Dear Herington Elementary School Parents,
At this time we would like to congratulate the students, staff
and parents for being chosen as one of the five schools picked in
Kansas by the Department of Education in Washington D.C. as a
Blue Ribbon School for 2007. Our elementary school is
being recognized as a dramatically improving school serving at
least 40 percent disadvantaged students. Herington Elementary
was identified as a Blue Ribbon School through its high
achievement in reading and math for the 2005-2006 Kansas Assessment
scores.
The award will be presented to two representatives of the school
in Washington D.C. on November 13th. Future plans
for a school celebration will be coming.
Below is a quote from the No Child Left Behind website:
The No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors
public and private K-12 schools that are either academically
superior in their state or that demonstrate dramatic gains in
student achievement.
Each year since 1982, the U.S. Department of Education has
sought out schools where students attain and maintain high academic
goals. Using standards of excellence evidenced by student
achievement measures and the characteristics known from research to
epitomize school quality, the Department celebrates schools that
beat the odds.
High poverty, tough neighborhoods, tight budgets, teacher
turnover, assessment fatigue, high percentages of English language
learners, teachers unprepared for their instructional
duties-schools have identified many reasons over the decades to
explain their failure to teach all students successfully. At the
same time, communities, states, and the nation have raised the bar,
and the stakes, for school achievement.
With commitment, high energy, research-based knowledge of what
works in schools, and the results of quality assessments, NCLB-Blue
Ribbon Schools have shown us the way over these and other
hurdles.
