{"id":87507,"date":"2024-09-23T15:48:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T19:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/?p=87507"},"modified":"2025-02-20T08:58:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T13:58:33","slug":"blue-ribbon-schools-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/blue-ribbon-schools-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Maryland Public Schools Named National Blue Ribbon Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">MEDIA CONTACT:<br>Raven Hill, 410-767-0486<br><a href=\"mailto:raven.hill@maryland.gov\">raven.hill@maryland.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Four Maryland Public Schools Named 2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Elementary schools in BCPS, HCPSS and MCPS honored for outstanding academic achievement<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BALTIMORE (September 23, 2024) <\/strong>\u2013 Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona named four Maryland public schools from Baltimore, Howard and Montgomery counties as <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalblueribbonschools.ed.gov\/\">2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s Maryland Blue Ribbon schools are Chapel Hill Elementary, Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS); Worthington Elementary, Howard County Public School System (HCPSS); and Bells Mill Elementary and Woodfield Elementary, both from Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). Bells Mill also received Blue Ribbon School honors in 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe National Blue Ribbon Schools Award is a testament to the exceptional achievements of students and educators at each of these schools,\u201d said <strong>Secretary Cardona<\/strong>. \u201cThe 2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools are raising the bar for our nation\u2019s students, serving as models for effective teaching and intentional collaboration in their schools and communities. As we celebrate their achievements, let us look to these schools for inspiration as we champion education as the foundation of a brighter future for every child.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe State Board is pleased to recognize the achievements of these four exceptional schools,\u201d said <strong>Dr. Joshua L. Michael, State Board of Education President<\/strong>. \u201cThis prestigious honor reflects their unwavering commitment to academic excellence, innovative teaching practices, and the cultivation of a supportive learning environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur Blue Ribbon Schools represent the transformative power of outstanding teaching and learning. They are models of success and progress for schools throughout Maryland,\u201d said <strong>Dr. Carey M. Wright, State Superintendent of Schools<\/strong>. \u201cAs we elevate public education for every child, we commend these four school communities on achieving this tremendous honor and applaud every Blue Ribbon School recognized this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten public and private schools were honored overall in Maryland this year. Approximately 180 Maryland public schools have achieved National Blue Ribbon honors to date. The program began in 1982 and the first awards were given in 1983. Since then, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program has recognized the performance of more than 9,000 schools nationwide for academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>###<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona named four Maryland public schools from Baltimore, Howard and Montgomery counties as 2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":244,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsreleases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/244"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87508,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87507\/revisions\/87508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}