Hoyer Congratulates National Blue Ribbon Schools in the Fifth District

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) congratulated two schools in Maryland's Fifth Congressional District on their selection as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2019: Mount Harmony Elementary School in Owings and Saint Joseph Regional Catholic School in Beltsville. The schools in the Fifth District were two of the 362 public and private schools throughout the nation to be recognized this year.

"I congratulate both Mount Harmony Elementary School and Saint Joseph Regional Catholic School for receiving this important recognition," said Congressman Hoyer. "Both of these schools have demonstrated exemplary academic achievement, and I commend the teachers, students, parents, and administrators at each of these schools. The hard work and dedication of the educators is apparent, and I congratulate them on this honor."

Now in its 37th year, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program was founded in 1982 to recognize our nation's top schools based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps. Representatives from each of the 362 schools will be recognized at a ceremony in Washington, DC in November.