Hopewell School has been designated as a 2009 National Blue Ribbon School.

"Blue Ribbon Schools are models of improved student achievement from which others can take inspiration."
                                    -U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Ducan

The U.S. Department of Education directs the Blue Ribbon Schools program. The program honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools that either:

• Have placed in the top 10 percent on state or national assessments; or
• Have shown dramatic improvement in student performance to high levels on state or national assessments.

314 public and private schools achieved this status, out of more than 120,000 public and private schools in the nation.

Blue Ribbon Schools are models of improved student achievement from which others can take inspiration. There are no "one-size-fits-all" approaches, but these schools provide ideas and strategies that other schools may be able to adapt to their own unique needs.