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St. Francis School is proud to be awarded the Blue Ribbon Award from the New Hampshire Partners in Education for the 11th year running! NH Partners in Education (NHPIE) is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of education in New Hampshire through school volunteerism and community involvement. NHPIE helps establish, implement and strengthen volunteer programs for schools and their communities. Annually, NHPIE recognizes a school's outstanding volunteer program with the Blue Ribbon Achievement Award. "The Award", co-sponsored by NH Partners in Education (NHPIE) and the NH Dept. of Education, provides recognition for those schools whose cooperative efforts with their respective communities have yielded outstanding volunteer programs. Schools receiving the award must meet nine criteria including: An organized volunteer program with an identified coordinator Four times the number of hours as there are students in the school Orientation for teachers Orientation and training for volunteers Established goals for the program Systematic evaluation of the program Appropriate recognition of volunteers
Presidential Awards Given at St. Francis of Assisi School  The President's Education Awards Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education in partnership with the National Association of Elementary School Principals. It recognizes those students who have achieved high academic goals. St. Francis acknowledged eleven students in grades 4 through 6 for the President's Award for Educational Excellence. These students had to meet the specific academic requirements. Each student had to earn an average of at least 90% for the year, and achieve in the 85th percentile in both math and reading. These percentile scores were achieved on the Terra Nova Edition of the California Achievements Test given to all students in grades 2 through 6.
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