QUINCY, Ill. (WGEM) -

As a 13-year-old Quincy golfer Alex McCulla grew up playing the game he loves.

U.S. Secretary of Education, John B. King, Jr., announced today that Chaminade College Preparatory School has been named a 2016 National Blue Ribbon School. Chaminade is one among 279 public and 50 private schools receiving this honor.

Governor Jay Nixon visited Chaminade to take a tour of the school, meet with our students and to attend our all-school assembly.