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Our Awards

MSPAP Achievement

In May of 2003 - Jarrettsville Elementary School once again had the highest MSPAP scores (for May 2002 Test) in Harford County.

In May of 2002 - Jarrettsville Elementary School once again had the highest MSPAP scores (for May 2001 Test) in Harford County.

In June of 2001, Jarrettsville Elementary was recognized for having shown continuous significant improvement on the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program Test (Test given - May 2000). Jarrettsville Elementary received a check for $44,555.00. The amount of the award is based on the school's enrollment. This was the third consecutive year in a row that Jarrettsville has received a monetary award. No other school in Harford County has received recognition three times.

In December of 2000, Jarrettsville Elementary was recognized for being the only elementary school in Harford County to have a passing score on the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program Test. This was the third consecutive year in a row that Jarrettsville has passed the standard.

In October of 2000, Jarrettsville Elementary was, for the third time in five years, recognized by the Governor's Office for having had two years of sustained improvement on the MSPAP test. There were 55 schools in the state so recognized. Our school was awarded $54,588.00 for this achievement.

Maryland Character Education School of the Year

In September of 2000, Jarrettsville, was recognized as a Maryland Character Education School of the Year by the Maryland State Board of Education.

MSPAP Achievement

In September of 1999, Jarrettsville Elementary was again recognized by the Governor's Office for having had two years of sustained improvement on the MSPAP test. The school was awarded $31,962.00 for this achievement. There were 94 schools so recognized.

Jarrettsville also had the highest composite test scores of any elementary school in Harford County. Both 3rd & 5th grade composite scores were above the state standard.

In December of 1996, Jarrettsville Elementary was recognized by the Governor's Office along with 68 other elementary schools for having had two years of sustained improvement on the Maryland School Performance Assessment Test. In having been so recognized, the Governor presented a check for $25,991 to the school for its efforts.

Baltimore Magazine

In October of 1997, the school was recognized by Baltimore Magazine as one of the best elementary schools in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area.

Teacher of the Year

In 1992 Gemma Hoskins, 5th grade teacher at Jarrettsville, was recognized as a Maryland Teacher of the Year.

In 1991 Gemma Hoskins, 5th grade teacher at Jarrettsville, was recognized as a Harford County Teacher of the Year.

School of Excellence

In 1992 we were recognized as a Maryland Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.

SAREX Project

In the spring of 1993, we participated in the SAREX project. Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment is a communications experiment carried on by the space shuttle while it orbits the earth. During this experiment the astronauts communicated with students from our school. With the help of the Towson Moose and Charlie Davis we were able to track the shuttle as it passed over our school. During this pass over we communicated with Colonel Ken Cameron (U.S. Marine Corp), commander of the space shuttle Columbia. As STS-56 passed over head, the commander answered questions from our students. Since we were the first school in the state of Maryland to participate in this project, this exciting day was reported by all the Baltimore television stations along with the various newspapers. Dave Dorian of WBAL Radio interviewed the students on his morning show. Prior to the launch of the STS-56 we had a sleep-over in the school for all our fifth graders and their parents and teachers. In the morning hours, these students appeared on WJZ-TV's morning show. Excitement filled the air as our students heard Col. Cameron answer their radio transmission.

In the fall of 1994, Col. Cameron visited the school the following year and presented the school with mementos of his mission. Since the STS-56 mission, Col. Cameron has commanded the STS-74 Atlantis mission which linked up with the Russian space station MIR.

Smoke-free School

In March of 1991, Jarrettsville School was recognized by the Maryland State Legislature as the "First Smoke-free School" in the state. All of the staff members voluntarily agreed not to smoke.

Teaming

Our school's commitment to team work was recognized by William Byman author of Zapp in Education published by Development Dimension International. This book by Bill Byman stresses the importance of teaming within the school to achieve a better atmosphere and therefore greater learning.