The United States Department of Education only designates 325 schools every year with the Blue Ribbon designation.  Thorpe Creek Elementary School, part of the Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) School District, has received this honor in 2021.

At the Wednesday night school board meeting, a resolution was read to recognize the students and staff of Thorpe Creek.  The resolution points to a long history of HSE schools bestowed with the Blue Ribbon award.  They include:

Hamilton Southeastern Junior High School, 2004

Hamilton Southeastern High School, 2005

Sand Creek Intermediate School, 2007

Fishers Elementary, 2011

Hamilton Southeastern Intermediate Junior High, 2014

Geist Elementary, 2016

and,

Thorpe Creek Elementary, 2021.

Thorpe Creek Principal Sara Curran led the presentation before the school board, which included other staff members and some very articulate 4th-grade students.