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Blue Ribbon Schools Named - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education)

Blue Ribbon Schools Named - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education):

State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Nominates


35 California Schools for National Blue Ribbon Honor

SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today announced the selection of 35 public schools as California's nominees to the 2012 National Blue Ribbon Schools Program (BRSP), which recognizes some of the highest-performing and most improved schools in the nation. The list of schools is attached.
"These schools all share a deep commitment to the education and well-being of their students," said Torlakson. "We've recognized them on the state level, and now I hope their outstanding work and remarkable progress will be further spotlighted nationally."
Each year the U.S. Department of Education outlines the categories for nomination. In 2012 there are two categories:
Exemplary High-Performing Schools: Schools that achieve at least the 85th percentile statewide in the percent of students scoring proficient or advanced in English-language arts and mathematics on the state assessments. Schools nominated in this category may or may not have at least 40 percent of their students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Exemplary Improving Schools: Schools with at least 40 percent of their students from a disadvantaged background that are also among the top 10 percent of schools in the state showing the greatest improvement in the percent of students scoring proficient or advanced in ELA and mathematics on the state assessments over the last five years.
To be eligible for preliminary nomination for the 2012 award, a school must have made the federal goals as outlined in Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in 2011 and 2010 and also made its state Academic Performance Index (API) targets (school-wide and for all numerically significant student groups) in 2011 and 2010.
For final nomination as a 2012 BRSP, a school must meet all of its 2012 API and AYP targets, including those for the school overall and for all numerically significant student groups. The final nomination check is completed in August/September of 2012.
Based on student population, California may nominate up to 35 qualified schools each year.
The National BRSP is part of a larger U. S. Department of Education effort to identify and disseminate knowledge about best school leadership and teaching practices. For more information on the federal program, please visit: Awards - Blue Ribbon Schools Program (Outside Source).
Attachment

California's 2012 National Blue Ribbon School Nominees
(Amended 1-19-12*)

County
District
School
Alameda
Oakland Unified
Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy
Alameda
Fremont Unified
J. Haley Durham Elementary
Alameda
Piedmont City Unified
Piedmont High
Alameda
Fremont Unified
William Hopkins Junior High
Los Angeles
Glendale Unified
Anderson W. Clark Magnet High
Los Angeles
Bonita Unified
Arma J. Shull Elementary
Los Angeles
Arcadia Unified
Baldwin Stocker Elementary
Los Angeles
Torrance Unified
Bert M. Lynn Middle
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Unified
Clover Avenue Elementary
Los Angeles
East Whittier City Elementary
Evergreen Elementary
Los Angeles
ABC Unified
Joe A. Gonsalves Elementary
Los Angeles
Newhall
Stevenson Ranch Elementary
Monterey
Soledad Unified
Frank Ledesma Elementary*
Orange
Orange Unified
Fairhaven Elementary
Orange
Irvine Unified
Lakeside Middle
Orange
Santa Ana Unified
Manuel Esqueda Elementary
Orange
Los Alamitos Unified
Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle
Orange
Fullerton Joint Union High
Sunny Hills High
Riverside
Menifee Union Elementary
Evans Ranch Elementary
San Bernardino
Redlands Unified
Judson & Brown Elementary
San Bernardino
San Bernardino City Unified
Lytle Creek Elementary
San Diego
San Diego Unified
Edison Elementary
San Diego
Chula Vista Elementary
Palomar Elementary
San Diego
San Diego Unified
San Diego International Studies
San Francisco
San Francisco Unified
Alice Fong Yu Alternative School
San Francisco
San Francisco Unified
Lowell High
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Coastal Unified
Teach Elementary
San Mateo
Redwood City Elementary
North Star Academy
San Mateo
Woodside Elementary
Woodside Elementary
Santa Clara
Palo Alto Unified
Herbert Hoover Elementary
Santa Clara
Santa Clara Unified
Millikin Elementary
Santa Clara
Los Altos Elementary
Oak Avenue Elementary
Santa Clara
Cupertino Union
R. I. Meyerholz Elementary
Ventura
Ventura Unified
Foothill Technology High
Yuba
Plumas Lake School Elementary
Rio Del Oro Elementary *
* New schools added
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Tom Torlakson — State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Communications Division, Room 5206, 916-319-0818, Fax 916-319-01