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VIDEO 		AUDIO	
			
NAT FULL MUSIC		(nat full)
'If anybody asks you who I am ... '	
SHOTS OF THE SINGERSCG - SEPTEMBER 15, 2009         SILVER SPRING, MD		(narrator track)
highland elementary sat five years ago -- mired in corrective action.	
		The silver spring school is 80-percent hispanic.	
NAT FULL		(nat full song)
'I'm that star up in the sky ... I'm that mountain peak up high...'	
		(narrator track)
highland fit the stereotype of a school full of english-language learners --	
		unable to meet the testing mandates of 'no child left behind.'	
		now -- scores soar -- and the school bursts with pride -- 	
NAT FULL		(nat full)
'I'm the world's greatest....'	
GRAPHIC OF SIX SCHOOLSPUSH SPLIT SCREEN & LIST ALL		(narrator track - sound effex)
the school joins five other schools named blue ribbon schools in maryland.	
		what's more -- the u-s department of education named all six 'national' blue ribbon schools of distinction.	
		it provided plenty of reason for celebration at highland -- and the  secretary of education himself paid a visit.	
SOT TIANA WRIGHT		(sot tiana wright)
'Mr. Arne Duncan. (applause)	
SOT ARNE DUNCAN(COVER TOP OF THIS SOT W/THE HANDSHAKE AND TIANA WALKS OFFSTAGE		(sot arne duncan)
'As I travel the country, I so often hear from adults who tell me what children can't do...'	
SOT ARNE DUNCANCG - ARNE DUNCAN         SEC'Y., U.S. DEPT. OF EDUCATION		(sot arne duncan)
'What's possible here is not some miracle -- but can really happen!'	
SOT ARNE DUNCAN		(sot arne duncan)
'How many of you are planning to go to college?	
HOLDING VIDEO - APPLAUSE		(narrator track)
of some 100-thousand schools across america -- just 314 this year earned national blue ribbon recognition.	
SOT NANCY GRASMICKCG - NANCY S. GRASMICK         MD SCHOOLS SUP'T.		(sot nancy grasmick)
'Several of these schools have very diverse populations, have children who come from circumstances of economic disadvantage, and yet that hasn't been a deterrent in terms of the achievement of these schools.'	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(sot nancy grasmick)
'These schools defy that stereotype.'	
CLASSROOM		(nat full)
'Ok, you wanna show our guests what we're learning? K, what is this letter?	
		'N.'	
		'And what sound does it make?'	
		'Nnnnnnn.'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
teachers at highland work hard with students to learn the language.	
NAT FULL		(nat full)
'We're gonna practice first --	
SOT TRACEY WHITTHAUS(USE THE DISINTERESTED BOY HERE)CG - TRACEY WHITTHAUS          20 YEARS @ HIGHLAND ES		(sot tracey whitthaus)
'If we see that there are needs, they're recommended to receive an intervention of some sort. It might be a phonics intervention or a comprehension intervention.'	
SHOT OF TRACEY WALKING		(narrator track)
they monitor students closely.	
		tracey whitthaus points proudly, for example, to daniel rodriguez.	
SOT TRACEY WHITTHAUS(COVER W/VIDEO DANIEL)		(sot tracey whitthaus)
'We noticed his comprehension had been slipping, he needed some work with strategies...the reading piece was there -- his oral reading fluency was fine....'	
SOT TRACEY WHITTHAUS(STAY W/HER AT THE TOP OF THIS -- THEN GO TO DANIEL EATING LUNCH) 		(sot tracey whitthaus)
'It was like the light went on, and he realized 'a' I can do this, 'b' this is interesting, and 'c' look what I'm doing!'	
SOT BRIAN FREISSCOVER W/CLASSROOM SHOTS)		(sot brian freiss)
'We have a lot of programs in place to help us monitor our kids...'	
SOT BRIAN FREISSCG - BRIAN FREISS         MATH TEACHER, 9 YEARS @    HIGHLAND(USE HALLWAY SHOT OF ONE GIRL WAVING & THEN JOINING THE LINE)		(sot brian freiss)
'and as they've gone up through the grade levels now -- last year this group of 5th graders was scoring -- most of them were scoring at an advanced level in both reading and mathematics...'	
SOT BRIAN FREISS		(sot brian freiss)
'They wanna excel as well -- and they take a lot of pride in their achievements.'	
SOT TIANA WRIGHT		(SOT TIANA WRIGHT)
'I'm a person that loves books so I like to read a lot...	
HOLDING VIDEO 		(narrator track)
not so long ago -- before she met the education secretary -- tiana wright worried about her ability to learn.	
SOT TIANA WRIGHTCG - TIANA WRIGHT          5TH GRADE		(sot tiana wright)
'... I thought it would be too hard for me...'	
SOT TIANA WRIGHT		(sot tiana wright)
'The teachers were nice, and they helped me out when I had problems, whenever I stumbled...'	
HOLDING TIANA		(narrator track)
tiana -- and ilya --	
SOT ILYES ANIBACG - ILYES ANIBA         5TH GRADE		(sot ilyes aniba)
'If I can't be an artist, I would want to be a scientist...'	
MORE OF DANIEL		(narrator track)
and daniel -- personify highland today.	
		as does principal ray myrtle who came out of retirement to lead the way.	
NAT FULL 		(nat full song)
'I'm that little bit of hope ...	
HOLDING MUSIC		(narrator track)
a little hope -- a lot of work -- 	
		and a huge turnaround at highland elementary...	
NAT FULL		(nat full)
'I'm the world's greateeeeessst.'	
CLAPS		(narrator track)
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