National Blue Ribbon Schools Program Names 5 From The Hudson Valley

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — The new list of National Blue Ribbon Schools were announced on Friday, and five Hudson Valley schools are on the list.

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona recognized a total of 297 schools for 2022, including 20 schools in New York.

“As our country continues to recover from the pandemic, we know that our future will only be as strong as the education we provide to all of our children," he said in the announcement. "Blue Ribbon Schools have gone above and beyond to keep students healthy and safe while meeting their academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs. These schools show what is possible to make an enduring, positive difference in students’ lives.”

The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups.

The Hudson Valley schools are:

• Bronxville – Bronxville Elementary School, Bronxville Union Free School District
• Chappaqua – Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua Central School District
• Croton-On-Hudson – Croton-Harmon High School, Croton-Harmon Union Free School District
• Hastings-on-Hudson – Hillside Elementary School, Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District
• Nanuet – Nanuet Senior High School, Nanuet Union Free School District.

The other New York schools named were:

• Ballston Lake – Chango Elementary School, Shenendehowa Central School District.
• Bronx – Icahn Charter School 2, Icahn Charter Schools.
• Bronx – New Visions Charter High School for Advanced Math & Science II, New Visions Charter High Schools.
• Bronx – South Bronx Classical Charter III, Classical Charter Schools in the South Bronx, New York.
• Brooklyn – Mazel Day School.
• Delmar – Elsmere Elementary School, Bethlehem Central School District.
• East Setauket – Ward Melville Senior High School, Three Village Central School District.
• Lloyd Harbor – Lloyd Harbor School, Cold Spring Harbor Central School District.
• Lynbrook – Lynbrook Senior High School, Lynbrook Union Free School District.
• New Hartford – New Hartford Senior High School, New Hartford Central School District.
• Orchard Park – Orchard Park High School, Orchard Park Central School District.
• Pittsford – Park Road Elementary School, Pittsford Central School District.
• Saratoga Springs – Lake Avenue Elementary School, Saratoga Springs City School District.
• Skaneateles – Skaneateles Middle School, Skaneateles Central School District.
• Valley Stream – Valley Stream Central High School, Valley Stream Central High School District.

“I applaud all the honorees for the 2022 National Blue Ribbon Schools Award for creating vibrant, welcoming, and affirming school communities where students can learn, grow, reach their potential, and achieve their dreams,” Cardona said. He made the announcement during his Road to Success Back to School bus tour.

With its 39th cohort, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program has bestowed approximately 10,000 awards to more than 9,000 schools. The National Blue Ribbon School award affirms and validates the hard work of students, educators, families, and communities in striving for – and attaining – exemplary achievement.

National Blue Ribbon Schools serve as models of effective school practices for state and district educators and other schools throughout the nation. A National Blue Ribbon School flag gracing a school’s entryway or on a flagpole is a widely recognized symbol of exemplary teaching and learning.

The Department recognizes all schools in one of two performance categories, based on all student scores, subgroup student scores and graduation rates:

• Exemplary High-Performing Schools are among their state’s highest performing schools as measured by state assessments or nationally normed tests.
• Exemplary Achievement Gap-Closing Schools are among their state’s highest performing schools in closing achievement gaps between a school’s student groups and all students.

Up to 420 schools may be nominated each year. The Department invites nominations for the National Blue Ribbon Schools award from the top education official in all states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, the Department of Defense Education Activity, and the Bureau of Indian Education. Private schools are nominated by the Council for American Private Education.