{"id":4225,"date":"2017-01-12T13:21:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T19:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/?p=4225"},"modified":"2017-01-12T13:21:20","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T19:21:20","slug":"26-texas-schools-nominated-for-2017-national-blue-ribbon-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/26-texas-schools-nominated-for-2017-national-blue-ribbon-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"26 Texas Schools Nominated for 2017 National Blue Ribbon Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3663 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/teaw-listservbanner-revised-5-29-14_original-450x79.jpg\" alt=\"teaw-listservbanner-revised-5-29-14_original\" width=\"450\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/teaw-listservbanner-revised-5-29-14_original-450x79.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/teaw-listservbanner-revised-5-29-14_original-518x91.jpg 518w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/teaw-listservbanner-revised-5-29-14_original-82x14.jpg 82w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/teaw-listservbanner-revised-5-29-14_original-600x105.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/teaw-listservbanner-revised-5-29-14_original-550x97.jpg 550w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/teaw-listservbanner-revised-5-29-14_original.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">AUSTIN \u2013 The Texas Education Agency today announced the nomination of 26 Texas public schools for national 2017 Blue Ribbon Schools recognition.<\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0The nominated schools in Texas include the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Amarillo ISD \u2013 Whittier Elementary School<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Banquete ISD \u2013 Banquete Elementary School<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span class=\"s3\">Birdville ISD \u2013 Smithfield Elementary School<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dallas ISD \u2013 Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dallas ISD \u2013 Dallas Environmental Science Academy<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dallas ISD \u2013 Irma Lerma Rangel Women\u2019s Leadership School<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Edinburg CISD \u2013 Austin Elementary School<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Edinburg CISD \u2013 Jefferson Elementary School<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">El Paso ISD \u2013 Green Elementary School<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">El Paso ISD \u2013 Silva Health Magnet<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Galveston ISD \u2013 Austin Middle School<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Gunter ISD \u2013 Gunter Elementary School<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Houston ISD \u2013 Eastwood Academy<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Houston ISD \u2013 Lyons Elementary School<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Jim Ned CISD \u2013 Lawn Elementary School\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Judson ISD \u2013 Crestview Elementary School<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">KIPP Houston \u2013 KIPP Shine Prep<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">La Porte ISD \u2013 Jennie Reid Elementary School<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Laredo ISD \u2013 Hector J. Garcia Early College High School<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Los Fresnos ISD \u2013 Rancho Verde Elementary School<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Montgomery ISD \u2013 Montgomery Intermediate School<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Oakwood ISD \u2013 Oakwood Elementary School<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">San Antonio ISD \u2013 Travis Early College High School<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Whitehouse ISD \u2013 Stanton-Smith Elementary School<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Wylie ISD \u2013 RF Hartman Elementary School<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ysleta ISD \u2013 Valle Verde Early College High School<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><br \/>\nAll schools that have been nominated for the 2017 honor were selected as exemplary high performing schools as measured by state assessments. Each school has an economically disadvantaged population of 22 percent or greater.<\/p>\n<p>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 2017.\u00a0 Schools that receive the award are recognized at the Blue Ribbon Schools awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN \u2013 The Texas Education Agency today announced the nomination of 26 Texas public schools for national 2017 Blue Ribbon Schools recognition. 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.\u00a0The nominated schools in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[104,88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bisdshines","category-smithfield-elementary"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p76FL9-169","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4226,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4225\/revisions\/4226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}