Congratulations to our 2011 Blue Ribbon School Winners!

Congratulations to the Catholic schools selected as 2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools. The Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors public and private elementary, middle, and high schools that are either academically superior or that demonstrate dramatic gains in student achievement to high levels. Forty-nine private schools were among the 314 awardees this year, including the following schools from the (arch)dioceses of the Mid-Atlantic Catholic Schools Consortium. Click here to view all our Blue Ribbon Schools 2003-2010.

Archdiocese of Washington
Mary of Nazareth Catholic School,Darnestown, MD
St Bartholomew School, Bethesda, MD
St Jane de Chantal School, Bethesda, MD
St Mary's School, Rockville, MD

Diocese of Arlington
St Ann School, Arlington, VA
St Thomas Aquinas Regional School, Woodbridge, VA

Diocese of Richmond
Our Lady of Lourdes School, Richmond, VA 
St Matthew's School, Virginia Beach, VA
Star of the Sea Catholic School, Virginia Beach, VA

Learn more about the U.S. Department of Education 2011 No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon Schools Program.

Private schools are nominated by the Council for American Private Education (CAPE). Application and additional information is on CAPE's website.