{"id":28316,"date":"2023-09-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=28316"},"modified":"2023-09-22T06:42:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T06:42:02","slug":"vicenza-elementary-school-honored-as-blue-ribbon-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=28316","title":{"rendered":"Vicenza Elementary School honored as Blue Ribbon School"},"content":{"rendered":"
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VICENZA, Italy \u2014 On Sept. 20, the U.S. Department of Education recognized Vicenza Elementary School as a National Blue Ribbon School for 2023.<\/p>\n

The coveted award identifies the hard work of educators, families, and communities in creating safe and welcoming schools where students master challenging and engaging content.<\/p>\n

Thomas M. Brady, Dept. of Defense Education Activity Director, said he is incredibly proud of the students, staff, and faculty at Vicenza Elementary School.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir dedication to exemplary achievement, as well as strong support from parents and the military community, are reflected in this great honor,\u201d Brady said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This honor is only given to the very best schools who perform or progress at the highest levels. This year only 353 schools out of over 98,000 received this distinction.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am proud of the leadership, dedicated teachers, and staff at Vicenza Elementary School for their remarkable achievement,\u201d said Dr. Michelle Howard-Brahaney, DoDEA-Europe Director for Student Excellence. \u201cThis recognition from the U.S. Department of Education underscores their unwavering commitment to providing a world-class education for the children of our nation’s military families.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This is such a special recognition that less than 1% of public schools across the nation receive this honor each year and this is the only DoDEA school recognized this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dedication of the leaders, teachers, staff, and students continues to shine through, and I am humbled and honored to be a part of it,\u201d said Dr. Jeff Arrington, DoDEA-Europe South Superintendent. \u201cWe have the privilege to serve families that serve and protect our nation by providing military-connected students with a nurturing environment to learn and grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

When hearing of the announcement, U.S. Army Garrison Italy Commander, Col. Scott Horrigan, congratulated the school on his Instagram page.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur families are lucky to have such dedicated faculty and teachers committed to our kids,\u201d Horrigan said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Last year two other schools in DoDEA South were awarded this same honor, the Naples, Italy and Rota, Spain Elementary Schools.<\/p>\n

For more information on the National Blue Ribbon School award click here<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Randall Jackson, USAG Italy Public Affairs, contributed to this report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Col. Scott Horrigan and other senior leaders from the Vicenza Military Community took part in back to school activities at Vicenza Elementary School. (Photo Credit: Stefanie Mosley) VIEW ORIGINAL VICENZA, Italy \u2014 On Sept. 20, the U.S. Department of Education recognized Vicenza Elementary School as a National Blue Ribbon School for 2023. The coveted award […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28318,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28316"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28321,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28316\/revisions\/28321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}