Schools
Long Beach High School Named Distinguished School
Long Beach Unified's high school wins coveted distinction.
The California Academy of Mathematics and Science - known to locals as CAMS - is among 218 public
middle schools and high schools named Thursday as California Distinguished
Schools by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom
Torlakson.
Wilson High School and Poly High have won the title in previous years, said Long Beach Unified School District spokesman Chris Eftychiou. He released the following news announcement, which we are sharing in entirety.
CAMS is a high school run by the Long Beach Unified School District on
the campus of Cal State Dominguez Hills. The school currently serves
663 students.
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"It's always exciting to see the hard work of our students, teachers,
support staff, parents and community partners recognized," CAMS
Principal Janice Filer said. "We are delighted to be listed among
some of California*s finest schools. CAMS is fortunate to be named a
California Distinguished School again. We also received this honor in
2009. I am proud to be part of such a great school and an outstanding
district."
CAMS also has won the National Blue Ribbon Award twice from the U.S.
Department of Education. The school is ranked among America*s top
1,000 high schools by Newsweek, and the Washington Post includes CAMS
among the top 9 percent of high schools nationwide.
The Class of 2012 at CAMS earned more than $9 million in scholarships,
with students gaining admission to prestigious colleges and
universities, including MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Johns Hopkins,
Northwestern, Olin College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia,
NYU, Pepperdine, Pitzer, Georgetown, Brown, Duke, Rice, USC, Wellesley,
Williams, UC Berkeley and UCLA.
The California Department of Education's news release on this year's
Distinguished Schools is available at the link below:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr13/yr13rel45.asp
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