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Lights, Camera, Action: NBR Schools Celebrate

January 9, 2013

Several 2012 NBR schools got out video cameras to showcase their National Blue Ribbon Schools spirit.
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This witty drama about the spirit of the National Blue Ribbon School award was created by students at Westwood High School (Westwood, MA).

Student filmmakers at Basehor-Linwood High School (Basehor, KS) document congratulations from state, district, and school leaders, then use animation to recast inspiring teachers as dynamic superheroes.

Singer-songwriter Michael Curtis has an important day job: guidance counselor at Doudna Elementary School (Richland, WI). This video features his emotionally powerful original “blue ribbon song.”

A district news brief captures the pride students, faculty, and dignitaries displayed at the NBR celebration at Woodholme Elementary School (Baltimore, MD).

Teachers and students at the Charles Turner Joy Elementary and Middle School, a Department of Defense school for families stationed at the Command Fleet Activities Naval Base in Chinhae, Korea, celebrate their NBR award.

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