The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County is scheduled to vote on revisions to its policies involving redistricting and school attendance areas, independent study courses, and responsibilities for students with disabilities at its next meeting, set for March 2, 2016. The Board has already reviewed the policies and their … Continue reading
If you asked North County High School German teacher Katrina Griffin to sum up her year to date in a single word, it would probably be unglaublich. Griffin’s “incredible” year got a little better this month when she was named the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages’ Teacher … Continue reading
A dozen AACPS career and technology students won their respective categories at the recent SkillsUSA Region 3 championships and 33 students overall earned the right to participate in the upcoming state competition. In an event designed to showcase the area’s best and brightest career and technology education (CTE) students, 11 … Continue reading
Homeschooled student Storrie Kulynych-Irvin outlasted 30 other champion spellers today to win the 28th annual Anne Arundel County Spelling Bee and earn a trip to the national competition later this year. Storrie, who tied for third in last year’s bee, correctly spelled the word “velveteen” in the 17th round to … Continue reading
More Anne Arundel County Public Schools students than ever before – over 2,700 – submitted applications for seats in magnet programs for the upcoming school year, an indication that interest in programs of choice across the school system continues to rise sharply. The record number of students submitted nearly 4,400 … Continue reading
Recognizing the focus and ambition it takes to be successful academic achievers and community contributors, the A Tribute to Women of Color (ATWOC) organization will honor the work of 31 young men and women from across the county at its 23rd annual awards luncheon on Saturday, March 5, 2016. More … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County today unanimously approved a $1.14 billion operating budget request for Fiscal Year 2017 that includes more than $15 million for compensation increases for all employees and eliminates a portion of the funding for a proposed shift in school hours that would have … Continue reading
Severna Park High School junior Veeraj Shah is one of two finalists to become the next student member on the Maryland State Board of Education. The names of Veeraj and David Edimo of Richard Montgomery High School in Montgomery County were sent to Governor Larry Hogan after a rigorous process … Continue reading
Nineteen public school students, 11 private school students, and one home-schooled student will vie to become the champion of the 28th annual Anne Arundel County Spelling Bee on February 20, 2016. The event begins at 10 a.m. in the Board Room of the Parham Building, located at 2644 Riva Road … Continue reading
United States Senators Barbara A. Milkulski and Benjamin L. Cardin have announced that Severna Park High School junior Alex McGrath is one of just two students from Maryland who will participate in the upcoming United States Senate Youth Program. Alex, who was selected for the program by the Maryland State … Continue reading