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CONTACT: REL #06-107

Tina Jung

communications@cde.ca.gov

(916) 319-0818 September 22, 2006

STATE SCHOOLS CHIEF JACK O’CONNELL CONGRATULATES BLUE RIBBON WINNERS FOR 2006 SACRAMENTO — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell  congratulated 31 public schools and four private schools in California identified today by U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings as 2006 No Child Left Behind (NCLB)—Blue Ribbon Schools. This list of schools is attached. "I nominated these schools last year for this national distinction because their students made significant gains in academic achievement,” said O’Connell.   "Everyone involved in these students’ lives deserves credit for helping them make these gains that we hope will ultimately help students develop the mastery of skills necessary to be successful adults." NCLB—Blue Ribbon Schools is a national recognition program of the U.S. Department of Education. The 23-year-old program encourages states to nominate public kindergarten through grade twelve schools that are either academically superior or demonstrate dramatic gains in student achievement. Private schools are nominated by the Council for American Private Education. Schools must fit one of the two following categories:  The schools’ student body must be comprised of 40 percent or more disadvantaged students whose level of proficiency places the school at the 60th percentile in English-language arts and mathematics in the highest grade tested when compared to other schools in the state. For all other schools, the school must show a student proficiency level that places the school at the 90th percentile in English-language arts and mathematics in the highest grade tested when compared to other schools in the state. All public school awardees met the federal 2005 and 2006 Adequate Yearly Progress and the Academic Performance Index schoolwide growth targets. The schools were either California Distinguished Schools or, at minimum, met the qualifications required to apply for that state awards program. Nominated schools submitted an application to the U.S. Department of Education. The weight of the criteria rested overwhelmingly on growth and achievement in reading and mathematics over three years, including those for significant subgroups.  The winners will be honored November 9-10, 2006, at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.  For more information on the NCLB—Blue Ribbon Schools Program, please visit http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/awards.html (Outside Source). # # # # Attachment NCLB—Blue Ribbon Schools for 2006 Public Schools County District School Alameda Oakland Unified American Indian Public Charter Alameda Pleasanton Unified Amador Valley High Alameda Pleasanton Unified Foothill High Contra Costa San Ramon Valley Unified California High Contra Costa San Ramon Valley Unified Iron Horse Middle Contra Costa San Ramon Valley Unified Stone Valley Middle Contra Costa West Contra Costa Unified Middle College High Fresno Clovis Unified Nelson Elementary Los Angeles Glendale Unified Clark Magnet High Los Angeles Las Virgenes Unified Calabasas High Los Angeles Long Beach Unified Hill Classical Middle Los Angeles Los Angeles Unified Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High Los Angeles Los Angeles Unified Lemay Street Elementary Los Angeles San Marino Unified San Marino High Los Angeles Torrance Unified Bert M. Lynn Middle Orange Fullerton Joint Union High Troy High Orange Irvine Unified Northwood High Orange Los Alamitos Unified Oak Middle Orange Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified El Dorado High Orange Santa Ana Unified Orange County High School of the Arts Riverside Val Verde Unified Victoriano Elementary Sacramento Rio Linda Union Elementary Westside Preparatory Charter Sacramento San Juan Unified Rio Americano High San Diego National Elementary Ira Harbison Elementary San Diego San Diego Unified Dewey Elementary San Luis Obispo San Luis Coastal Unified Morro Bay High San Luis Obispo Templeton Unified Templeton High San Mateo San Carlos Elementary Central Middle Ventura Conejo Valley Unified Newbury Park High Ventura Conejo Valley Unified Redwood Middle Ventura Ventura Unified Foothill Technology High NCLB—Blue Ribbon Schools for 2006 Private Schools City School Santa Monica Carlthorp School Palm Desert Sacred Heart School Huntington Beach Saint Bonaventure School Tustin St. Cecilia School

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