Trautmann Elementary School nominated for the 2016 National Blue Ribbon Honors
Written by admin, Jan 14, 2016, Comments Off
Courtesy Rocio Moore,
(Laredo, Texas)-Trautmann Elementary School was nominated for the 2016 Blue Ribbon Schools Award informed the Texas Education Agency. TEA announced the nomination of 26 Texas public schools for this prestigious recognition. The award honors schools for academic excellence and making significant progress in closing the achievement gap. This is the second nomination for Trautmann Elementary, in 2010 the school received this prestigious award during a ceremony in Washington D.C.
Trautmann Elementary is the only school from Laredo, Texas nominated in 2016 for the National Blue Ribbon Honors.
Founded in 1982, Blue Ribbon Schools is a U.S. Department of Education program that recognizes public and private elementary, middle and high schools where students perform at very high levels or where significant improvements are being made in students’ academic achievement. A National Blue Ribbon Schools flag overhead has become a mark of excellence in education recognized by everyone from parents to policy-makers in thousands of communities. Since the program’s founding, the U. S. Department of Education has bestowed this coveted award on more than 7,000 of America’s schools.
All schools that have been nominated for the 2016 honor were selected as exemplary high performing schools as measured by state assessments or nationally normed tests. Each school has an economically disadvantaged population of 20 percent or greater.
The nominated schools must now complete a rigorous application process through the U.S. Department of Education. Announcements of the national award winners will be made in September 2016. Schools that receive the award are recognized at the Blue Ribbon Schools awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.
