Best Schools in Westchester
Pennington Elementary School in Mount Vernon, the Greenvale School in Scarsdale and FE Bellows Elementary in Mamaroneck have been awarded the 2009 Blue Ribbon Schools by the Federal Department of Education.
The prestigious Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools that are either academically superior or that demonstrate dramatic gains in student achievement to high levels. Westchester boasts three of the nineteen public schools in the state that were awarded this honor. The schools will be recognized in Washington DC, and serve as models for other schools throughout the nation. No private New York state schools were recognized this year.
Given the recent controversy over President Obama’s speech to the nation’s students about the importance of education and its impact on the country, it is good to see Westchester’s students achieving at such a high level. It is also personally gratifying to see a Mount Vernon school among the top in the nation, given the amount of bad press this district has seen.
Well done Westchester elementary students, teachers, administrators and parents and keep up the good work! Click here to see the full list.