Conestoga High School has always appeared in the Newsweek list of Best High Schools and I noticed when the list was released a few weeks ago their name was missing and had tweeted and commented on Facebook about this. Well obviously the school district was concerned as well. Last night I got the school district newsletter containing this article:
Newsweek Magazine's List of Best High Schools
For the T/E community members who follow Newsweek magazine's annual America's Best High Schools story, you are aware that Conestoga High School (CHS) has been included in the list for the past several years, yet was absent from the list this year. Since the criteria Newsweek uses to determine rankings did not significantly change, we inquired about our status. We learned that Newsweek changed the way in which they collect data about high schools. Newsweek responded that they sent an email earlier in the year to all secondary schools requesting information. According to Newsweek, the email was sent to a CHS counselor. The counselor, however, reported that the email was not received. We subsequently sent our data to Newsweek, and were informed by the Newsweek staff that CHS would have ranked competitively based upon our students' performance and Newsweek's calculations.
The T/E School District publishes an annual publication called the Conestoga Profile that spotlights the outstanding achievements of CHS students. The Conestoga Profile provides an overview of the school's strong educational program and statistical information about our students' academic performance.
Hopefully, the school will ensure that next year their data is sent in and included in the list.
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