Fourteen Pennsylvania schools awarded Blue Ribbon status

"our failing public schools",,,,,

Fourteen Pennsylvania schools awarded Blue Ribbon status; Principal Karen Daugherty of Rose Tree Elementary School in Media one of seven  honored for outstanding leadership

Education Secretary Celebrates Top Schools and Their Leaders at 2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools Awards Ceremony

Seven principals honored with Terrel H. Bell Awards for outstanding leadership in challenging situations

US Department of education NOVEMBER 15, 2011

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today honored 315 schools as the 2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools at an awards luncheon at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. The Blue Ribbon School award honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools that have helped close the achievement gap and whose students attain and maintain high academic goals. The schools—266 public and 49 private—are among more than 6,000 that have received the coveted award over the past 29 years.

http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/education-secretary-celebrates-top-schools-and-their-leaders-2011-national-blue-

·                                 2011 Blue Ribbon Schools

There are 14 Pennsylvania schools on the 2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools list:

Aiken Elementary School

881 Greentree Road

Pittsburgh, PA 15220-3400

Principal: Mrs. Bobbi-Ann Barnes

Carbondale Area Elementary School

103 Brooklyn Street

Route 6

Carbondale, PA 18407-2207

Principal: Dr. Paul Kaczmarcik

Case Avenue Elementary School

36 Case Avenue

Sharon, PA 16146-3424

Principal: Ms. Traci Valentino

Central High School

1700 W. Olney Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19141-1198

Principal: Dr. Sheldon Pavel

Coebourn Elementary School

1 Coebourn Boulevard

Brookhaven, PA 19015-1641

Principal: Dr. Holly Acosta

Corpus Christi Catholic School

920 Sumneytown Pike

Lansdale, PA 19446-0194

Principal: Mrs. Wanda Costello

Forest City Regional Elementary School

100 Susquehanna Street

Forest City, PA 18421-1355

Principal: Mr. Kenneth Swartz

Memorial Elementary School

500 Market Street

Bloomsburg, PA 17815-2134

Principal: Mr. Ryan Moran

Nativity of Our Lord School

585 W. Street Road

Warminster, PA 18974-3292

Principal: Ms. Roselee Maddaloni

New Eagle Elementary School

507 Pugh Road

Wayne, PA 19087-1906

Principal: Ms. Karen Whyte

Northern Bedford County Elementary School

217 NBC Drive

Loysburg, PA 16659-9549

Principal: Ms. Carol Louden

Pleasant Valley Elementary School

250 East McMurray Road

McMurray, PA 15317-2948

Principal: Mr. Michael Fisher

Pocopson Elementary School

1105 Pocopson Road

West Chester, PA 19382-7049

Principal: Dr. Andrew McLaughlin

Rose Tree Elementary School

1101 First Avenue

Media, PA 19063-1206

Principal: Ms. Karen Daugherty