Congratulations to Northshore Networks, a Northshore School District choice program, for being named a 2013 School of Distinction award winner by the Puget Sound Educational Service District. The award recognizes the top 5 percent of schools in Washington state that have made sustained improvements in reading and math over five years.

Northshore Networks is one of 43 schools in 21 districts in the Puget Sound Educational Service District region, to be recognized at an awards ceremony Nov. 12, at the Puget Sound Educational Service District office in Renton.

School of Distinction awards are granted by The Center for Educational Effectiveness in partnership with the Association of Educational Service Districts, the Association of Washington School Principals, Washington Association of School Administrators and Washington State School Directors’ Association.

Northshore Networks is an individualized, customized and independent learning program for Northshore students in grades 1-12 as an option to the traditional learning environment. Consulting teachers work with parents and students to prepare an individual education plan that includes mandatory attendance at weekly consulting meetings and classes.