http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/136816/Please-I-really-need-your-help-of-choosing-a-blue-ribbon-school-in-Los-Angelos-CA-around-orange-county- I live in New Jersey and my kids going to 4th and 3rd grades. I don't know anything that's why i feel lost. Please I need your help. Thank you in advance GreatSchools en-us BillJackson One more thing - make sure to cut and paste the whole URL I gave you, don't just click on it. Otherwise it won't work. http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/136816/Please-I-really-need-your-help-of-choosing-a-blue-ribbon-school-in-Los-Angelos-CA-around-orange-county-?cpage=1#comment_138744 5100.138744 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:59:51 -0800 BillJackson One great way to see the level of academic achievement in a school is to sort schools on GreatSchools by their academic achievement rating. For a ranking of Los Angeles ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/136816/Please-I-really-need-your-help-of-choosing-a-blue-ribbon-school-in-Los-Angelos-CA-around-orange-county-?cpage=1#comment_138743 5100.138743 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:58:34 -0800 nzhanna9900 Thank you Bill for this message. To be honest, I am confused of all of this but how I can be sure of that school if it has high or ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/136816/Please-I-really-need-your-help-of-choosing-a-blue-ribbon-school-in-Los-Angelos-CA-around-orange-county-?cpage=1#comment_138136 5100.138136 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:48:02 -0800 nzhanna9900 Thank you (Anonymous). I think it is a good idea. My thinking of blue ribbon school is because I researched it and found out that generally they have a very ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/136816/Please-I-really-need-your-help-of-choosing-a-blue-ribbon-school-in-Los-Angelos-CA-around-orange-county-?cpage=1#comment_138134 5100.138134 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:44:29 -0800 nzhanna9900 Thank you for your reply. I really appreciated. You gave me a very good idea about contacting a real state agency. As you said, nothing will be positive but believe ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/136816/Please-I-really-need-your-help-of-choosing-a-blue-ribbon-school-in-Los-Angelos-CA-around-orange-county-?cpage=1#comment_138133 5100.138133 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:40:12 -0800 BillJackson Hi, can I ask why you're looking for Blue Ribbon schools? What matters to you about a school? If it's high academic achievement, I think you can see that from ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/136816/Please-I-really-need-your-help-of-choosing-a-blue-ribbon-school-in-Los-Angelos-CA-around-orange-county-?cpage=2#comment_137037 5100.137037 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:50:58 -0800 Anonymous You may also want to check out the U.S. Department of Educations website, they have a listing of schools over the years that have been awarded the Blue Ribbon. I ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/136816/Please-I-really-need-your-help-of-choosing-a-blue-ribbon-school-in-Los-Angelos-CA-around-orange-county-?cpage=2#comment_136988 5100.136988 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:37:05 -0800 healthy11 Unfortunately, GreatSchools is a nationwide community and you're unlikely to find a person here who knows all the schools in your new area. If I were you, start with the ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/136816/Please-I-really-need-your-help-of-choosing-a-blue-ribbon-school-in-Los-Angelos-CA-around-orange-county-?cpage=2#comment_136817 5100.136817 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:55:33 -0800