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Suburban Catholic schools win Blue Ribbon awards

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Students of St. Emily School in Mount Prospect gather for a celebratory photo. The Catholic school will receive a Blue Ribbon School Award from the U.S. Department of Education

Courtesy of Van Gogh School Photographers

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Four suburban Catholic schools have been named among this year's top performing schools in the country. St. Emily School in Mount Prospect, Queen of the Rosary School in Elk Grove Village and both Mary Seat of Wisdom and St. Paul of the Cross schools in Park Ridge will be among 304 public and private schools that will receive Blue Ribbon School Awards from the U.S. Department of Education at a November ceremony in Washington, D.C.