Harriet Eddy Middle School

Harriet G. Eddy Middle School is a middle school in Elk Grove, California, USA. Their mascot is the hornet. The school is managed by the Elk Grove Unified School District. It was named a national Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education in 2000,[1][2] the highest honor a US school can receive.[3][4]

Elk Grove's fourth middle school opened in the fall of 1994 as the feeder school for Laguna Creek High School. It took just three years to build at a cost of $13 million.[5] The school is named for a principal of Elk Grove Union High School (now called Elk Grove High School) who served from 1907 to 1909. Miss Eddy, who got the high school accredited with the formation of the first rural library in California, went on to create county libraries in 40 of the 58 counties of the state as well as in other countries, notably the Soviet Union.

In April 2000, the school won the Oral Language Faire team championship title for the fourth time in five years.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Top Honor for Laguna Middle School". The Sacramento Bee. 2000-05-24. p. B4. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SB&p_theme=sb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB047E2DBBF57F5&p_field_direct-0=document_id. 
  2. ^ "BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS PROGRAM - Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002, US Department of Education
  3. ^ CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
  4. ^ Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."
  5. ^ "New Campuses Dressed Up, Ready for 1st day of School", The Sacramento Bee, August 29, 1994.
  6. ^ "Harriet Eddy Middle School again takes Oral Language title", The Sacramento Bee, April 30, 2000.

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