Join the AACPS Office of Elementary Curriculum & Instruction for an exciting event about the new CKLA elementary literacy curriculum!
🗓️ When: Nov. 7, 5:30 p.m.
📍 Where: Severn Run High School
Register here: https://forms.gle/Z3mjbZYGRrJMiRJt6

Families are invited to our costume parade this Thursday starting at 12:30pm. Our Mallard Leaders are also asking that you bring in a canned food item for our Harvest for the Hungry Drive! Label the item with your student's homeroom teacher for a chance to win a class party!

Kindergarten is practicing CKLA skills! They are learning how to blend sounds into words by playing sound hopscotch.


Kindergarten students learned some new "tricky words" and practiced them in their picture readers.


This week's Thursday Thoughts from Superintendent of Schools Dr. Mark Bedell focus on voting and teaching students about their right to vote. #AACPSFamily #BelongGrowSuceed
https://youtu.be/BFGIZOla1k4
5th grade had an amazing field trip to the BSO and Fort McHenry.

Did you miss the October 16 presentation to the Board of Education on AACPS' proposed new Learning Management System? Watch it and hear questions posed by the Board here.
https://youtu.be/GYTw1h9Qt7I
Dr. Mark Bedell and Senior Legislative and Policy Specialist Grace Wilson clear up misconceptions about the work of the Innovative School Scheduling Workgroup.
https://youtu.be/G6MP4wVj9w8
Have you heard the news? Always Ice Cream is offering an EXCLUSIVE Anne Arundel County Public Schools flavor in November, with a portion of sales benefitting the Education Foundation of AACPS! Check out more at the link below and stay tuned for the flavor reveal on October 24! #AACPSFamily #BelongGrowSucceed
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1287317595500634

First grade culminates their human body knowledge unit.



First grade makes skeleton hands to review the human body knowledge unit.


Parent Portal Account
https://aacps.edurooms.com/engage/family-academy/newsletters/family-academy-fridays-10-18-24.
It's Family Academy Friday! Look for featured content every other Friday on AACPS social media or visit www.aacps.org/familyacademy! #AACPSFamily #BelongGrowSucceed

In this week’s Thursday Thoughts, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Mark Bedell discusses the importance of dedicated time for the new Core Knowledge Language Arts elementary school curriculum and its impact on early dismissal days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxuonez4ahs
A huge thank you to Mr. Pearson, a Mayo Dad and DC Fireman, for collaborating with @aacofd to share valuable fire prevention tips with kindergartners during Fire Prevention Month! We appreciate our community helpers! #Belong #FirePrevention #CommunityHeroes




The Office of Community Schools recently supported a professional development initiative focused on Spanish language learning, featuring a two-week immersion course in Cusco, Peru. This program exemplifies the Community Schools' commitment to building relationships, supporting our students and families, and making AACPS a community where everyone can #BelongGrowSucceed.
https://youtu.be/GEC3nL78Zqs?si=xs9qxWj5pdNDIW8T
Today is #UnityDay!
Don't forget to wear orange to show your support and celebration of Unity Day.
Kindness - Acceptance - Inclusion
Use our hashtags on X/Twitter to share your Unity Day pictures:
#UnityDay #UnityDay2024 #ProjectUnity
#BelongGrowSucceed
Pictures can be emailed to communications@aacps.org
or DM on Instagram

First graders are painting symmetrical monarch butterflies from observation.



#UnityDay is coming!
Don't forget to wear orange tomorrow to show your support and celebration of Unity Day #UnityDay #UnityDay2024 #ProjectUnity
#BelongGrowSucceed

Ahoy, mateys! Arrr-ye ready to hoist the sails and join us on this grand adventure as we celebrate National School Lunch Week?
Healthy school meals be the finest treasure, fit to fuel young buccaneers as they chart their course through the stormy seas of learning. With proper grub in their bellies, they'll be ready to tackle any challenge that comes their way! So, let’s feast like the true school lunch pirates we are and make this week a bountiful haul! Avast, let’s dig in! 🍎🏴☠️
#NSLW24 Find Your Treasure!

Don't forget to keep bringing in your non-perishable food items for our Harvest for the Hungry Food drive during the month of October! Drop off boxes are at the front of the school! #BelongGrowSucceed #MayoIsKind

