WAITSBURG –Waitsburg High School and Preston Hall Middle School have once again been ranked among the best schools in Washington State according the 2014 Washington Achievement Awards that were released Monday, April 13. Washington Achievement Award recipients are the highest performing schools in the state based on three years of academic information as reported in the Washington Achievement Index, according to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

WHS received the Overall Excellence Award, which is reserved for the top five percent of Washington elementary, middle and hig...