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 23 St. Mary’s County Public Schools receive a Gold Star Award for 2025.
An awards ceremony will be held on April 7, 2026, 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 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 2025 Gold Star recipients for St. Mary’s County Public Schools:
Banneker Early Childhood Center
Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary
Chesapeake Public Charter School
Dynard Elementary
Esperanza Middle
Evergreen Elementary
George Washington Carver Elementary
Great Mills High
Green Holly Elementary
Hollywood Elementary
Leonardtown Elementary
Leonardtown Middle
Leonardtown High
Lettie Marshall Dent Elementary
Lexington Park Elementary
Margaret Brent Middle
Mechanicsville Elementary
Oakville Elementary
Park Hall Elementary
Piney Point Elementary
Ridge Elementary
Spring Ridge Middle
Town Creek Elementary