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Riverside County Superintendent of Schools Kenneth M. Young congratulates Riverside County’s new Distinguished Schools
Kenneth M. Young, Riverside County Superintendent of Schools, today (April 2, 2009) congratulated 12 Riverside County schools selected as 2009 California Distinguished Schools, an annual award that recognizes some of the state's most exemplary public schools.
“The criteria for being a Distinguished School have become more rigorous,” Young said. “So we are honored to have a dozen additional schools in the county receive the Distinguished School designation. This reflects a lot of hard work by students, staff, and school districts to reach this level of performance.”
An awards ceremony honoring the Distinguished Schools will be held Friday, May 29 at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim. The schools named by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell today include:
1) Arizona Middle School, Alvord Unified School District
2) El Cerrito Middle School, Corona-Norco Unified School District
3) John F. Kennedy Middle College High, Corona-Norco Unified School District
4) John Glenn Middle School of International Studies, Desert Sands Unified School District
5) Hemet High School, Hemet Unified School District
6) Lakeland Village Middle School, Lake Elsinore Unified School District
7) Terra Cotta Middle School, Lake Elsinore Unified School District
8) Vista Murrieta High School, Murrieta Valley Unified School District
9) Nuview Bridge Early College High School, Nuview Union School District
10) Martin Luther King High School, Riverside Unified School District
11) Chaparral High School, Temecula Valley Unified School District
12) Great Oak High School, Temecula Valley Unified School District
The complete list of 136 middle schools and 125 high schools in the state named as Distinguished Schools may be viewed at: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/sr/cs/. To read the press release from Jack O’Connell, go to: http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr09/yr09rel48.asp
For information contact:
Rick Peoples,
Public Information Officer
Telephone: (951) 826-6642
Fax: (951) 826-6199
rpeoples@rcoe.us
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