McClure
Named National Blue Ribbon School!
Earlier
today, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan's office recognized McClure Junior
High School as one of only 304 schools across the country to receive the
prestigious 2010 National Blue Ribbon School Award!
The
Illinois State Board of Education nominated McClure as one of twenty schools
from our State to be considered by the Department of Education for what is
considered to be the highest award given to a school for sustained excellence
in student performance and/or improvement over time. In receiving this award,
it is important to know:
*
McClure is one of 304 public/private schools named in 2010, out of 132,000
public/private schools across the U.S.
* 420
schools were nominated by their States for this award. The 304 schools named
represents 72.4% of those nominated.
*
Illinois had 19 schools recognized for this award; 9 were middle schools.
* There
were 84 middle schools recognized from across the country.
Principal
Dan Chick and a teacher representative from McClure will be recognized at a
ceremony presided by Secretary Duncan in Washington, DC on November 15 and 16.
You can
find more information on the National Blue Ribbon School Award at the link
below:
http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/awards.html
Congratulations,
McClure!