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Belfry Middle School and Phelps Elementary School in Pike County have been awarded  Blue Ribbon Lighthouse School awards by a South Carolina non-profit group. In 2008, Belfry had the state's seventh-best standardized test scores, and this year had the state's fourth-best public middle school scores. In 2009, May flooding filled the school with mud, destroying test papers and forcing the cancellation of the final three weeks of classes. A group from Belfry will attend Blue Ribbon's conference in Florida in December to receive the award.

Other  Kentucky schools to receive the awards include St. Michael School, Assumption High School and St. Raphael School, all in Louisville, and Summit Elementary School in Ashland.