Riviera Beach Elementary School Principal Kay Panagopulos was recently named as one of three recipients of the Arts Education in Maryland Schools (AEMS) Alliance’s 2013 Alvin and Louise Myerberg Arts Leadership Recognition Awards. Panagopulos has been principal at Riviera Beach since 2006. The school integrates the arts throughout its curriculum … Continue reading
Germantown Elementary School Principal Walter Reap has been named a recipient of the Distinguished Educational Leadership Award by The Washington Post. Reap is one of 21 principals representing Washington-area school districts to receive the award. “It’s very exciting to be recognized and it means a lot to me,” Reap said. … Continue reading
Southern High School art teacher and department chairman Michael Bell has been named Anne Arundel County’s winner of the 2013 Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award by The Washington Post. Bell is one of 21 winners of the honor, awarded annually by the newspaper to outstanding teachers. The awards are named … Continue reading
Else Drooff, a junior at Broadneck High School, was elected by members of the Chesapeake Regional Association of Student Councils today to be the 2013-2014 student member of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education (SMOB). Approximately 290 students attended today’s election at South River High School, and 270 students … Continue reading
Chesapeake Science Point Public Charter School (CSP) students Jeremy Dy and Anthony Krieger earned the right to represent Maryland at the Raytheon National Mathcounts Competition next month by finishing second and third, respectively, at the state competition recently. The eighth-graders will be part of a four-member team at the national … Continue reading
The Board of Education today unanimously approved Superintendent Kevin Maxwell’s proposal to redistrict Crofton-area schools beginning in 2014. Dr. Maxwell’s recommendation was identical to that arrived at by a community panel made up of parents and community members that studied the options available to reduce overcrowding to the extent possible … Continue reading
Eight schools will close one day early due to construction projects The Maryland State Board of Education has granted Anne Arundel County Public Schools’ request for a two-day waiver of the 180-day school calendar requirement, meaning that unless schools are forced to close forinclement weather again, the last day of … Continue reading
Anne Arundel County Public Schools facilities will operate on a four-day work week for the fifth consecutive year this summer, saving approximately $215,000 in operating and transportation costs over a seven-week period without any decrease in productivity. By the end of the summer, the initiative will have saved more than … Continue reading
The entire community is invited to join the students, parents, educators, and community members of the North County Cluster for a free ‘STEMtastic’ event on Saturday, April 6, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Centre at Glen Burnie, located at 6711 Ritchie Highway. A celebration of student … Continue reading