The accolades continue to come in for Baltimore's Western High School, the oldest all-girl high school in the U.S. Named among the top high schools in the nation by U.S.News & World Reports in 2008, Western has been honored as one of the 2009 National Blue Ribbon Schools in the country.
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Baltimore City Public Schools' Western High School has snagged a top national honor today.
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced that the oldest all-female public high school in the country is one of the nation's 2009 National Blue Ribbon Schools.
The National Blue Ribbon program honors public and private schools that demonstrate sustained academic excellence or dramatic student achievement gains among disadvantaged students, according to the City school system. Western was named a Maryland Blue Ribbon School last December.
Western is one of about 300 public and private schools across the nation being honored for academic excellence and major student achievement gains this year.
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