Honors and Affiliations

The Summit School successfully opened the 2020-2021 School Year with full-time, on-campus, in-person instruction. Implemented health and safety protocols that resulted in no reported cases of a Summit student testing positive for COVID-19 and no community spread.

The Summit School Celebrates 30 Year Anniversary.

The Summit School earns recognition in Read Live School of the Year Award Program.

The Summit School launches aimswebplus. Data confirms majority of Summit students exceed national norms for average rate of improvement.

Dr. Joan A. Mele-McCarthy, Summit’s Executive Director, becomes Affiliated Research Scientist at Haskin Laboratories, Inc.

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

Dr. Joan A. Mele-McCarthy, Summit’s Executive Director, appointed by Governor Larry Hogan to be the Chair of the Task Force to Study the Implementation of a Dyslexia Education Program.

Dr. Jane R. Snider, Summit’s Founder, was inducted into the Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce’s Hall of Fame.

Dr. Joan A. Mele-McCarthy, Summit’s Executive Director, elected ASHA Fellow.

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

Dr. Joan A. Mele-McCarthy selected by Leadership Maryland for its 20th Anniversary Class.

Dr. Joan A. Mele-McCarthy named Washington Post Distinguished Educational Leadership Awardee.

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

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.

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

Dr. Joan Mele-McCarthy is awarded the prestigious Roland J. Van Hattum Award from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation, the non-profit arm of ASHA, for her outstanding contribution to the field.

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

Summit teacher is named Educator of the Year by the Maryland State Department of Education.