Three Ventura County Schools Win National Blue Ribbon Honors

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Three Ventura County Schools were named National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2016 today by U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King, Jr. The Blue Ribbon Schools are selected based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups. The Ventura County winners are among just 279 public and 50 private schools to be selected nationwide. The local winners are:

Environmental Academy of Research Technology and Earth Sciences
Conejo Valley Unified School District

Vista Elementary School
Simi Valley Unified School District

Westlake High School
Conejo Valley Unified School District

“This honor belongs to the hard-working teachers, students and administrators who make educational excellence a top priority,” said Ventura County Superintendent of Schools Stan Mantooth. “We congratulate them on their dedication and join them in celebrating this achievement.”

The U.S. Department of Education will formally recognize the winners at an awards ceremony in Arlington, Virginia on November 7 and 8, 2016. The honored schools include public and non-public elementary, middle and high schools, including traditional, charter, magnet schools, parochial and independent schools in 42 States, the District of Colombia as well as Department of Defense Education Activity schools.

The National Blue Ribbon Schools award affirms the success of educators, students and families in creating safe and welcoming schools where students master challenging content. The National Blue Ribbon Schools flag gracing a school’s building is a widely recognized symbol of exemplary teaching and learning. National Blue Ribbon Schools are an inspiration and a model for schools still striving for excellence. Now in its 34th year, the U. S. Department of Education has bestowed this coveted award on fewer than 8,500 schools.

A list of the winning California schools is below and the complete list of all of the honorees is available at: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2016/national.pdf.


California's National Blue Ribbon Public Schools for 2016

County

District

School

Alameda

Oakland USD

Hillcrest Elementary

Alameda

Oakland USD

Thornhill Elementary

Contra Costa

Mt. Diablo USD

Strandwood Elementary

Fresno

Fresno USD

Edison Computech

Los Angeles

Hawthorne

Hawthorne Math And Science Academy

Los Angeles

Los Angeles USD

Kipp Los Angeles College Preparatory

Los Angeles

Los Angeles USD

Wonderland Avenue Elementary

Los Angeles

Palos Verdes Peninsula

Point Vicente Elementary

Los Angeles

Santa Monica-Malibu

Edison Elementary

Los Angeles

West Covina USD

San Jose Charter Academy

Marin

San Rafael City Elementary

Sun Valley Elementary

Orange

Garden Grove

A. J. Cook Elementary

Orange

Los Alamitos

Francis Hopkinson Elementary

Orange

Tustin USD

Tustin Memorial Elementary

Placer

Rocklin USD

Rocklin Academy

San Bernardino

San Bernardino City

Richardson Prep Hi

San Bernardino

Victor Valley Union High

University Preparatory

San Diego

Chula Vista Elementary

Arroyo Vista Charter

San Diego

Poway USD

Creekside Elementary

San Diego

San Diego USD

La Jolla Elementary

San Diego

San Marcos USD

Paloma Elementary

San Francisco

San Francisco USD

Lafayette Elementary

San Mateo

Menlo Park City

Laurel Elementary

Santa Barbara

Los Olivos Elementary

Los Olivos Elementary

Santa Clara

Evergreen Elementary

Evergreen Elementary

Sonoma

Santa Rosa High

Santa Rosa Accelerated Charter

Ventura

Conejo Valley USD

Environmental Academy of Research Technology and Earth Sciences

Ventura

Conejo Valley USD

Westlake High

Ventura

Simi Valley USD

Vista Elementary