Washington, DC -- The National Blue Ribbon School Awards were announced September 15, 2009. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan named 314 schools as recipients of the award – 264 public schools and 50 private schools. Of the 50 private schools receiving this national recognition, 42 were Catholic schools. Congratulations to these outstanding schools!
The U.S. Department of Education names the Blue Ribbons Schools each year. The Department of Education program recognizes schools that are academically superior or that have demonstrated dramatic gains in student achievement.
In 2008, 43 Catholic schools were named Blue Ribbon Schools.
The schools will be invited November 3 to Washington, D.C., to receive an award signifying the school’s accomplishment. The event will take place at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. The NCEA will host a reception for representatives from Catholic schools at its headquarters in the Georgetown neighborhood of the capital city.
The NCEA, founded in 1904, is a professional membership organization that provides leadership, direction and service to fulfill the evangelizing, catechizing and teaching mission of the church. NCEA members include elementary schools, high schools, parish religious education programs and seminaries.
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