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The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States Department of Education award program that recognizes exemplary public and non-public schools on a yearly basis. Using standards of excellence evidenced by student achievement measures, the Department honors high-performing schools and schools that are making great strides in closing ...
The school was established in 1784 by John Harris Jr., the founder of Harrisburg. [ 1 ] Harrisburg Academy was originally located at the John Harris Mansion and later in the eponymous Academy Manor section of the Riverside neighborhood along North Front Street, but is now located on a 24-acre (9.6 ha) campus about one mile (1.6 km) west of the ...
The school's elementary students' average scores ranked in the top 15 percent of private schools nationally for 2013 and 2014 academic standardized testing; qualifying the school as a Blue Ribbon Elementary School according to the U.S. Department of Education. [31] As a result, the school was named a 2014 National Blue Ribbon School. [32]
The program that started in 1982 nominates up to 420 schools each year, and this year 356 received the Blue Ribbon recognition. The Department of Education gave 316 public schools and 40 non ...
The U.S. Department of Education created the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program in 1982 to highlight the academic achievements of elementary, middle and high schools, both private and public.
In 2010 Christian Academy of Louisville High School was recognized as one of only 304 public or private schools nationwide—and the only high school in Kentucky—to receive the prestigious National Blue Ribbon School award. High School students are required to complete 60 hours of service before graduation.
A third grader is facing a criminal charge after reportedly making bomb threats against two Ohio schools. Using a fake Facebook account, the girl allegedly claimed bombs had been planted inside ...
For the 1997-1998 and 2013 school years, Marine Academy of Science and Technology received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve. [4] MAST was one of two high schools recognized by the New Jersey "Star School" program in its inaugural year of 1993–94. [10]