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| | Irving wins FINE Award |
 | | Jo Vaske, Executive Director of the FINE Foundation, stated that Irving's program, the Blue Ribbon Literacy Program, was "exemplary and innovative" and a "model of educational research." The Irving Blue Ribbon Literacy Program was instituted at Irving to develop an over all approach, using action research, to improve student performance in the area of literacy. |
 | | Irving staff, students and parents can be very proud to be the recipients of this very prestigious state award. |
 | | The FINE Recognition Program is sponsored by the FINE Foundation, the Iowa Association of School Boards, Iowa State Education Association, the School administrators of Iowa, the Governor's Office and the Iowa Department of Education. |
| www.dubuque.k12.ia.us /Irving/FINEaward.htm (955 words) |
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