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
about 1 year ago, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
CKLA event flyer
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!
about 1 year ago, Mayo Elementary
Costume parade at Mayo elementary. Outside of school at 12:30
Kindergarten is practicing CKLA skills! They are learning how to blend sounds into words by playing sound hopscotch. 
about 1 year ago, Mayo Elementary
K girl Hopscotch
K boy hopscotch
Kindergarten students learned some new "tricky words" and practiced them in their picture readers.
about 1 year ago, Mayo Elementary
K picture reader
K group reader
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
about 1 year ago, AACPS
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Mark Bedell
5th grade had an amazing field trip to the BSO and Fort McHenry.
about 1 year ago, Mayo Elementary
5th grade Fort
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
about 1 year ago, AACPS
Learning Management System presentation slide
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
about 1 year ago, AACPS
Innovative School Scheduling Workgroup artwork
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
about 1 year ago, AACPS
AACPS, Always Ice Cream logos
First grade culminates their human body knowledge unit.
about 1 year ago, Mayo Elementary
operation game
human body game
heads together
First grade makes skeleton hands to review the human body knowledge unit.
about 1 year ago, Mayo Elementary
first graders skeleton hands
skeleton hands on window
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
about 1 year ago, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Family Academy Fridays - AACPS Parent Portal
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
about 1 year ago, AACPS
Superintendent Dr. Mark Bedell
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
about 1 year ago, Mayo Elementary
Kandtruck
fire lesson
fire gear
fireman kneeling
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
about 1 year ago, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Community Schools - Belong. Grow. Succeed
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
about 1 year ago, AACPS
Unity Day Kindness Acceptance Inclusion Don't forget to wear Orange Tuesday, October 15 - group photo of teacher and students wearing orange
First graders are painting symmetrical monarch butterflies from observation.
about 1 year ago, Mayo Elementary
first gr art
first grade art
first grade art butterfly
#UnityDay is coming! Don't forget to wear orange tomorrow to show your support and celebration of Unity Day #UnityDay #UnityDay2024 #ProjectUnity #BelongGrowSucceed
about 1 year ago, AACPS
Unity Day Kindness Acceptance Inclusion Don't forget to wear Orange Tuesday, October 15 - group photos of staff and students wearing orange
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!
about 1 year ago, AACPS
National Lunch Week School Lunch pirates  Find your treasure! October 14-18 Image of treasure map with food items on it.
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
about 1 year ago, Mayo Elementary
Harvest for Hungry text in a sunshine made of cans