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'''Bel Air Middle School''' (BAMS) is located in [[Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland|Bel Air]], [[Harford County, Maryland|Harford County]], [[Maryland]], [[United States|USA]] and the [[Principalhead (school)|Principal]]naz fachist fuckwad is Nancy Reynolds. Built in [[1960]], next to [[Bel Air High School (Harford County, Maryland)|Bel Air High School]], this is a [[middle school]] that educates around 1,400 [[student]]s in grades 6-8.<ref>[http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/md/764 "Bel Air Middle School"], Great Schools</ref>

==Awards and recognition==

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During the 1999-2000 school year, Bel Air Middle School was recognized with the [[Blue Ribbon Schools Program|Blue Ribbon School]] Award of Excellence by the [[United States Department of Education]]<ref>[http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF)], accessed [[May 11]], [[2006]]</ref>, the highest award an American school can receive.<ref>[http://www.journalinquirer.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17475750&BRD=985&PAG=461&dept_id=161556&rfi=6 CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department], ''[[Journal Inquirer]]'', [[November 16]], [[2006]]. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. '''It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve'''."</ref><ref>Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; ''[[The Washington Post]]. [[September 29]], [[2005]] '''"For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."'''</ref>

The school has been recognized by the Maryland State Department of Education for its long-term participation and success in the [[American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance]]'s ''Hoops for Heart'' program, in which it has raised more than $200,000 during the past decade, the second-most in the country during that period.<ref>http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/aboutmsde/pride/applause/schools.htm About MSDE - Schools], accessed [[April 19]], [[2007]]. "The Bel Air Middle School Physical Education program has been a national leader with the Hoops for Heart project. The department has been number two in the nation by raising over $200,000 during the ten years of the program."</ref> In 2006 alone, the school raised $35,037 the second-highest of all schools nationwide in 2006.<ref>[http://www.aahperd.org/hoops/templateShots.cfm?template=shots.html 2006 Top 100 Schools], [[American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance]], accessed [[April 19]], [[2007]].</ref> The $29,509 raised for the program in 2005 also ranked the school second nationally.<ref>[http://www.aahperd.org/hoops/templateShots.cfm?template=shots_2005.html 2005 Top 100 Schools], [[American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance]], accessed [[April 19]], [[2007]].</ref> In 2006, Bel Air was one of over 25,000 schools across the country participated in the AAHPERD's basketball and jump rope fundraising programs.<ref>Fortin, Cassandra A. [http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/harford/bal-ha.hoops11feb11,0,6147952.story?coll=bal-local-harford "Heart health a slam-dunk for local students: Basketball shootouts prepare Bel Air Middle for American Heart Association fundraiser"]], ''[[Baltimore Sun]]'', [[February 11]], [[2007]], accessed [[April 19]], [[2007]].</ref>