Celebrating National Assistant Principals Week! #APWeek25

Celebrating National Assistant Principals Week! #APWeek25

Enrollment for the new AACPS Learning Together Peer Program for 3 & 4-year-olds opens Monday, April 7, 2025. The Learning Together Peer (LTP) Program offers an inclusive preschool experience where all young children can learn, play, develop friendships, and thrive in a diverse and engaging environment. This program provides specially designed instruction/special education services for preschoolers with disabilities in classrooms that also include children without disabilities. The program is Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday with classes for 3-year-olds in the AM and 4-year-olds in the PM. Apply at https://forms.office.com/r/c1vaUATHMy. **This program and application are NOT for AACPS Prekindergarten.** For more information, contact the Birth to Five Office at 410-424-3260.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools’ kindergarten registration for the 2025-2026 school year will get under way next week, and parents and guardians can reserve their child’s seat by enrolling online beginning at noon on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. For more details, go to https://www.aacps.org/article/2129293.

Celebrating National School Librarian Day! #NationalSchoolLibrarianDay ❤️👓📚 #BelongGrowSucceed

The latest episode of “The Next Level” premieres NOW on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/rcebVDyTB4I. This episode features two athletes from Crofton High School.

To accommodate another event in the Parham Building later that evening, the start of the debate between finalists for 2025-26 Student Member of the Board of Education on April 9, 2025, has been moved to 4:30 p.m. For details, go to https://www.aacps.org/article/2126807.

In this week’s edition of Thursday Thoughts, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Mark Bedell and Board Member Dawn Pulliam discuss the Board’s Military Service Award in honor of Candace C.W. Antwine. #BelongGrowSucceed #AACPSFamily https://youtu.be/rDgbNfBaDTk

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

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

Hello Hilltop Families! Spring has sprung and Hilltop has lots of great events coming up in April and May that we would love to have you be involved in the planning and execution with us! This is a friendly reminder that our monthly PTA meeting will be taking place virtually tomorrow night, Wednesday, April 2nd @ 5:30 PM. We would love to have you join us! Click this link to join the meeting: https://meet.google.com/ryw-dfaj-tij Please be advised that you will need to be signed into a Google account for the link to work. We look forward to meeting with you, Hilltop Elementary PTA

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.

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

View our April 2025 Family Link Newsletter: https://aacps.edurooms.com/engage/anne-arundel-county-public-schools/newsletters/family-link-april-2025

Dear Families, We’re pleased to share that buses 777 and 156 have been cleared for departure, and students are headed home. We appreciate your patience and understanding as Anne Arundel County Police and the Transportation Department ensured everyone’s safety. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact the school at 410-424-2400. Yours in Partnership, Shakiyla Shockley, Assistant Principal

Good afternoon Families, We want to inform you that students who ride bus 777 or bus 156 are currently still at school due to a bus accident that occurred this afternoon. Anne Arundel County Police and the Transportation Department are on-site and actively conducting an investigation. Please be assured that no students were harmed and all students are safe. As soon as the buses are cleared for departure, they will proceed with transporting students home. If you prefer to pick your child up from school, you are welcome to do so. Please bring a valid photo ID, and ensure that the adult picking up the student is listed on the student's emergency contact form. Come into the office and the front office staff will release your student to you. Thank you for your understanding and support. Assistant Principal, Shakiyla Shockley

It's Family Academy Friday! Check out the Family Academy Newsletter at https://aacps.edurooms.com/engage/family-academy/newsletters/family-academy-fridays-3-21-25. Visit the Family Academy anytime at www.aacps.org/familyacademy or in Spanish at www.aacps.org/academiafamiliar! #AACPSFamily #BelongGrowSucceed