The Florida Department of Education presents the Golden and Silver School Awards in an effort to recognize exemplary programs which promote parent and community involvement in education.
The Golden School Award is presented to recognize elementary, secondary, and adult schools that meet the following criteria:
| 1. | A minimum of 80 percent of the school staff participated in training related to school volunteerism. |
| 2. | A school volunteer coordinator is designated for recruitment, placement, training, and supervision. |
| 3. | The total number of hours in volunteer service equals twice the number of students enrolled in the school. Any volunteer activity that contributes to student improvement may be counted. This can include fund-raising. |
The Silver School Award is presented to recognize secondary schools, that provide exemplary services to elementary and secondary schools that meet the following criteria:
| 1. | The sending school must have a school volunteer coordinator who provides coordination of the program, placement of students, orientation/training for the receiving staff, student/program evaluation, and student volunteer supervision. |
| 2. | The receiving school must have a volunteer coordinator who provides coordination of the program, placement of the secondary students, orientation/training for the receiving staff, student/program evaluation, and student volunteer supervision. |
| 3. | Student volunteers and the receiving faculty must both receive orientation and training. |
| 4. | The composite student volunteer hours must equal at least one half the total number of students (FTE count) in the sending school (i.e., 2,000 students - 1,000 volunteer hours.) |
| 5. | Elementary schools are not eligible for this award. |
| Golden Schools | |||
| Elementary | Middle | High | |
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Abel Ann Maria Ballard Bashaw Bayshore Blackburn Braden River Daughtrey Kinnan Manatee McNeal J.P. Miller Mills |
Moody Myakka Orange Ridge Palma Sola Rowlett Samoset Sea Breeze Stewart Tara Tillman Wakeland Willis Witt |
Braden River Harllee Johnson Lee Magnet Nolan Sugg |
Bayshore Lakewood Ranch |
| Silver Schools | ||
| Bayshore High School | Lakewood Ranch High School | Nolan Middle School |