Darian Rice, a senior at Broadneck High School, has been named a semifinalist in the 2015 National Achievement Scholarship program. He is the second student from Broadneck to be recognized by the prestigious National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Semifinalists in the competition were selected from more than 160,000 students in nearly … Continue reading
The Board of Education will hold a retreat next week to discuss negotiations with employee bargaining units in Anne Arundel County Public Schools. The retreat will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 15, in Room 204 of the Student Union at Anne Arundel Community College … Continue reading
Parents and educators looking for information and resources to support student readiness and enhance student achievement can find them at the Family Involvement Conference on Saturday, November 15, 2014. The conference is sponsored by Anne Arundel County Public Schools’ Office of School and Family Partnerships in collaboration with the Early … Continue reading
The Board of Education has formally approved the 2015-2016 school year calendar, which calls for students to start classes on August 24, 2015, and end on June 16, 2016. The calendar contains five days built in for emergency weather-related closings, which would be subtracted from the calendar if they are … Continue reading
The Anne Arundel County Public Schools Ethics Panel will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, November 10, 2014, at the Parham Building, located at 2644 Riva Road in Annapolis. The five-member panel’s duties include devising, receiving, and maintaining all ethics forms generated by school system regulations; providing advisory opinions on … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County is scheduled to give formal approval to the 2015-2016 School Year Calendar and tentatively approve a calendar for the 2016-2017 school year at its next meeting, set for November 5, 2014. The draft 2015-2016 calendar approved by the school system Calendar Committee … Continue reading
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2015 Anne Arundel County Public Schools Teacher of the Year and 2015 Business Partnership Awards. Nominees and winners will be honored at the 29th annual Excellence in Education awards, set for April 15 at the BWI Marriott hotel in Linthicum. Last year, 56 … Continue reading
Two county elementary schools have reached the top of the International Baccalaureate ladder by earning designation as IB World Schools. Frank Hebron-Harman and South Shore elementary schools have each received the official authorization, marking the end of a lengthy process of self-study and extensive preparation by the schools and their … Continue reading
The Board of Education is now accepting applications for four openings on the Executive Committee of its countywide Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC), a 29-member panel that provides input and advice on specific issues surrounding education throughout the county. The panel consists of two representatives from each of the 12 high … Continue reading
The Board of Education’s first Community Outreach event of the school year, postponed earlier this month because of concerns about weather and travel conditions on local roads, has been rescheduled for October 29 at the Waugh Chapel community center. The event will allow parents and children who have questions about … Continue reading