A couple of recent kudos to Eliot Middle School:

• Pasadena Now reports that the school "has won the Los Angeles Regional Award in the 2009 Governor’s Challenge for 'outstanding efforts to promote fitness for students, parents and teachers.'"  The school won a $5,000 award for fitness equipment and a $1,000 gift card to CVS Pharmacy.
• Eliot also posted a 97 point gain in their API scores, the biggest gain in the school district.  Principal Peter Pannell gives the reasons in this Caroline An story from PSN.