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.