Washington GT Magnet Elementary School

Washington Awards

2009 Designated A+ Fit School by the State of North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund Commission
2008-09 NC School of Distinction
2008-09 NC School of High Growth
2008-09 Wake County Scholastic Pursuit Tournament Winners
2007-08 Wake County Scholastic Pursuit Tournament Winners
2007 Heidi Bledsoe awarded the Nancy Melton Britt Leadership Award 2007-08
2007 Jennifer Ijeoma - Top 10 Teacher of the Year Finalist
2006 National Magnet School of Excellence
2005 Eight National Board Certified Teachers
2005 National Magnet School of Excellence
2005 NC School of Excellence
2005 School of Honor - "A Lights of Hope School: Fullfilling the Dream"
2005 Torri Jackson - Top 10 Teacher of Year Finalists
2005 Vickie Allen - Top 10 Teacher Assistant of the Year Finalist
2004 Valerie Hunter - Top 10 Teacher Assistant of the Year Finalist
2004 Seven National Board Certified Teachers on staff
2004 Recognized for positive teaching conditions by North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards Commission
2004 National Magnet School of Excellence
2004 NC School of Excellence
2003 Dr. Ronald P. Simpson Distinguished Magnet School of Merit Award
(#1 Magnet School in the United States)
2003 National Magnet School of Excellence
2003 NC School of Excellence
2002 National Magnet School of Excellence
2002 NC School of Excellence with High Growth
2002 Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching Math and Science
2002 Wake PTA Outstanding Principal K-5, and Outstanding Custodian K-5
2001 and 2002 School of Distinction, NC ABC's Accountability Program
2001 Wake County Academically Gifted Teacher of the Year, Wake County PTA Elementary Assistant Principal of the Year, Wake County PTA New Program of the Year, ECOFEST
2001 Wake County Teacher of the Year Finalist
1998 Received the Governor's Entrepreneurial School Award
1998-2001 Received Grants: $350,000 NSF Engineering Fellows, $20,000 Dewitt/Wallace/Reader's Digest Library Power Grant, the Safe Schools Grant for Families and Teacher's Together, Wake Education Partnership Food for Thought grants(2), $10,000 Parent Grounds Grant
1998-2001 Student awards: first place in the state science fair; regional awards (2) in PTA Reflections contest; regional and creativity awards for Odyssey of the Mind team; blue ribbons in State Fair art competition.
Washington School designated as a local historic site as the first public school for African American students in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Washington GT Magnet Elementary School
Phone: (919) 856-7960 / Fax: (919) 856-7985