FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
September 3, 2013
For More Information, contact:
Luther Strange
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
Alabama Attorney General
Claire Haynes (334) 242-7351
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AG STRANGE PRESENTS CHALLENGER MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH
2013 SAFE SCHOOL INITIATIVE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
(MONTGOMERY) – Attorney General Strange presented Challenger Middle
School in Huntsville with the 2013 Attorney General’s Safe School Initiative Award of
Excellence at a school assembly today. One school was selected as the winner from each
of the Alabama State School Board of Education districts.
“I am honored to award Challenger Middle School with a 2013 Award of
Excellence for School Board district 8,” said Attorney General Strange. “Ensuring safe
schools for our students has never been more important, and this program will help us
identify the best practices that schools should be using. I look forward to sharing these
best practices with other schools.”
“We are honored and excited to accept this award for District 8 and Huntsville
City Schools. The faculty and staff of Challenger Middle School are committed to
providing our students with an excellent academic experience which includes a safe
environment in which to learn,” said Dianne Hasty, Principal at Challenger Middle
School. “It is because our parents and community have placed their trust in us, that we
are both humbled and obligated to provide an atmosphere where students feel safe and
secure”
Attorney General Strange is personally presenting the awards for the 2013
Awards of Excellence winners at school assemblies during this fall to the eight winning
schools. Attorney General Strange expressed special thanks to the Alabama Farmers
Federation and Alfa Insurance for their continued financial support of the Alabama Safe
Schools Initiative.
*In April, Attorney General Strange announced that his office would be reinstituting the Attorney
General’s Safe Schools Initiative with a new emphasis on encouraging technological advances in school
safety to deal with the challenges experienced by today’s schools and students. Nominations were
received between April and June, and in August a panel of judges reviewed the nominations to
determine a winner from each of the eight state school board districts.
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