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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 10, 2015

Contact: Deidra Powell, Chief Communications Officer, deidra.powell@sausd.us, (916) 534-6559 Mobile

SAUSD’s Middle College High School to Celebrate National Blue Ribbon Honor with Ceremony

(December 10, 2015) – To celebrate the recognition of Middle College High School in the Santa Ana Unified School District being recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School for its excellence in providing high learning standards for students, a ceremony will be held on Friday, December 11, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at Phillips Hall, located on the campus of Santa Ana College, 1530 West 17th Street, Santa Ana.

Middle College High School joins 334 other schools across the United States with the prestigious distinction of being selected a National Blue Ribbon school for their overall academic excellence and their progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups – clearly a demonstration that all students can achieve to high levels.” I’m extremely proud to be the principal of a school with students that work so hard and teachers that put in such an amazing amount of effort to make sure that each student’s needs are being met,” said Dr. Kathy Apps, Principal of Middle College High School. Continue reading→

SANTA ANA, CA — September 9, 2010 – Santa Ana Unified School District’s (SAUSD) Carl Harvey Elementary School has been selected as a 2010 National Blue Ribbon School. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today named Carl Harvey Elementary as one of 304 elite schools to achieve this status, out of more than 120,000 public and private schools nationwide.

This top award honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools that are either academically superior, or have made dramatic gains in student achievement and helped close gaps in achievement among minority and disadvantaged students. With an Academic Performance Index above 800, Carl Harvey Elementary School is a 2009-10 California Distinguished School as well as a Title I Achieving School for the past two years.

Each year since 1982, the U.S. Department of Education has identified schools where students attain and maintain high academic achievement. The Blue Ribbon School Program honors public and private schools based on one of two criteria: 1) Schools whose students, regardless of backgrounds, are high performing. These are schools ranked among the State’s highest performing schools as measured by their performance on State assessments in English Language Acquisition (ELA) and mathematics; and 2) Schools with at least 40 percent of their students from disadvantaged backgrounds that improve student performance to high levels as measured by the school’s performance on State assessments or Nationally-normed tests.

“Our nation has a responsibility to help all children realize their full potential,” Duncan said. “Schools honored with the Blue Ribbon Schools award are committed to achievement and to ensuring that students learn and succeed. Their work reflects the conviction that every child has promise and must receive a quality education.”

An awards ceremony honoring the schools will be held on November 15-16 in Washington, D.C. In the past 28 years, more than 6,000 of America’s schools have received this coveted award, including SAUSD’s Middle College High School in 2009. For more information about Carl Harvey Elementary School log on to http://www.sausd.us/.

U.S. Department of Education, Blue Ribbon Schools Program http://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/index.html

BRS Program Fact Sheet – 2010

BRS Program Background – 2010