John Hay Elementary has received a Washington Achievement Award from the State Board of Education for Overall Excellence in 2010 (it won an award in this category last year, and in 2008, too).
These awards are handed out every year in recognition of the top-performing schools across the state, selected based on statewide assessment data collected over three prior consecutive years and analyzed using a school Accountability Index (.pdf). (Read up on the methodology here).
You can read more about the achievement award in the state’s award letter to John Hay here (.doc).