Now, This is an Award!

Three local schools, Madison, Hinsdale Middle and Clarendon Hills Middle, earned the 2009 National Blue Ribbon School status by the U.S. Department of Education.

Only 314 schools, 254 public and 50 private, received the national honor. Sixteen were in Illinois, including thirteen public and three private schools.

Congratulations to all the Illinois Blue Ribbon Award winners:

Arcadia Elementary School
Olympia Fields

Central Elementary School
Wilmette

Clarendon Hills Middle School
Clarendon Hills

Clifford Crone Middle School
Naperville

Deerfield High School
Deerfield

Hinsdale Middle School
Hinsdale

Ira Rupley Elementary School
Elk Grove Village

Madison Elementary School
Hinsdale

New Trier Township High School
Winnetka

Peoria Christian Elementary School
Peoria

St. Joseph School
Libertyville

St. Raymond School
Mount Prospect

Stevenson Elementary School
Bloomington

Whitney M. Young Magnet High School
Chicago

Windsor Elementary School
Arlington Heights

Woodlawn Middle School
Long Grove