L-r, Superintendent Randy Ehrenberg, U.S. Dept. of Education Regional Representative Orysia Dmytrenko, Principal Kerry Flynn and Music teacher Amy Kimbler at Loudonville Elementary's Blue Ribbon award.

October 30, 2008 - A representative of the U.S. Department of Education visited Loudonville Elementary today to honor the school for its 2008 Blue Ribbon School award.

Orysia Z. W. Dmytrenko, the Education Department's Regional Representative for Region II, presented Principal Kerry Flynn with a Blue Ribbon certificate and praised the school for its educational efforts.

Loudonville Elementary School was one of just 20 schools in New York State to receive the highly selective Blue Ribbon designation, which honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools that are either academically superior or that demonstrate extraordinary gains in student achievement.
 

Loudonville received the Blue Ribbon designation as a result of several years of outstanding student performance on the New York State math and English Language Arts assessments. Loudonville’s scores were among the top 10 percent of elementary schools for the 2006-07 school year.

In the school’s application, Flynn highlighted Loudonville’s extensive music program, through which students learn to sing, dance, speak, listen, play instruments, write, compose, read, use technology and improvise.

The Blue Ribbon Program was created 26 years ago. During that time, Shaker High School was named a Blue Ribbon School in 1985, Shaker Junior High School received the award twice, in 1993 and 2000, and Southgate Elementary received the award in 1997.
 

For more information about the Blue Ribbon Program, visit: http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/awards.html