Fort Bend Independent School District NEWS RELEASE FROM COMMUNITY RELATIONS Nancy Porter, Director of Communications nancy.porter@fortbendisd.com    281.634.1100

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The City of Meadows Place Recognizes Dulles High School as one of the top high schools in the Nation --

City Proclaims Friday, Sept. 25, as Dulles High School Day in Meadows Place

FORT BEND ISD - At its September 22 City Council Meeting, Meadows Place City Council voted unanimously to approve a proclamation to recognize Dulles High School as one of the top high schools in the Nation. The Meadows Place City Council also proclaimed Friday, September 25, as Dulles High School Day in the City of Meadows Place.  Meadows Place Mayor Charles Jessup said, “Dulles High School has been doing an exceptional service for the community for close to 50 years and is one of the best high schools in the nation.”

The proclamation cited that Dulles High School was ranked in the top six percent of high schools in the Nation by Newsweek Magazine and included in the magazine’s complete list of the 1,500 top 2009 United States high schools, according to a ratio of the number of Advanced Placement tests taken by all students. Dulles was also recently named one of the top high schools in the Houston area (#17) by a Houston Chronicle report based on a Children at Risk Study to see who is doing the best at educating students and preparing them for post-secondary education. 

The City of Meadows Place also recognized that Dulles High School has 12 National Merit Semifinalists named for 2010, which are part of a nationwide pool of semifinalists, which represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors and includes the highest scoring entrants in each state.

Mayor Jessup and City Council Members said in the proclamation, “The City of Meadows Place recognizes the benefits for its residents to live in a community with the exceptional Dulles High School and extends its full support for the Dulles Football Team on Saturday night, IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Meadows authorizes September 25, 2009, as Dulles High School Day in the City of Meadows Place.” The mayor will read the proclamation to Dulles students at a pep rally at the school on Friday, Sept. 25.

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Pictured from left to right are: Michael McKie, Assistant Superintendent for High School; Mayor Charles Jessup, City of Meadows Place; and Dulles High School Principal Mark Foust. Also, pictured in the background is the school’s Viking mascot, “Big Red.” Big Red is close to 50 years old and an integral part of the Dulles tradition.

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