Awards of Distinction

2012

Dr. Joan A. Mele-McCarthy, Summit's Head of School, is selected by Leadership Maryland for it's 20th Anniversary Class - The Class of 2012

2011

Dr. Jane R. Snider, Summit’s Executive Director, receives a Brava! Women Business Achievement Award.

2010

Dr. Jane R. Snider, Summit’s Executive Director, named one of Capital-Gazette’s Five Women of the Year.

2009

Summit Teacher is named Private School Teacher of the Year.

2008

The Summit School is selected as a 2008-2009 National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) School of Excellence.

The Summit School is awarded Non-profit of the Year by the Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce.

2007

Summit teacher was named Private School Teacher of the Year for Anne Arundel County.

2006

Dr. Jane R. Snider receives the Community Trustee Award from The Capital-Gazette Newspapers and Leadership Anne Arundel. This award recognizes people who do extraordinary things to make our community a better place to live and work.

Dr. Joan Mele-McCarthy is awarded the prestigious Roland J. Van Hattum Award from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

2004

Blue Ribbon Schools Foundation named Summit one of six finalists out of over 1300 schools in their 21st Century Schools of Distinction.

2003

Summit teacher is named Educator of the Year by the Maryland State Department of Education. The teacher exemplified the meaning of the “TEN” conference: “Teamwork, Excellence and New Opportunities”.

2000

A Summit seventh grader wins a nationwide Harry Potter Contest by writing an essay on “How Harry Potter Books Changed My Life”. The student won a trip to New York to appear on the Today Show with the author.

Dr. Jane R. Snider appointed to Governor Glendening’s Advisory Council on Learning Disabilities. She was one of 18 members chosen statewide.

1999

The U.S. Department of Education selected Summit out of 1300 schools to receive a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award. Summit was the only special education school nationwide to receive this honor.

1998

Annapolis Chamber of Commerce named an eighth grader, Student of the Year for his outstanding leadership. The Chamber also named a Summit teacher, Educator of the Year for her commitment to excellence and dedicated service.

1997

Dr. Jane R. Snider was accepted to the 1st Washington Post Principal’s Institute as well as being presented with The Washington Post Distinguished Educational Leadership Award.

Annapolis Chamber of Commerce named an eighth grader, Student of the Year, for her outstanding scholastic ability and leadership. The Chamber also named a Summit teacher Educator of the Year for her work in multicultural education.

Student Government Association received the Felix Simon Award for leadership and service to the community by the Maryland Association of Student Councils.

Dr. Jane R. Snider chosen as A Woman of Achievement in Maryland History, a project that was initiated by First Lady Frances Hughes Glendening.

1996

Summit teacher was named Private School Teacher of the Year by Anne Arundel County.

1995

Summit’s five year recertification was earned from the Association of Independent Maryland Schools (AIMS) and reapproved by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE).

1991

Dr. Jane R. Snider selected for Harvard Principal’s Institute.

1990

Association of Independent Maryland Schools (AIMS) approves provisional membership.

1989

Dr. Jane R. Snider opened the “Doors to Success” with the help of Dr. Michael S. Castleberry.