(WSLS) - Working in Support of Education, an educational non-profit, recently announced that 148 Virginia public schools were named Blue Star Schools and 300 Virginia teachers were named Gold Star Teachers for their students performance on the 2013-2014 WISE Financial Literacy Certification test.
Officials said the national standardized test is administered to students at the end of a course on personal finance.
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To earn the Blue Star recognition, a school must achieve a 75 percent pass rate on the test and have either a majority of students in a particular grade level take the test or have the students who took the test achieve an average score of 80 percent or higher.
To receive the Gold Star Award, a teacher must achieve a 90 percent pass rate in at least one of their classes on the WISE Financial Literacy Certification test during the 2013-2014 school year.
Virginia's 148 2013-2014 Blue Star schools comprise 52 percent of the 284 schools recognized nationwide.
Virginia's local 2013-2014 honorees are as follows:
- Augusta County
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- Blue Star Schools – Buffalo Gap High, Fort Defiance High, Riverheads High, Stuarts Draft High and Wilson Memorial High
- Gold Star Teachers – Tonya Cleveland, Buffalo Gap High; Doris Gardner and Courtney Skemp, Fort Defiance High; Tim Morris and Dana Painter, Riverheads High; Jimmy Almarode, Melanie Paraska and Theresa Thompson, Stuarts Draft High; and Susan Jones and Jeff Waite, Wilson Memorial High
- Bedford County
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- Blue Star Schools – Jefferson Forest High and Liberty High
- Botetourt County
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- Blue Star Schools – James River High and Lord Botetourt High
- Gold Star Teachers – Nancy Clarkson, James River High; and Cindy Boggs, Jon Cook and Julie Conner, Lord Botetourt High
- Bristol
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- Blue Star School – Virginia High
- Buchanan County
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- Blue Star School – Council High
- Charlottesville
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- Blue Star School – Charlottesville High
- Gold Star Teacher – Meagan Maynard, Charlottesville High
- Craig County
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- Blue Star School – Craig County High
- Gold Star Teachers – Wanda Reynolds and Stephanie Taliaferro, Craig County High
- Danville
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- Blue Star Schools – Galileo Magnet High and George Washington High
- Gold Star Teacher – Joyce Culley, Galileo Magnet High
- Fauquier County
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- Blue Star Schools – Fauquier High and Kettle Run High
- Gold Star Teachers – Karen Pattie, Liberty High; Gail Bowman and Karen Chipman, Fauquier High; and Malinda Pilla, Kettle Run High
- Giles County
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- Blue Star School – Narrows High
- Lynchburg
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- Blue Star School – E.C. Glass High
- Gold Star Teachers – Terri O'Hara, E.C. Glass High; and Jessie Hunt, Heritage High
For a complete full list of all counties in the state, click here.