Harbor Teacher Prep set for Blue Ribbon
An academy-style high school in Wilmington joined 34 other schools in California Wednesday as a Blue Ribbon nominee.
The Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy — a 330-student high-achiever based at Harbor College — would be chosen for the award, provided they submit the proper documentation, a spokeswoman with the California Department of Education said.
The school is the only one in the Los Angeles Unified School District to be nominated. The No Child Left Behind law established the Blue Ribbon program.
Nominated schools must demonstrate 90 percent proficiency in English-language arts and math. The could also gain eligibility by counting 40 percent or more of disadvantaged students and attaining at least 60 percent proficiency in those subjects.
Harbor Teacher Prep was named a California Distinguished School in 2007. Nestled in bungalow classrooms on tennis courts since opening in 2002, the school now employs 14 teachers in nine classrooms.