Simpson Elementary Receives 2012 National Blue Ribbon Award
The Peachtree Corners school was among seven Georgia public schools in the nation to be recognized.
On Tuesday, Simpson Elementary School was honored in Washington D.C. as one of the nation's 2012 Blue Ribbon Schools. The Peachtree Corners school was one of only seven Georgia public schools to receive the award - and the only Gwinnett County school to be recognized. A total of 314 schools across the nation were recognized in a ceremony that was held by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Each school that attended received a plaque and a flag to signify its status as a National Blue Ribbon School. "The Simpson community is thrilled that our school was named a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence," said Bron Gayna Schmit, the school's principal. "It is a great honor to be one of 269 schools selected from over 100,000 schools…
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1:55 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
Amanda - You will never see this in all gwinnett schools. Simpson enjoys a benefit that most of you don't know about which is its geographic location - right smack dab in the middle of a bunch of single family,middle to upper class homes. Simpson is also has an appropirate student to teacher ratio. The mostly white student body enjoys the support of their family and is well behaved, ready and … more ›