CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Sixty-five schools from across West Virginia, including elementary schools, middle schools, high schools and career technical centers, were honored Monday for achieving Exemplary Accreditation status. Two schools that earlier were named National Blue Ribbon Schools also were recognized for their achievement.
“We have high expectations for all schools in West Virginia and these schools have achieved the state board’s highest level of recognition,” said West Virginia Board of Education President Priscilla Haden. “This accomplishment speaks highly of the quality of education throughout West Virginia, with schools from every area of our state identified as exemplary. Educators, parents, students and communities serving our schools understand that quality is important and are working hard to ensure students succeed. We encourage them to keep up the good work.”
Exemplary distinction is the gold standard of educational achievement, said Kenna Seal, director of the Office of Education Performance Audits. Schools must meet a set of rigorous standards to achieve such status:
Career technical centers also have strenuous criteria to meet. Such schools must meet a minimum of 70 percent of proficiency standards across all concentrations; have a 90 percent placement rate; and a 65 percent in-field job placement and continuing education rate, among other requirements. The following schools earned 2009-2010 Exemplary Accreditation status:
Barbour | Kasson Elementary/Middle School |
Berkeley | Hedgesville Elementary School |
Berkeley | Marlowe Elementary School |
Braxton | Davis Elementary School |
Brooke | Beech Bottom Primary School |
Brooke | Franklin Primary School |
Brooke | Lauretta B. Millsop Primary School |
Cabell | Geneva Kent Elementary School |
Harrison | Johnson Elementary School |
Harrison | Simpson Elementary School |
Harrison | Bridgeport Middle School |
Harrison | Bridgeport High School |
Jackson | Evans Elementary School |
Jackson | Ravenswood Middle School |
Jefferson | C. W. Shipley Elementary School |
Jefferson | Shepherdstown Elementary School |
Jefferson | Shepherdstown Middle School |
Kanawha | Chamberlain Elementary School |
Kanawha | Holz Elementary School |
Kanawha | Kenna Elementary School |
Kanawha | Montrose Elementary School |
Kanawha | Overbrook Elementary School |
Kanawha | Ruthlawn Elementary School |
Kanawha | Weberwood Elementary School |
Kanawha | John Adams Middle School |
Kanawha | George Washington High School |
Logan | Justice Elementary School |
Logan | Verdunville Elementary School |
Marion | East Dale Elementary School |
Marion | Fairview Elementary School |
Marion | Fairmont Senior High School |
Monongalia | Cheat Lake Elementary School |
Monongalia | Easton Elementary School |
Monongalia | North Elementary School |
Monongalia | Suncrest Primary School |
Monongalia | Suncrest Middle School |
Ohio | Bethlehem Elementary School |
Ohio | Steenrod Elementary School |
Ohio | West Liberty Elementary School |
Ohio | Woodsdale Elementary School |
Ohio | Triadelphia Middle School |
Ohio | Warwood Middle School |
Putnam | Confidence Elementary School |
Putnam | Eastbrook Elementary School |
Putnam | Hometown Elementary School |
Putnam | Poca Elementary School |
Putnam | Scott Teays Elementary School |
Putnam | West Teays Elementary School |
Putnam | Poca Middle School |
Putnam | Hurricane High School |
Putnam | Winfield High School |
Raleigh | Hollywood Elementary School |
Raleigh | Maxwell Hill Elementary School |
Randolph | Pickens Elementary/High School |
Upshur | Union Elementary School |
Wood | Greenmont Elementary School |
Wood | Jackson Middle School |
Wyoming | Mullens Middle School |
Kanawha | Ben Franklin Career Technical Center |
Kanawha | Garnet Career Center |
Mineral | Mineral County Career and Technical Center |
Pocahontas | Pocahontas County High School |
Wayne | Spring Valley High School |
Wayne | Tolsia High School |
Wayne | Wayne High School |
To qualify as National Blue Ribbon Schools, public schools must have at least 40 percent of their students from disadvantaged backgrounds that dramatically improve student performance on state tests or have students, regardless of background, achieve in the top 10 percent of their state on state tests.
Hancock | Liberty Elementary School |
Wirt | Wirt County High School |
For more information, contact the OEPA at (304) 558-3788, or the Office of the Communications at (304) 558-2699. To view photo from the event, click here: http://wvde.state.wv.us/tt/2009/ex2009.