Ann Marie Bush, Communications Specialist (785) 296-7921 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 7, 2016 Governor s Award recognizes top-performing schools TOPEKA Thirty-six Kansas elementary schools, 10 middle/junior high schools and 11 high schools were recently recognized as part of the annual Governor s Achievement Awards, honoring top-performing schools in the state. In order to receive a Governor s Award, schools had to receive building-level Assessment Performance Index scores in the top 80 percent in math and reading. Schools also had to be in the top 5 percent of elementary schools or high schools. The Governor s Award recognizes a school s high expectations for student success and the ability of the school community and culture to work together to assist students in reaching those high expectations, said Kansas Commissioner of Education Randy Watson. Congratulations to the Governor s Achievement Award recipients for 2016! Schools receiving this award are as follows:
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Apollo Elementary School, Unified School District 265 Goddard Bentwood Elementary School, USD 233 Olathe Blue Ridge Elementary School, USD 473 Chapman Cedar Hills Elementary School, USD 229 Blue Valley Centralia Elementary School, USD 380 Vermillion Clear Creek Elementary School, USD 232 De Soto Corinth Elementary School, USD 512 Shawnee Mission Corpus Christi Catholic School, Kansas City Catholic Diocese Cottonwood Point Elementary School, USD 229 Blue Valley Edgerton Elementary School, USD 231 Gardner Edgerton Good Shepherd School, Kansas City Catholic Diocese Harmony Elementary School, USD 229 Blue Valley Heartland Elementary School, USD 229 Blue Valley Holy Family School, Dodge City Catholic Diocese Holy Spirit Catholic School, Wichita Catholic Diocese Holy Trinity Elementary School, Kansas City Catholic Diocese Lakewood Elementary School, USD 229 Blue Valley Manchester Park Elementary School, USD 233 Olathe
Mill Creek Elementary School, USD 512 Shawnee Mission Mission Trail Elementary School, USD 229 Blue Valley Morse Elementary School, USD 229 Blue Valley Oak Hill Elementary School, USD 229 Blue Valley Piper Elementary School, USD 203 Piper-Kansas City Prairie Creek Elementary School, USD 230 Spring Hill Prairie Star Elementary School, USD 229 Blue Valley Ray Marsh Elementary School, USD 512 Shawnee Mission Regency Place Elementary School, USD 233 Olathe St. Patrick Catholic Elementary School, Wichita Catholic Diocese St. Paul Lutheran Elementary School, Lutheran Schools (Topeka) Stilwell Elementary School, USD 229 Blue Valley Sunrise Point Elementary School, USD 229 Blue Valley Sunset Ridge Elementary School, USD 229 Blue Valley Timber Creek Elementary School, USD 229 Blue Valley Tipton Community School, USD 272 Waconda Westwood View Elementary School, USD 512 Shawnee Mission Wheatland Elementary School, USD 385 Andover
MIDDLE SCHOOLS Blue Valley Middle School, USD 229 Blue Valley Discovery Intermediate School, USD 265 Goddard Harmony Middle School, USD 229 Blue Valley Holy Cross Catholic School, Kansas City Catholic Diocese Lakewood Middle School, USD 229 Blue Valley Leawood Middle School, USD 229 Blue Valley Oxford Middle School, USD 229 Blue Valley Pleasant Ridge Middle School, USD 229 Blue Valley Prairie Star Middle School, USD 229 Blue Valley St. Paul Elementary School, Kansas City Catholic Diocese HIGH SCHOOLS Bishop Carroll Catholic High School, Wichita Catholic Diocese Blue Valley High School, USD 229 Blue Valley Blue Valley North High School, USD 229 Blue Valley Blue Valley Northwest High School, USD 229 Blue Valley Blue Valley Southwest High School, USD 229 Blue Valley Hillsboro Middle/High School, USD 410 Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh Olathe Northwest High School, USD 233 Olathe
Shawnee Mission East High School, USD 512 Shawnee Mission St. John High School, Salina Catholic Diocese St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Kansas City Catholic Diocese St. James Academy, Kansas City Catholic Diocese