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You’ll forgive the students and faculty at Hilton Head Island High School if they were feeling a little celebratory last month. It’s not often, after all, that your school receives a rating of “Excellent” from the South Carolina Department of Education.
“No high school in our district has ever received an ‘Excellent’ rating. Only 10 high schools in the state got an Excellent-Excellent rating last year,” wrote HHIHS Principal Amanda O’Nan in an email. “Last year we were ranked Average, which is like a C, and this year we jumped two levels to the highest ranking you can get: Excellent-Excellent. Five years ago we were Below Average and At Risk, which is like an F on your report card.”
So with five years of hard work finally paying off, the school held a giant celebration for its students complete with bounce houses, cake and games (like the one being enjoyed by Brian Glover (left) and Matt Kiritsky (right) in the photo above.
