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Newport News schools earn VIP awards

(January 12, 2010) - Congratulations to Hilton Elementary School for earning the 2010 Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence. Hilton is just one of 153 public schools from across the Commonwealth selected to receive this award, the highest honor under the Virginia Index of Performance (VIP) incentive program.

In addition, Deer Park and General Stanford elementary schools earned the 2010 Virginia Board of Education Excellence Award.

Carver, Greenwood, Kiln Creek, McIntosh, Nelson and Saunders elementary schools earned the 2010 Board of Education Competence to Excellence Award.

• View the Governor’s press release
• View the Virginia DOE’s press release