Schools in Hampton Roads earning Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence

Governor Timothy M. Kaine announced that 162 Virginia public schools earned the 2009 Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence. The award is the highest honor under the Virginia Index of Performance (VIP) incentive program created by the Board of Education to advance Governor Kaine’s “competence to excellence” agenda to encourage advanced learning and achievement in the Commonwealth’s public schools. Last year, 89 schools received the award.

Schools in Hampton Roads earning the Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence are:
• Chesapeake — Camelot Elementary, Hickory Elementary, Norfolk Highlands Primary and Sparrow Road Intermediate
• Hampton — Armstrong Elementary and Barron Elementary
• Isle of Wight County — Hardy Elementary
• Newport News — General Stanford Elementary, Hilton Elementary and Joseph H. Saunders Elementary
• Norfolk — Poplar Halls Elementary, School of International Studies at Meadowbrook and Willoughby Elementary
• Portsmouth — Churchland Elementary
• Virginia Beach — Creeds Elementary, Green Run Elementary, John B. Dey Elementary, Kemps Landing Magnet, Kingston Elementary, Old Donation Center, Strawbridge Elementary and Trantwood Elementary
• York County — Tabb Elementary

A list of all schools and school divisions earning Virginia Index of Performance Awards is available on the Virginia Department of Education website.

Contact: Gordon Hickey/Governor's Office; Charles Pyle/DOE