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named 'School of Excellence'
The Idaho High School Activities Association is pleased to announce the 2016-2017 winners of the "Schools of Excellence" program. This year-long, voluntary program in which schools earn points based on their student-athletes’ performance in athletics, academics and sportsmanship is the top award for the IHSAA and its member schools. The participating schools in each classification with the best overall programs will be recognized at the IHSAA Annual Meeting, August 2nd. Prairie High School has been named as the 1A Division I School of Excellence. Carrie Nygaard is the Principal and athletic Director. Exemplary Achievement Status is awarded to schools of each classification that finish second and third in the final point compilation. Oakley and Glenns Ferry finished right behind Prairie. The three major areas of high school activities are weighted equally in determining recipients of the award. The Academic Component is based on the varsity team's cumulative GPA as submitted on the State Academic Champions application for all IHSAA sponsored sports/activity programs. The Performance Component is based on place of finish at IHSAA-sponsored state championships and activity program competitions. The Citizenship Component is based on a school's self-evaluation of their citizenship/sportsmanship activities as submitted on an itemized form. Deductions are made by the IHSAA for player and/or coach unsportsmanlike ejections and also for unsportsmanlike school behavior at state tournaments. In addition to the primary awards, schools that score 90% on the Citizenship Component and have no player/coach ejections throughout the year or incidents of unsportsmanlike school behavior at state tournaments will receive an "Award of Excellence" certificate. The 2016-2017 Award of Excellence schools are Centennial, Highland, Lake City, Boise, Twin Falls, Bishop Kelly, Sugar-Salem, Weiser, Snake River, Bear Lake, Ririe, Salmon, Grangeville, Prairie, Oakley, Glenns Ferry, Troy, Grace, Notus, Lighthouse Christian, Logos, Garden Valley and Cascade. |
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