The resounding sounds of joy from the Eastport Elementary School strings ensemble and chorus today heralded a huge new benefit for the school and its students: more than $12,000 in classroom and media center materials for Eastport’s International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP). As a result of the generosity … Continue reading
Thirty-nine public school teachers and three independent school teachers will be honored on Monday, April 25, 2016, as Anne Arundel County Public Schools and the Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce celebrate the 30th annual Excellence in Education banquet at the BWI Marriott in Linthicum. This event will … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County last night formally approved an agreement to open a contract school in Annapolis that provides another program of choice for students and their families and will help alleviate overcrowding at elementary schools in the Annapolis area. Under the terms of the agreement, … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County tonight approved agreements with the Association of Educational Leaders (AEL) and the Secretaries and Administrative Assistants of Anne Arundel County (SAAAAC), as well as formally setting terms of employment for employees not represented by a bargaining unit. The AEL and SAAAAC agreements … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County tonight approved a calendar for the 2016-2017 school year that will see the first students arrive for class on Monday, August 22, 2016, two calendar days earlier than in the current school year, and the last students leave class on Wednesday, June … Continue reading
College applications can be difficult to navigate, but when you add all of the compliance requirements of the NCAA for student-athletes, it can become completely overwhelming for high school students. That’s why the Anne Arundel County Public Schools Office of Athletics is sponsoring a symposium titled “Taking Responsibility for your … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County is scheduled to give formal approval to the 2016-2017 School Year Calendar and tentative approval to a calendar for the 2017-2018 school year at its next meeting, set for November 18, 2015. The draft 2016-2017 calendar approved by the school system’s Calendar … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County will host elected officials representing the county and the City of Annapolis at its first-ever Legislative Breakfast next week. “This is a chance for us to continue the conversations that are so critical to the success of our children, our school system, … Continue reading
SBNC Press Release 11 6 2015
Anne Arundel County Public Schools students who took high school level PARCC exams last year outperformed their counterparts across the state on the Algebra I assessment, were on par in English 10, and lagged behind in Algebra II, according to the first results of the assessments released today. On both … Continue reading