Shipley’s Choice Elementary School today earned the nation’s top educational honor by being named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. Anne Arundel County Public Schools has now had 18 schools earn National Blue Ribbon honors, including 10 in the last 10 years … Continue reading
Members of the Class of 2017 who took the new Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) last year scored better than their counterparts in Maryland and across the nation, data released today by the College Board shows. The composite score for county students was 1,071 points, 25 points better than the state … Continue reading
Michelle Weisgerber, the Signature Program Facilitator for Broadneck High School’s Environmental Literacy Signature Program, has been named the winner of the 2017 Jan Hollmann Environmental Education Award. Weisgerber has been a leading force in helping Broadneck receive a Green Ribbon School designation from the U.S. Department of Education. The award … Continue reading
The Board of Education today unanimously approved Superintendent George Arlotto’s recommended $216 million FY2019 capital budget, which contains construction funding for nine major school projects as well as funding for open space classroom enclosures, classroom additions, and additions for kindergarten and prekindergarten. The budget approved by the Board is about … Continue reading
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2018 Anne Arundel County Public Schools Teacher of the Year and the Independent Schools Teacher of the Year awards. Principals wishing to nominate an outstanding educator at their school should go to www.aacps.org/toy for more information and nomination forms. Parents who wish to … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County will conduct a public hearing on Superintendent George Arlotto’s recommended Fiscal Year 2019 Capital Budget and six-year Capital Improvement Plan during its next regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, September 20, 2017. The six-year plan, which includes a $216 million capital budget for … Continue reading
Five students from five Anne Arundel County public high schools have been selected as semifinalists in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship competition. Annapolis, Arundel, Old Mill, Severna Park and South River high schools each have one student on the prestigious list which is comprised of about 16,000 student achievers nationwide. … Continue reading
The leaders of five large Maryland public school systems today called upon Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, the State legislature, and congressional representatives to continue protecting the rights of DACA beneficiaries in the wake of the Trump administration’s announcement of its intent to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) … Continue reading
The Board of Education will hold its first Community Outreach event of the school year on Saturday, September 16, 2017, at the Russett Community Center in Laurel. The event will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. during the Russett Community Fair and Yard Sale event. The event is designed … Continue reading
South River High School teacher Josh Carroll today was named a finalist for the 2017-18 Maryland Teacher of the Year by the Maryland State Department of Education. Carroll, who teaches STEM classes at the Edgewater school, is one of seven finalists for the award. The others are: Justin Holbrook of … Continue reading