St. Mary's County Public Schools Gold Star Award Winners - 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, March 27, 2025

Dr. J. Scott Smith, Superintendent of Schools, 301-475-5511, ext. 32178
Ms. Tammy McCourt, Deputy Superintendent of Fiscal and Supporting Services, 301-475-4256, ext. 7
 

LEONARDTOWN, MD – The St. Mary’s County Health Department announced the recipients of the Gold Star Achievement Awards given annually to food service facilities that achieve superior food safety standards. We had 25 St. Mary’s County Public Schools receive a Gold Star Award for 2024.  An awards ceremony will be held on April 7, 2025, in the Chesapeake Room, located in the Chesapeake Building at 41770 Baldridge Street in Leonardtown, Maryland. The ceremony will begin at 3:00 p.m.

The requirements to earn the Gold Star are:

●       No critical violations

●       No temperature violations were cited during a monitoring inspection

●       A 30-day follow-up inspection must correct all violations noted by an inspector

●       No confirmed unsafe food handling complaints

●       At least one food service worker completed a recognized and approved "Food Service Sanitarian and Safety Class" within the last two years

The following schools are the 2024 Gold Star recipients for St. Mary’s County Public Schools:

Banneker Elementary                                     Leonardtown High

Banneker Early Childhood Center                  Leonardtown Middle

Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary       Lettie Marshall Dent Elementary

Chesapeake Public Charter School                Lexington Park Elementary

Chopticon High                                               Margaret Brent Middle

Dynard Elementary                                         Mechanicsville Elementary

Esperanza Middle                                           Oakville Elementary

Evergreen Elementary                                    Park Hall Elementary

George Washington Carver Elementary         Piney Point Elementary

Green Holly Elementary                                 Ridge Elementary                                

Greenview Knolls Elementary                        Spring Ridge Middle

Hollywood Elementary                                   White Marsh Elementary

Leonardtown Elementary