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Porter Traditional School Leads 2012 Schools of Excellence List
The Woodbridge school earned a perfect score of 100.
Porter Traditional School in Woodbridge is one of three county schools leading the 2012 Schools of Excellence list, after it earned a perfect score of 100.
Mountain View Elementary School in Haymarket and Victory Elementary School in Bristow also achieved perfect scores.
The Prince William County School Board honored 40 schools in the annual school awards program.
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"A School of Excellence must be fully accredited by the state, meet Virginia academic Annual Measurable Objectives, and achieve an overall score of 90 out of 100 points on PWCS Strategic Plan-based measures," a PWCS release read. "Strategic Plan measures include student achievement, climate, and student health. Selection is based on performance in the 2011–12 school year. The School of Excellence distinction is the highest recognition awarded to a school by the Prince William County School Board."
Individual schools will celebrate the awards in January. The Schools of Excellence will each receive commemorative flags and plaques as part of their celebrations.
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Below are the winning schools this year, with the number in parentheses signifying how often they have won this award:
- Alvey Elementary School (8)
- Antietam Elementary School (11)
- Ashland Elementary School (8)
- Bel Air Elementary School (5)
- Benton Middle School (4)
- Bristow Run Elementary School (11)
- Buckland Mills Elementary School (4)
- Bull Run Middle School (5)
- Cedar Point Elementary School (8)
- Featherstone Elementary School (5)
- Gainesville Middle School (3)
- Gravely Elementary School (4)
- Henderson Elementary School (10)
- Lake Ridge Elementary School (12)
- Lake Ridge Middle School (4)
- Leesylvania Elementary School (4)
- Marshall Elementary School (11)
- Marsteller Middle School (4)
- Montclair Elementary School (10)
- Mountain View Elementary School (12)
- Occoquan Elementary School (6)
- Old Bridge Elementary School (12)
- Pattie Elementary School (7)
- Penn Elementary School (5)
- Pennington Traditional School (8)
- Piney Branch Elementary School
- Porter Traditional School (7)
- Potomac Middle School (1)
- Rockledge Elementary School (11)
- Rosa Parks Elementary School (6)
- Signal Hill Elementary School (5)
- Sinclair Elementary School (4)
- Springwoods Elementary School (12)
- Swans Creek Elementary School (7)
- T. Clay Wood Elementary School (1)
- Triangle Elementary School (3)
- Tyler Elementary School (6)
- Victory Elementary School (3)
- Westridge Elementary Schools (10)
- Williams Elementary School (1)
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