PRESTWICK HOUSE WINS FOUR AWARDS AT 2008
EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING SUMMIT
Delaware-Based Educational Publishing Company
Honored for Third Year Running
Smyrna
DE, June 23, 2008
– This month, Prestwick House was named winner of the Distinguished Achievement
Award at AEP’s annual Educational Publishing Summit in Washington, DC, for the
third year running. Nominated for four awards in March, Delaware’s leading
educational publisher won the DAA in all four categories.
“These
prestigious awards grant the recipients not just the satisfaction of work
deemed in highest regard by experts in the field,” says AEP representative
Stacey Pusey, “but the right to display the trusted Lamp of Learning logo, a
‘seal of approval’ that notifies customers and clients that excellence has been
discovered, rewarded, and announced.”
Prestwick
House, the leading publisher of educational materials in the state of Delaware,
has been developing products for English teachers for the last twenty-five
years. “We are very proud of the books we publish,” says Prestwick House
General Manager, Keith Bergstrom. “Helping teachers by providing well-made,
comprehensive teaching materials that engage students and aid in learning is
the reason we exist. Being recognized by the AEP lets us know that our books
meet our goal of being immediately useful for teachers in the classroom.”
This is
the third consecutive year that Prestwick House products have received awards
at the AEP summit. The items recognized this year include the SAT Words for
Literature: The Scarlet Letter; Standards of Excellence: FCAT; the Writing
Rules of the Road poster and book set; and Rhetorical Devices: A
Handbook for Student Writers.
SAT Words from Literature is a series of classic novels in
which vocabulary likely to be found on the SAT and other standardized tests is highlighted
and defined on the facing page of the text of the novel. The books also contain
exercises to help make sure students retain the words they’re learning. There
are currently six popular books in the series including Frankenstein, Heart
of Darkness, and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
Standards of Excellence is a new test prep program that
goes beyond test-taking skills to actually providing sound instruction based on
the guidelines of the test in addition to state standards. The first two books
of the series are keyed toward specific states; California’s CAHSEE exam and
Florida’s FCAT are currently available.
Writing Rules of the Road is a poster and book set that employs mnemonic techniques, which help
students remember how to avoid the most common writing mistakes, and then how
to correct them. The posters address eight of the most common grammar and
writing problems with concise explanations of the problems and directions on
how to fix them.
Rhetorical Devices is a practical writing handbook,
especially well suited for the AP English Language classroom. “There aren’t
many programs available that teach advanced language-usage skills in high
school,” said Bergstrom. “We’re excited that others are recognizing how important
these advanced skills are and how effective Rhetorical
Devices is in teaching it.”
About
Prestwick House - Founded
in 1983 by a former Dover High School administrator, Prestwick House is a
leader in educational publishing. With a focus on helping English teachers in
grades 9-12, Prestwick House publishes the largest selection of literature
teaching guides in the country, a line of classic novels, and hundreds of other
educational products. Find out more at www.prestwickhouse.com.
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If you’d like more information
about this topic or to schedule an interview, please call Keith Bergstrom at
302/659-2070 ext 131 or E-mail Keith at keith@prestwickhouse.com
