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House as  slaves might have viewed it.  More than  1000 students from St.  Mary's  County participate in the program each year,  and efforts are  underway  to  expand  the  program   throughout  the   Maryland region.     This program has won the   1999 Maryland Historical Trust's "Excellence in Education Award," as well as the  1999 Maryland Council for the Social Studies "Programs of Excellence Award."
[Excerpt from Written Submission of Ms Pamela F. Charshee, Executive Director, The Carroll Park Foundation, CPF]
Carroll's  Hundred(CH),  together with  Charles  Carroll  Barrister  and George  Washington  Elementary  Schools,  have  formed  a partnership to  develop  an  after-school  and weekend  program  for  fourth-   and fifth-grade students.    CCB School #34 was awarded a $1  million federal  grant  through  the  list-Century  Schools  Project.     The  funding will be used jointly by the two schools over three years for a variety of extended-day enrichment activities.    As a partner, CH will receive grant   support  for  staffing  and  materials.
CH's unique archaeology and living history programs will introduce fourth- and fifth-graders to nearly 1,000 years of unbroken human activity in the park. Dr. Robert Besse, the local Director of the 21st-