The AACPS Wellness Council is proud to announce that the application for 2016 Wellness Schools of Distinction award is now ready for completion. This award recognizes schools that demonstrate a high priority for the health and well-being of students, staff, and school supporters by going beyond the curriculum to produce … Continue reading
Sandra Sandeep of North County High School, and Norman Xiong of Severna Park High School are the most recent students to be added to the impressive list of National Merit Scholars, announced recently by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The two seniors were chosen from a talented group of 15,000 … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County will hear about a collaborative partnership that exists to assist children who are in crisis situations at its next meeting, scheduled for May 18, 2016. The Partnership for Children, Youth and Families and the Anne Arundel County Mental Health Agency have been … Continue reading
As has been the practice for several years, all county high schools as well as the Phoenix Academy and Mary Moss @ J. Albert Adams Academy will administer High School Assessment exams in Biology or Government to students currently enrolled in those courses. The Government HSA will be given on … Continue reading
The School Board Nominating Commission of Anne Arundel County today announced its final candidate list for Anne Arundel County Board of Education seat representing District 21 and the at-large seat to be vacated in June 2017. The Commission received seven applications before last night’s midnight deadline. The applicants are: Janet … Continue reading
The Board of Education’s next Community Outreach event of the school year will be held at the Fresh Start Church in Glen Burnie on Tuesday, May 10. The event, originally scheduled in February but postponed by inclement weather, will run from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County today approved a plan to leave school meal prices unchanged for the 2016-2017 school year. Under the plan approved by the Board, full-price breakfast at all levels will cost $1.50, elementary school lunches will cost $2.75, and secondary school lunches will cost … Continue reading
Superintendent George Arlotto today released the following statement regarding publicly posted comments about the privatization of the county’s school health program: “For many years, our school system has benefited immensely from the School Health Program run by the Anne Arundel County Department of Health. Under the current leadership of Dr. … Continue reading
Southern High School senior Autumn Jackson has been named a winner of a prestigious Gates Millennium Scholarship that will pay the bulk of her expenses for undergraduate, graduate school, and post-graduate education, as well as related costs. Autumn is the eighth county student in the last five years to claim … Continue reading
The Anne Arundel Retired School Personnel Association (AARSPA) will provide Board of Education members with a tour of the Annearrundell County Free School Museum at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 4. The structure is believed to be the only surviving schoolhouse constructed as a result of the Maryland Free School … Continue reading