Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Vol. 42, No. 36

May 6, 2008

 

15 Public Secondary Schools Honored as “Gold Star Schools”

The Gold Star Schools will be recognized today (May 6) at a reception in Jefferson City with state education officials.

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has conducted the Gold Star Schools program since 1991-92. The program now operates in conjunction with the national Blue Ribbon Schools program, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.

Missouri’s Gold Star Schools for 2007-08 are:

• Ballard High School
  Mr. John K. Siebeneck, Principal

• Blue Springs High School
  Mr. David E. Adams, Principal

• Brentwood High School 
  Mr. David R. Faulkner, Principal

• Carver Middle School, Springfield Public Schools
  Dr. Dan O’Reilly, Principal

• Hixson Middle School, Webster Groves School District
  Dr. Mary J. Stefanus, Principal

• Jefferson High School, Jefferson C-123 School District, Conception Junction
  Mr. Tim R. Jermain, Principal

• Kearney High School
  Mr. Daryl W. Rinne, Principal

• Lee’s Summit High School -
  Mr. John Faulkenberry, Principal

• Leopold High School -
  Mr. Keenan D. Kinder, Principal

• Lincoln College Prep, Kansas City School District -
  Dr. Cheryl Wright, Principal

• McKinley/Classical Jr. Academy, St Louis Public Schools -
  Ms. Brenda B. Smith, Principal

• Metro High School, St. Louis Public Schools -
  Mr. Wilfred D. Moore, Principal

• South Nodaway High School, Barnard -
  Mr. Kyle A. Collins, Principal

• Stanberry High School -
  Mr. Greg Dias, Principal

• Stewartsville High School -
  Mr. John B. Reed, Principal

For more information, contact: Mary Ann Burns, Director of School Improvement Initiatives for the Department of Education (573/522-2332).