A Nacogdoches ISD school was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School.
Nettie Marshall Academy of Dual Language was recognized as one of 349 National Blue Ribbon Schools and was one of 24 schools in Texas.
“The students and staff at Nettie Marshall Academy of Dual Language are to be commended for this recognition,” Nacogdoches ISD interim Superintendent Alton Frailey said on the Nacogdoches ISD website. “We celebrate today with them, as well as parents and volunteers, this remarkable accomplishment. We’re enormously proud of the hard work and all they’ve achieved.”
The coveted National Blue Ribbon Schools award affirms the hard work of educators, families and communities in creating safe and welcoming schools where students master challenging and engaging content.
Now in its 36th year, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program has bestowed recognition on more than 8,800 schools. On November 7 and 8, the Secretary and the Department of Education will celebrate with all honorees at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.
All schools are honored in one of two performance categories, based on all student scores, subgroup student scores and graduation rates:
· Exemplary High Performing Schools are among their state’s highest performing schools as measured by state assessments or nationally normed tests.
· Exemplary Achievement Gap Closing Schools are among their state’s highest performing schools in closing achievement gaps between a school’s subgroups and all students over the past five years.
Up to 420 schools may be nominated each year. The Department invites National Blue Ribbon School nominations from the top education official in all states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Department of Defense Education Activity and the Bureau of Indian Education. Private schools are nominated by The Council for American Private Education (CAPE).
Other Texas schools named National Blue Ribbon Schools:
- A.W. Jackson Elementary School - Rosenberg
- Anne L. Magee Elementary School - Edinburg
- Arrow Academy Liberation Charter School - Meadows Place
- Carmen Anaya Elementary School - Pharr
- Cesar Chavez Elementary School - Pharr
- Challenge Early College High School - Houston
- Dishman Elementary School - Combes
- East Early College High School - Houston
- Golden Rule Sunnyside Campus - Cockrell Hill
- Hargill Elementary School - Edinburg
- IDEA Mission Academy - Mission
- J.C. Kelly Elementary School - Pharr
- Jesus A. Kawas Elementary School - Laredo
- Jimmy Carter Early College High School - La Joya
- Mercedes Early College Academy - Mercedes
- Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions - Houston
- Mission Early College High School - El Paso
- Mumford Elementary School - Mumford
- Nettie Marshall Academy Of Dual Language - Nacogdoches
- Northwest Early College High School - El Paso
- Saint John Paul II Catholic School - Houston
- Valley View Elementary School - Pharr
- Valley View South Elementary School - Pharr
- Walcott Elementary School - Hereford
