Radnor Middle School Named a National Blue Ribbon School

KARA SEYMOUR and STEPHEN SILVER (Patch Staff)

Radnor Middle School has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a National Blue Ribbon School for 2015. The designation is based on its overall academic excellence.

This year, 335 schools have been recognized as National Blue Ribbon Schools. The schools include 285 public and 50 private institutions.

The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program “celebrates some of the most skilled and effective educators in the country.” Blue Ribbon Schools have leaders who “not only articulate a vision of excellence and hold everyone to high standards, they stay close to the real action of teaching and learning,” according to the U.S. Department of Education.

Radnor Middle School, along with the other Blue Ribbon Schools, will be presented with a plaque and a flag during a ceremony in Washington, DC in November.