   South Carolina   South Carolina will be holding its annual Summer Institute, Essentials of Middle Level Education: How to Grow High Performing Middle Schools, at Furman University July 12-17, 2005.   Back to Top of Page   Tennessee       Back to Top of Page     Virginia Virginia welomes new VMSA Executive Director, William Flora, from Radford University. Virginia recently celebrated its first four Schools to Watch, and has just named two new ones.       Back to Top of Page

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