The New American High Schools initiative, started in 1996 under the direction of the United States secretary of education Richard W. Riley, is a national recognition program for United States secondary schools.
Description In 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000, a varying number of high schools were selected and honored with the title of "New American High School showcase site" at the White House; they are intended to serve as models for schools that have achieved high levels of success. In addition to receiving national recognition, each winning school receives a stipend and technical assistance from the United States Department of Education.
No new awards have been given since 2000.
List of showcase sites The following is an exhaustive list of sites that have been awarded the New American High School designation:
1996 (10 sites) Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences, Chicago, Illinois David Douglas High School, Portland, Oregon Encina High School, Sacramento, California Fenway Middle College High School, Boston, Massachusetts St. Louis Career Academy, St. Louis, Missouri High School of Economics and Finance, New York, New York Sussex Technical High School, Georgetown, Delaware Thompson School District, Loveland, Colorado Walhalla High School, Walhalla, South Carolina William H. Turner Technical Arts High School, Miami, Florida
1998 (7 sites) Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Illinois Coronado High School, Coronado, California DeBakey High School for Health Professions, Houston, Texas Greene JROTC Academy, Dayton, Ohio Marine Academy of Science and Technology, Sandy Hook, New Jersey Newman Smith High School, Carrollton, Texas Saunders Trades and Technical High School, Yonkers, New York
1999 (13 sites) Angola High School, Angola, Indiana Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, New York East Grand Rapids High School, Grand Rapids, Michigan Eastern Technical High School, Baltimore, Maryland Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, Maryland Fox Chapel Area High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania MAST Academy, Miami, Florida Niceville High School, Niceville, Florida Northeast Magnet High School, Wichita, Kansas Rex Putnam High School, Milwaukie, Oregon Sir Francis Drake High School, San Anselmo, California South Grand Prairie High School, Grand Prairie, Texas The School of Environmental Studies at the Minnesota Zoo, Apple Valley, Minnesota
2000 (27 sites) Academy for the Arts, Science and Technology, Myrtle Beach, SC Aliso Niguel High School, Aliso Viejo, CA Beverly Hills High School, Beverly Hills, CA Chugach School District, Anchorage, Alaska Fort Mill High School, Fort Mill, SC Fred J. Page High School, Franklin, TN Fredericksburg High School, Fredericksburg, TX Grapevine High School, Grapevine, TX Irvington High School, Fremont, California John Dewey High School, Brooklyn, NY Judson High School, Converse, TX Laguna Creek High School, Elk Grove, CA Lake Orion High School, Lake Orion, MI Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Visual and Performing Arts, Las Vegas, NV Leland High School, San Jose, CA Los Fresnos High School, Los Fresnos, TX Menchville High School, Newport News, VA New Technology High School, Napa, California Paint Branch High School, Burtonsville, MD Palatine High School, Palatine, IL Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates, CA Reynolds High School, Troutdale, OR Swain County High School, Bryson City, NC Torrey Pines High School, San Diego, CA Troy High School, Fullerton, CA Upper St. Clair High School, Upper St. Clair, PA Urban Academy Laboratory High School, New York, NY
References
External links United States Department of Education: Official Description of Initiative List of New American High Schools Showcase Sites (web.archive.org)