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Lakenheath Middle earns Blue Ribbon award for excellence
Stars and Stripes
October 4, 2013
Mary Zimmerman-Bayer, principal, leads an assembly at Lakenheath Middle School on RAF Feltwell, England, celebrating the school being named a National Blue Ribbon School for 2013 by the U.S. Department of Education, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. The annual award is given to schools where "students perform at very high levels or where students are making significant gains in academic achievement," according the award program's website. The school will receive a plaque and flag in November. (Adam L. Mathis/Stars and Stripes)
Lakenheath Middle School on RAF Feltwell, England, is celebrating after the school was named a National Blue Ribbon School for 2013 by the U.S. Department of Education on Friday. The annual award is given to schools where "students perform at very high levels or where students are making significant gains in academic achievement," according the award program's website. The school will receive a plaque and flag in November.