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MAY-28-1993 15:04 FROM 7845204 TO 97843462 P.03 BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS PROGRAM Through the Department of Education, President Bush has initiated AMERICA 2000. This Ions- term strategy has been designed to help move the nation towardh e AsixMERNational Education calls Croals tthat the President and the governors adopted in 1990. In part, for significant improvement in today's schools and for anew generation of break-the-mold schools, perfectly with this national agenda by showing that schools The Blue Ribbon 5choola Program fits mples of what break-the-mold programs and practices can achieve =acme and by providing might be. m identifies and g national recognition to a diverse group of The Blue Ribbon Schools Program public and private schools that are unusually effective in meeting local,state,and national goals and in educating all of their students. The Program seeks to promote school improvement _vethamentparat at�In through the collaborative self-evaluation required of local addition, recognized schools serve as models for other schools and communities seeking to provide high quality education for all their students. Which Schools May Be Nominated? Public and private schools from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Ricooo , and the U.S. Virgin Islands,as well as Bureau of Indian Affairs and Department of Defense Dependents may be nominated. Elementary and secondary schools are eligible to participate in the Blue Ribbon Schools Program in alternate years. 8hrough may participate in the elementary Elementary schools with some combination oasf grades of through 1.2 and i through 12 schools are program. Identifiably distinct elementary Po also eligible for consideration. High schools and junior high schools arc eligible to participate t in the secondary program. Speai-icall.Y, schools with some combination of grades 5 through 12, as well as identifiably distinct secondary components of K through 12 and 1 through 12 schools, are eligible for consideration. Middle schools may choose to participate in either the elementary or the secondary program How Are Schools Chosen? Each state administers its own program for selecting public schools to be nominated to the national level. Chief state school ofScers make their nominations to the U.S.Department of Education. The TheEdutations. Ed Councilfor number of schools each may nominate is indeed to the state's pop American Private Education nominates private schools, and officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs ens Schools nominate their schools. the Department of Defense Depend