10 a.m., 4/3/25: Due to a burst water pipe at the school that will need to be repaired this evening, there will be no classes at South River Evening High School tonight, April 3. Classes will resume at the evening high school campus on Monday, April 7. There are no planned interruptions to regular day classes at South River High School today or tomorrow.
SMOB Minute –Quarter 3 recap with Hafsa Hamdaoui, Student Member of the Board
https://youtu.be/uPt0CyEppdo
Celebrating Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
Thank you to all of our #AACPSAwesome Paraprofessionals supporting our classrooms.
#BelongGrowSucceed
Join us for the 2nd Annual Multicultural Festival on Thursday, April 3, 2025, 6pm - 8pm at Severn River Middle School! This event is open to all AACPS families! Enjoy games, prizes, food, crafts, music, and dancing from around the world! Register to attend this event or to host a cultural table: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdU5vAIr0DCPJtjS1IfTn5wKaW5sBqi9FTYcG-0Fy3iaZUnCA/viewform
Congratulations to Lori Fowler, our Manager of Service Learning, for earning the year’s Service Learning Practitioner Leadership Award from the National Youth Leadership Council. The award is presented annually “to a teacher or community member who has created a living legacy through service-learning practice.”
Join us now for the latest episode of “School Sounds”
This episode features “Here Lies” from Crofton High School
“School Sounds” is produced and directed by student intern Kailyn Beath
https://youtu.be/yOl9Cj8O4_o
April is...
Month of the Military Child
PURPLE UP for military kids!
Wear purple to support our Military students!
Our Purple Up day is Wednesday, April 9.
Are you bilingual in Urdu, Arabic, or Spanish?
Then come join our team!
We're looking to hire part-time Urdu and Arabic, and full-time Spanish Bilingual Facilitators to support our families at AACPS.
Visit www.aacps.org/joinourteam for this amazing opportunity! The application window closes on April 5th, 2025.
Part-time positions: https://aacps.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=28168
Full-time positions: https://aacps.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=28167
As provided in the Board approved calendar, all AACPS schools will dismiss 2-hours early on March 28, 2025. No afternoon ECI classes. End of 3rd marking period.
#BelongGrowSucceed
Join us for the 2nd Annual Multicultural Festival on Thursday, April 3, 2025, 6pm - 8pm at Severn River Middle School! This event is open to all AACPS families! Enjoy games, prizes, food, crafts, music, and dancing from around the world! Register to attend this event or to host a cultural table: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdU5vAIr0DCPJtjS1IfTn5wKaW5sBqi9FTYcG-0Fy3iaZUnCA/viewform
In this week’s edition of Thursday Thoughts, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Mark Bedell discusses the ongoing construction at the Old Mill complex. #BelongGrowSucceed #AACPSFamily #OurStory
https://youtu.be/9QTwjZ2DV9c
In October, we had nearly 2,100 students with family members whose first language is not English and who had not signed up for our Parent Portal, which we use to deliver important information throughout the year. Our amazing bilingual facilitators got to work on that issue and today, that number is 8. EIGHT.
Thank you to this awesome team for helping international famlies help our students Belong, Grow, and Succeed!
View our April 2025 Family Link Newsletter:
https://aacps.edurooms.com/engage/anne-arundel-county-public-schools/newsletters/family-link-april-2025
As provided in the Board approved calendar, all AACPS schools will dismiss 2-hours early on March 27 and 28, 2025. No afternoon ECI classes. End of 3rd marking period.
#BelongGrowSucceed
As provided in the Board approved calendar, all AACPS schools will dismiss 2-hours early on March 27 and 28, 2025. No afternoon ECI classes. End of 3rd marking period.
#BelongGrowSucceed
Five county high school seniors have been honored for their achievements by earning recognition as Dell Scholars by the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation. The honors for Aliya Downs, Jaden Gaddi and Brittany Gonzalez of North County High School; Cheyenne Ponder of Glen Burnie High School; and Jax Payan-Hansen of Southern High School each come with $20,000 scholarships in addition to a laptop computer and printer. All five students are enrolled in AACPS’ Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program, designed to provide support to students who are in the “academic middle” and prepare them to be successful in college through career and college exploration.
Details at https://www.aacps.org/article/2110025
#BelongGrowSucceed #AACPSFamily #OurStory
Severn Elementary School fifth-grader wins Martin Luther King, Jr., Oratorical Contest
https://www.aacps.org/article/2107640
Anne Arundel County Public Schools was in the spotlight at the Maryland State Board of Education meeting in Baltimore today. Makenzee Adams (Annapolis HS), Derrin Brown (Broadneck HS) and David Ward (Broadneck HS) - all members of the Apex Arts Commercial Band - had the honor of performing and Apex Arts Vsual Arts students James Bates (Annapolis HS) and Colin Sakae Bashor (Annapolis HS) had their original work displayed in the Board's meeting room among the works of other student artists from throughout Maryland. #BelngGrowSucceed #AACPSFamily
Congratulations to the state champion Arundel High School football team for being honored on the floor of the Maryland State Senate recently! #BelongGrowSucceed #AACPSFamily
Join us for information about school readiness and how to complete a prekindergarten application!
Interpreters are available upon request; please sign up for an interpreter at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1it7-yQv_vU8B_qhljvOJEdwvZl1IEqSuTNr4HQBKWCQ/viewform?edit_requested=true
Event dates:
April 1, 2025, 4:30-5:30 pm at Discoveries: The Library at the Mall
April 28, 2025, 12:00-1:00 pm at Edgewater Library
April 28, 2025, 5:30-6:30 pm at Marley Middle School
April 30, 2025, 11:30 AM-12:30 pm at Severn Library
