Media Alert: State Superintendent To Spotlight Anne Arundel Blue Ribbon School

Dr. Lowery's Tour of Excellence Goes to Lake Shore Elementary on April 24

For Immediate Release                                                      

Contacts: Bill Reinhard, 410-767-0486
Darla Strouse, Director of Blue Ribbon Program (day of event), 410-303-1013

Baltimore, MD (April 21, 2015)

Maryland State Superintendent Lillian M. Lowery will celebrate the success of one the State’s top schools this Friday, as her annual Blue Ribbon Tour of Excellence makes a stop at Lake Shore Elementary School in Anne Arundel County. 

Lake Shore Elementary in Pasadena is one of six Maryland Blue Ribbon Schools selected earlier this year.  The school has a strong history of academic achievement, a top-notch faculty with 25 percent of its teachers attaining National Board Certification, and has a major focus in the arts.

WHO:             State Superintendent of Schools Lillian Lowery
                        Anne Arundel County Executive Steve Schuh
                        Anne Arundel Superintendent George Arlotto
                        Councilman Derek Fink
                        Board President Stacy Korbelak
                        Board Members Debbie Ritchie, Solon Webb and Ayesha Chaundhry
                        Principal Linda Toth

Sponsors Brittany Jones (BGE), Elaine Freeman (Lightspeed Technologies), Gil Aragona (NTA Life), Christina Ensley and Susie Brady (Rudolph’s Office and Computer Supply), Phil Jimeno (State Farm) and Kristin Slavin (SMART Technologies)

WHEN           9:30 - 11 a.m.
                      Friday, April 24

WHERE:       Lake Shore Elementary School
                      4531 Mountain Road
                      Pasadena, MD  21122
                      (410) 222-6465

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