December 9, 2009

Best High School

U.S. News ranks America's Best High Schools for third consecutive year

By Kenneth Terrel

Of the 21,786 public high schools examined by U.S. News and its partner in the project, School Evaluation Services, 1,750 were recognized for considerably outperforming their state's standards. In that group, there were 561 schools that also were found to be doing an excellent job of preparing students for college-level coursework. California leads the nation this year with 110 high schools that earned recognition, followed by New York (53 schools), Texas (50 schools), Illinois (37 schools), Florida (24 schools), and Massachusetts (21 schools). Nebraska and Oklahoma did not have sufficient information for their high schools to participate fully in the analysis, which involves a three-step process that examines how well a school serves its entire student body (average students, disadvantaged students, and collegebound students).

That hasn't stopped the students from learning or getting into Ivy League schools such as Harvard. "With all the amazing teachers, students, counselors, and staff, there was no need to focus on why the lockers didn't open half the time or why the soccer team changed outside," says Jake Rudin, an '09 MLK graduate who currently is a freshman at Cornell University.

Lynn English gets an A+ – School recognized as one of the top school in MA

By Journal Staff Thursday, December 17, 2009

Lynn English is going to have to build a new trophy case, and the awards inside of it will have nothing to do with sports.

Although the high school is well known for its successes in the realms of competitive sports over the years, more recently Lynn English has been basking in the limelight of distinguished academic awards.

Late last week it was announced that Lynn English was selected by U.S. News & World Report – the foremost media evaluator of schools and universities – as one of the best high schools in Massachusetts.

The school was classified as a bronze award recipient with 15 other schools in the state. English shared the spotlight with other bronze winners such as Revere High School, Somerville High School, Greenfield High School and Hopkins Academy – and actually rated higher that Weston High School in the posh western suburbs.

Surprisingly, it’s not the first time the school has been recognized.

"This is the third year we’ve been selected for that based on academic performance," said Principal Andy Fila. "We’re the only school in Lynn this year. There were 1,189 schools in the U.S. selected and we were one of them. We’re very proud of that."