Westbriar Elementary Named a Blue Ribbon School

Vienna’s Westbriar Elementary School has been named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.

The honor went to just 10 schools in Virginia, and only one in Fairfax County.

“The Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors public and private K-12 schools that are either academically superior or that demonstrate dramatic gains in student achievement,” according to a Department of Education press release.

“Each of these schools has maintained full state accreditation despite a significant increase in the rigor of the commonwealth’s standards, assessments and accountability benchmarks,” Superintendent of Public Instruction Patricia I. Wright said.

Westbriar Elementary also earned the Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence in 2012 and an Index of Performance Award in 2013.