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Missouri liaison Catherine Rust reflects on her long history with the program and its impact on the Missouri Gold Star Schools.
For more information on becoming a National Blue Ribbon School, please visit the FAQ page, which details the nomination process and criteria for both public and non-public schools. Contact your state liaison.
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Students at South Ripley Junior High School (Lawrenceburg, IN) found themselves racing downhill in a day of snow tubing, courtesy of a local business celebrating the school’s National Blue Ribbon Schools award. Read the local news story, and scroll to the bottom of the page for a 4-minute radio interview with S. Ripley Principal Destiny Rutzel on the power of relationships in school.
The Homeroom blog of the US Department of Education reports on a meeting learning convened last month by the White House Domestic Policy Council and the USED’s Office of Innovation and Improvement to explore the impact of personalized learning and chart its future path. A key takeaway: “Since implementing personalized learning, districts and schools have seen rising levels of student engagement, improved graduation and college enrollment rates, reduced discipline rates and greater teacher retention.” Read the report.
The National Association of Elementary School Principals has named 2013 National Blue Ribbon School Principal and Terrell Bell Awardee to its Slate of National Distinguished Principals. Nauman is the Principal of Richard A. Shields Elementary School in Lewes, Delaware. Congratulations, Principal Nauman!
Retired engineer Dale Johnson realized his mission to introduce students to engineering in his town of Mahtomedi, Minnesota, when local interest, energy, and funding culminated in the first Fab Lab (3-D Fabrication Laboratory) to be built in a US public school.
In this latest National Blue Ribbon school site visit video, Mahtomedi High School Principal Kathe Nickleby and other teachers and students describe the engineering program and the benefits of learning the engineering process.
Edutopia, the educational website of the George Lucas Educational Foundation, highlights the success of National Blue Ribbon School Hampton High School in Hampton Township, a suburb of Pittsburgh. Edutopia has been following the school for a while and showcases four videos on the school’s work with performance based assessments in math and chemistry, exit tickets, and working with a Technology Instructional Coach. Learn more.
National Blue Ribbon Schools offer extraordinary opportunities to students willing to willing to take them advantage of them. D’Angelo Martinez, a junior at Middle College High School at San Joaquin Delta College (Stockton CA) is such as student. Although he has another year of high school, Martinez has already earned three Associates degrees–in arts and humanities, Spanish, and teacher preparation. Read more about this National Blue Ribbon School outstanding student.
Principal Abbie Oliver of the 2014 National Blue Ribbon School Sprunica Elementary School (Nineveh, IN) received a “Hometown Hero” award from Nashville-based Modern Woodmen. The celebration included a “silly safari” with wild animal handler “Coyote” Chris that featured a red-tailed boa constrictor, supported here by Coyote Chris, Oliver, and students. In addition to a catered lunch for all staff and goody bags for students, Oliver received $100 to donate to a charity of her choice.
The Active Learning Environment School (TALES), PS 244 in Queens, New York, a 2015 National Blue Ribbon School, has been at the forefront of healthy school lunches for several years. Students learn not only about healthy food and nutrition; they prompted the school leadership to remove sugary drinks and provide vegetarian meals. Learn more at our spotlight on TALES and hear Principal Robert Groff, III, explain how and why they made these changes and what they do for kids.
Meanwhile, all U.S. students between the ages of 8 – 12 are invited to put on their own chef hats and get cooking. First Lady Michelle Obama encourages students to invent an original recipe for school lunch that is healthy, affordable, and delicious. Winners (one from each state) will be celebrated at the 2016 Kids’ State Dinner at the White House.
