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Sussex Tech Receives National Education Award

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Sussex Technical High School has received the Platinum High Achievement Award from the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). Sussex Tech was one of 16 high schools in the country to receive the award. It will be recognized at SREB’s upcoming High Schools That Work conference in New Orleans.

Criteria for the award consists of:

• At least 85 percent of students met one or more readiness goal
• At least 85 percent of students completed one or more parts of the recommended curriculum 
• At least 85 percent of students completed at least one recommended concentration 
• School is classified as a high implementation site 
• At least 50 percent of career/technical students earned the HSTW Award of Educational Achievement (new criteria in 2012) 
• At least 50 students completed the 2012 HSTW Assessment (or at least 75 percent of the senior class if it is fewer than 60 seniors) 
• Member of the HSTW network in 2010 or prior 
• Met state AYP or had a graduation rate of at least 85 percent (state-reported data)