Nearly nine in 10 AACPS schools earned three or more stars using new baseline data on the 2022-2023 Maryland Report Card’s five-star accountability system, according to data released by the Maryland State Department of Education today. Overall, nearly 47 percent of the 116 schools to receive ratings under the newly … Continue reading
Fifteen teachers from all levels of the school system were named today as semifinalists for the 2024 Anne Arundel County Public Schools Teacher of the Year. They are: Patrick Alexander, Music Teacher, Piney Orchard Elementary School Alison Bowers, Language Arts Teacher, Brooklyn Park Middle School Jesse Bragg, Math Teacher, Meade … Continue reading
The Board of Education has followed the recommendations of the school system’s Calendar Committee, adopting a 2024-2025 school year calendar that calls for classes to begin for students on Monday, August 26, 2024, and end on Friday, June 13, 2025. The calendar, adopted at the Board’s December 6, 2023, meeting, … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County today approved a six-year, $19.5 million contract that will shift the way elementary students receive literacy instruction and will fully embrace the Science of Reading tenets beginning in the 2024-2025 school year. The contract with Amplify Education, Inc., brings on board the … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County today elected Robert Silkworth as president and Corine Frank as vice president for the coming year. Silkworth was elected to represent Councilmanic District 2 on the Board in November 2020 and began his four-year term the following month. He has served as … Continue reading
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Mark Bedell will lead a community conversation next week about the recent increase in violence, particularly, among youths, in the City of Annapolis and the roles the school system, community groups, and local government play in restoring safe communities. “Restoring One Annapolis: A Community Conversation” will … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County is scheduled to discuss and adopt a formal calendar for the 2024-2025 school year at its next meeting, set for Wednesday, December 6, 2023. The calendar recommended by the AACPS Calendar Committee was presented to the Board at its November 15, 2023, … Continue reading
Artwork from elementary students across Anne Arundel County will be showcased at Anne Arundel County Public Schools’ Elementary Winter Wonderland Art Exhibit beginning this week at Westfield Annapolis Mall, the school system’s Visual Arts Office announced today. The elementary winter-themed artwork will be on display from December 2, 2023, through January 3, 2024. The exhibit … Continue reading
Anne Arundel County Public Schools Social Studies Coordinator Eve Case has been named the 2023 winner of the Mel Miller Social Studies Leader Award by the National Social Studies Supervisors Association, a part of the National Council for the Social Studies. Case, who has served in her current position since … Continue reading
The committees established to recommend formal names for two new schools set to open in the 2024-2025 school year have narrowed the list of possibilities to groups of finalists, and public comment is now being sought on those lists. The Old Mill West High School Naming Committee has named the … Continue reading