Loyal Heights Elementary is one of ten schools in the Seattle School District honored this morning for winning the statewide Washington Achievement Award for overall excellence. The schools were selected based on their statewide assessment data for the three previous years. Loyal Heights won the same award in 2009.
Other Seattle schools honored at a ceremony at Lincoln High School in Tacoma this morning were:
• Catharine Blaine K-8
• Bryant Elementary
• Concord International School
• Frantz Coe Elementary
• John Hay Elementary
• McGilvra Elementary
• Mercer Middle School
• Montlake Elementary
• Schmitz Park Elementary
Three other Seattle schools were recognized in language arts, math, and extended graduation rate.