Twenty schools from the Lake Washington School District, including four from Sammamish, will be honored April 30 with 2012 Washington Achievement Awards from the Office of Superintendent of Public Schools and the State Board of Education.

Carson Elementary and Eastlake High School both will be honored for Overall Excellence, while Blackwell Elementary and McAuliffe Elementary will be honored in the Science category.

In all, 381 schools across the state will be honored across seven categories: Overall Excellence, Language Arts, Math, Science, Extended Graduation Rate, Closing Achievement Gaps and High Progress.

Juanita Elementary School became the district’s first ever winner in four different categories (Overall Excellence, Math, Science, and High Progress).

“These achievement awards confirm the hard work of our students, teachers and parents,” said Dr. Traci Pierce, superintendent. “I am proud that so many of the district’s schools are being recognized in a variety of areas.”

Schools are selected for awards based on their statewide assessment data for the three previous years. This data is analyzed using the Achievement Index and methodology approved by both OSPI and the SBE.