U.S. Dept. of Education names five Kentucky Blue Ribbon Schools

KENTUCKY — 5 Kentucky public faculties at the moment are acknowledged as Blue Ribbon Colleges, the U.S. Division of Schooling introduced Friday.

The faculties are:

• Cairo Elementary College (Henderson County)
• Fancy Farm Elementary College (Graves County)
• Frankfort Excessive College (Frankfort Impartial)
• Longbranch Elementary College (Boone County)
• Samuel Woodfill Elementary College (Fort Thomas Impartial)

In complete, 297 private and non-private elementary, center and excessive faculties throughout the U.S. gained the popularity this 12 months. The designation relies on a faculty’s general educational efficiency or progress in closing achievement gaps, in accordance with the Kentucky Division of Schooling. 

“This award shines a lightweight on the dedication of faculty leaders, workers, lecturers, households and communities to try for, and attain, excellence,” mentioned Kentucky Commissioner of Schooling Jason Glass. “I congratulate and thank our latest Blue Ribbon Colleges for his or her arduous work to make sure each pupil has the abilities they want for a profitable future.”

Final 12 months’s Blue Ribbon Colleges winners in Kentucky:

• Blessed Sacrament Elementary (Personal)
• Gamaliel Elementary College (Public)
• Greathouse Shyrock Conventional College (Public)
• Heath Elementary College (Public)
• Rosa Parks Elementary College (Public)
• Saint Henry District College (Personal)
• Anchorage Public College