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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Graham Road Elementary School Named Blue Ribbon School by U.S. Department of Education
Graham Road Elementary School, a Fairfax County public school, has been named a 2008 Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. Graham Road is one of ten Virginia schools honored as either academically superior or having demonstrated dramatic gains in student achievement.
All the public 2008 Blue Ribbon Schools earned awards earlier this year through the Virginia Index of Performance program that recognizes schools and divisions that exceed state and federal accountability standards. At that time, Graham Road received the Virginia Board of Education’s VIP Excellence Award.
The Blue Ribbon Schools program was established in 1982 to spotlight the country’s most successful schools. The program, which allows both elementary and secondary schools to be recognized in the same year, was renamed and modified last year to emphasize the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act.
The U.S. Department of Education will honor Virginia’s Blue Ribbon Schools during an awards ceremony in October. Principal Molly Bensinger-Lacy and one teacher will be invited to the ceremony to receive a plaque and a flag signifying their school’s Blue Ribbon status.
### Note: For more information, contact the FCPS Department of Communications and Community Outreach at 571-423-1200.
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