Jeanne Luning Prak of Broadneck High School, Cassandra Boyle of South River High School, and Jamie Shade of Old Mill 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 three seniors were … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County today approved a plan to leave school meal prices unchanged for the 2015-2016 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 announced that the school system’s moratorium on field trips and other student transportation to and from Baltimore City will be lifted effective Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Transportation for students enrolled in non-public settings and homeless students who attend Anne Arundel County schools will resume on Wednesday. … Continue reading
Superintendent George Arlotto today announced that the school system’s moratorium on field trips and other student transportation to and from Baltimore City will continue at least through Tuesday, May 5, 2015. The cancellation affects about 11 additional planned trips by schools on May 4 and 5 which had not been … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County will consider a change to the 2015-2016 school year calendar that would build in a day for parent-teacher conferences in the third marking period at its next meeting, scheduled for 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 6, 2015. The meeting will be held … Continue reading
Board of Education President Stacy Korbelak today released the following statement regarding County Executive Steve Schuh’s proposed Fiscal Year 2016 operating and capital budgets: “While we are all aware of the fiscal issues that exist in our county, we simply can’t be a world class school system that attracts families … Continue reading
Chloe Diggs of North County High School and Christopher Umanzor of Old Mill High School have been named winners of prestigious Gates Millennium Scholarships that will pay the bulk of their expenses for undergraduate, graduate school, and post-graduate education, as well as related costs. Diggs, a student in North County’s … Continue reading
To further address the needs of the growing population of its youngest learners, Anne Arundel County Public Schools will open four new half-day prekindergarten sites in the 2015-2016 school year. Sites will be established at Riviera Beach, Overlook, Odenton, and Severn elementary schools. Each site will accommodate up to 40 … Continue reading
Anne Arundel County Public Schools facilities will operate on a four-day work week for the seventh consecutive year this summer, saving approximately $185,000 in operating and transportation costs without any decrease in productivity. By the end of the summer, the initiative will have saved more than $1.4 million over the … Continue reading
Fourteen AACPS career and technology students won their respective categories in the recent 42nd annual Maryland SkillsUSA State Skills Championships, an event designed to showcase the state’s best and brightest career and technology education (CTE) students. In addition, 16 county students placed second or third in their respective categories. The first-place … Continue reading