today. they got their national blue ribbon award in washington d.c.. (("from the state of louisiana claiborne fundamental elementargnet")) and the principal of claiborne and oak park elementary right here in caddo parish were no different. principals ellen hall and sabrina anderson were among more than 300 principals who received the national award for excellence in education. we continue our arklatex in focus reports on these blue ribbon schools... with ktbs 3 education reporter eric james . welcome to oak city you won't find seame street here "students i need you to go magnolia ave" but you will find... pecan ...and cypress street.along with micro ave here in oak city ... otherwise more commonlly known as oak park micro society schol. oak park got it's name because of the oak trees that surround the school.tres that often act as a barior between the students and the world outside of the school wals. 4:21 we have to nurture them there are time we have to start mentally for the day making sure they are ready to leanr let blck... sometime children have a tendacy to see thing when they walkto school...as you walked from ... before they can enter that clas ..there is a lesson about life we have to give them oak park is located in shreveport mooretown neighborhood. more than 800 crimes were comitted in area st year agvated assult. nearlytwo hundred sidenti glaries 3midesnd 8 rapes.d that is whlorijkson lkser two utsohol every day. leria is like alot the pents whove students atoak park. e lives inlywood ight. verment bsizedighborhod. and says she strugsto make ends meat... but none of that has stopped her for volentering at hol on a regular se23 "these achers realy re about theds they reall ""this is our laundry room " principal sabrina anderson says at least twice a wek if not more she and her staff find themselves in a situation where ey have to wh udents uniformcause throthes hadn't been cleaned y..ift a wek... nor has e child h a bath. 57 take care of it we makeure he has e clothing the hyge we ke care of itbefore ything .to se what going on ot of timparents e put in siaonat they dont' wa to in THE SCHOL KEPS tra uniforms... and derwe on hand all times...but is it the children who ow up thout ats that fts derson the most. " when it really cold ...afraid to tell moma dady thsefeict and nving." T TIME A CHILD FINISHEBREAKFAST all of his heromblems are lved fot ment.nd the schoday is ready begin. an henderson les than handfull of teachers princpal brina andersontned after she redhe rest of her teaching staff 4 ars ago.henderson tches eince labor the tire school.all0 udents.1:17 it was on of e hardest aion i have er had to make. en i got on campus i hid it ...when i would leave campus i would cry al the way home because i wanted the best for childern i was like i don't feel like i was dong my best job" d the is whatanders mandsand expects of her aers.36 "i woud s percent of ma are rtifi be minstrators,incipals..tional boardrti aers "acrs who have lped prevent a ate take over of oakark .raisingst scorest an alarming pace...and r the students o excel... e a specialeat.unch on anderson... this 9-weeks 21 udents got rht a's .whileat may not em ka big deal..it ageaccomplish....and a sweet pay of forthe students... a trip to denny's . t what thesestudents don't realize is they are il learning at isry ment..leaire of those social skills anderson saysthey tryo teach em.. you see.... st of these udents ve never en to a denny's resturant ...some... ve had never set foot in side of a resturant thatdn't have arches in the front. 14:40 changing theeption of the ofe scol andanging the culture ose were the twoissues i dlwith most14:2 alot of times we loose fatith in the hol its just gona tay :45.i always said as soon as i first mere this academicayaceptable is going be history :04 now blue ribon no that wtn the agenda .AWAS ERIC JAMES PORTING. says she will continue to work to increase test scores at the school next year the school is going to a k-8th grade campus and it is moving to a larger campus. superintendent dr. gerald dawkins was also in d-c for today's award presentation. tomorrow-- eric's series on exceeding expectations continues-- as he takes a look at how dawkins plans to re-vamp early childhood education. coming up after the