Eleven Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) middle school students were honored last month with Ruth Ann Hall Champion Scholar awards. The awards are sponsored by the Education Association of Charles County (EACC) and were presented to the students at the May 13 Board of Education of Charles County meeting.

The awards program recognizes students at the middle-school level for their commitment to academics, classroom improvement and modeling positive behavior for their peers. School administrators and teachers nominate students for the recognition.

The following students were honored.

• Bryce Carlson, seventh grade, Milton M. Somers Middle School.
• Shiloh Girty, seventh grade, Piccowaxen Middle School.
• Magnolia Vasquez Gutierrez, eighth grade, Benjamin Stoddert Middle School.  
• Thomas Hallwas, seventh grade, Theodore G. Davis Middle School.
• Martina Hawkins, sixth grade, Mattawoman Middle School.
• Renee Kabia, seventh grade, Stoddert.
• Annabella Lewis, eighth grade, Stoddert.
• Kerrington Richmond, seventh grade, Somers.
• Athena Salinas-Bustamante, eighth grade, Mattawoman.
• Serenity Savoy, seventh grade, Piccowaxen.  
• Ethan Thomas, sixth grade, Somers.

The award winners are chosen by an EACC committee from a pool of student nominees. The award was established by the EACC as an annual memorial to Ruth Ann Hall, who had a 20-year career as a CCPS teacher. Hall was a former EACC president and received the Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher of the Year award from The Washington Post in 1986. During her CCPS career, Hall taught at Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer and Mt. Hope/Nanjemoy elementary schools, and Mattawoman Middle School.

The award recognizes middle school students in recognition of Hall’s last teaching assignment at the middle school level. Honorees receive a certificate and gift card for use at a local bookstore.

About CCPS

Charles County Public Schools provides 28,162 students in grades prekindergarten through 12 with an academically challenging education. Located in Southern Maryland, Charles County Public Schools has 38 schools that offer a technologically advanced, progressive and high quality education that builds character, equips for leadership and prepares students for life, careers and higher education.

The Charles County public school system does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its programs, activities or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Dr. Mike Blanchard, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial M. Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (employees/ adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-932-6610/301-870-3814. For special accommodations call 301-934-7230 or TDD 1-800-735-2258 two weeks prior to the event. CCPS provides nondiscriminatory equal access to school facilities in accordance with its Use of Facilities rules to designated youth groups (including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts).