The Board of Education last night formally approved two changes to the current school year calendar, closing school on June 20, 2022, in recognition of Juneteenth and building in a two-hour early dismissal for staff and student personal wellness on December 23, 2021. The Juneteenth holiday is observed annually on … Continue reading
Broadneck High School teacher Melissa Quigley has been named Health Education Teacher of the Year by SHAPE Maryland. This award is given annually to teachers who, in addition to possessing outstanding teaching skills, are positive role models and exhibit the qualities of personal health and fitness their daily lives. Quigley … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County will consider a pair of adjustments to the current school year calendar and conduct its first review of proposed 2022-2023 School Year calendars at its next meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, November 17, 2021. The school system’s Calendar Committee – made of up … Continue reading
Superintendent George Arlotto announced today he will formally recommend to the Board of Education next week that three upcoming school days be converted to two-hour early dismissals for students to allow staff and students personal time to focus on their own individual wellness. Dr. Arlotto and his staff have been … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County will hold a public workshop next week to learn more from Superintendent George Arlotto and school system staff about Maryland’s charter school law and application process. This is the second in a series of workshops to take place this school year which … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County is currently seeking to fill a vacancy on its Ethics Panel. Members of the Ethics Panel are volunteers who are appointed by the Board. The duties of the Panel include devising, receiving, and maintaining all ethics forms generated by the school system … Continue reading
Broadneck High School’s varsity volleyball team will forfeit all of its wins from the fall 2020 season because of a COMAR out-of-season violation regarding the number of returning players who can participate on a non-school, outside team. Anne Arundel County Public Schools imposed the penalty after an investigation by school … Continue reading
Anne Arundel County Public Schools and the Anne Arundel Department of Health are teaming up to offer COVID-19 Pfizer vaccination clinics for children ages 5 to 11 at 24 elementary schools across the county beginning next week, Superintendent George Arlotto and County Health Officer Nilesh Kalyanaraman announced today. “These plans … Continue reading
Graduating seniors at 12 county high schools are scheduled to receive their diplomas at the Live! Event Center at Arundel Mills this spring after the COVID-19 pandemic scuttled plans to host ceremonies there in each of the past two years. “We certainly hope the third time is the charm,” Superintendent … Continue reading
Jodi Risse, Supervisor of Food and Nutrition Services for Anne Arundel County Public Schools, today was named the Maryland School Nutrition Association’s Director of the Year. In her 14 years overseeing AACPS’ Division of Food and Nutrition Services, Risse has become known as an innovator who cultivates creative year-round approaches … Continue reading