Burns Elementary School's pajama party celebration

Burns Elementary school celebrated their Adequate Yearly Progress results with a pajama party and movie Friday.

Jerry Burkett, Principal, said the third- through six-graders who took the PAWS test in March were 100 percent proficient or advanced. Using the No Child Left Behind system, schools are measured each year by AYP calculations. AYP is a federal measurement that allows the United States Department of Education to determine how schools and districts are preforming academically.

The school had scored low the last two years. Burkett said by using Safe Harbor, the school made great gains. I...