TIGER FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY INVITED
A community-wide celebration will be held, Dec. 2 at 12:30 p.m. inside Murray State University’s Lovett Auditorium in recognition of Murray Elementary School being named as a National Blue Ribbon School. Tiger families, staff and community members are invited. Murray Elementary School was one of five Kentucky public schools recognized recently in Washington, D.C. as a 2019 National Blue Ribbon School.
The U.S. Department of Education (USED) National Blue Ribbon program recognizes outstanding schools throughout the United States based on their overall academic excellence. The other four Kentucky schools that received the honor include Barret Traditional Middle in Jefferson County, East Valley Elementary in Morgan County, Perryville Elementary in Boyle County, and Shopville Elementary in Pulaski County.
Murray Elementary is one of the 362 public and private schools recognized this year for the prestigious honor. In its 37-year history, the national Blue Ribbon Schools program has become a trademark of excellence and a symbol of exemplary teaching and learning recognized by everyone from parents to policy-makers. The program recognizes schools in one of two performance categories: Exemplary High Performing Schools and Exemplary Achievement Gap Closing Schools
Murray Elementary’s National Blue Ribbon’s school profile can be viewed on the National Blue Ribbon Schools program site.