School and Faculty Awards

• Teacher of the Year: Stephanie Sturgeon 4^th grade teacher  (Certified Staff)
• Instructional Assistant of the Year: Susana Davis-ESL Instructional Assistant (Classified Staff)
• Nationally Recognized for Excellence in Education
• Energy Star Award 2008
• Hoosier School Award 
• Superintendant's Award
• MSDLT Above and Beyond Award 
• MSDLT Foundation Grant Winners
• Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowship Winner
• Keep Indianapolis Beautiful Grant 2011 Over 30 trees were planted

Student Achievements

• Math Pentathlon -First Place in Indianapolis Center for last nine years.
  • Mary Castle in the past has won either the Center or the National Award. First Place National Mathematics Pentathlon Academic Team Trophy for the 2011-2012 Tournament Season in the Indianapolis National Center with a total of 313 points
  • 2010 Individual Awards:  2 Gold/Hall of Fame (perfect scores), 8 Gold, 12 Silver, and 11 Bronze Medals.
  • 2012 Presidential Fitness Awards: Anthony Steinhardt, Boghar Mejia, Erik Wilhelm, Alexi Hardi, Gabby Grider, Emma Sherman, Max Prather, Isaac Baxter, Zoe Magil, Kaitlyn Luke, Jonathan Leverenz, Carlos Vega, Keyshawn Smith, Dejean Hare, Hannah Winstone, Emily Bultnik, Anslyn Freije, Jesse Miller, Gracie Dean, Jackson Sherman, Ashley Hayes, Daniel Schultz
• Dazelle L.- winner of a community Dr. King essay contest-2011
• Eagle Scout Project with Lowes/PFO

Mary Castle Partnerships

• Indianapolis Sister Cities International Education Initiative

• Global Indiana- 4 MEC staff attended the Midwest International Conference in Indpls

• IUPUI School of Education

• Chinese Education Connection
• Education First Tours

Mary Castle Global Service Projects

• Book Give Away-all school Southern Indiana Schools

• Coin Operation- Caring Center- grade 6

• Pennies for Patients-all school  Leukemia Society

• Toothbrush/Dental drive-Caring Center  grade 6

• Make a Wish Foundation- Third Grade International Market $357.52