An article in Wednesday's Howard County edition of The Sun about the winner of the Bonnie Schwartz Excellence in Education Award - Beth Gargano, a teacher at Running Brook Elementary School in Columbia - incorrectly stated the amount of the award. It was $500.

The award, created in the memory of Bonnie Schwartz, a county teacher who passed away two years ago, is administered by The Columbia Foundation and funded by the Schwartz family.

The Sun regrets the error.