Ms. Drew helped Mrs. Garris close out another amazing week at Tracey's. Ms. Drew not only visited classrooms but she got to help Ms. Stepp with PreK, deliver materials, and help with dismissal. You were awesome Ms. Drew! #BelongGrowSucceed

Ms. Cruz started off the week with helping Mrs. Garris as principal of the day! She visited classrooms, helped Mrs. Wegfahrt and got to check on her siblings! Thank you for all your help! #BelongGrowSucceed

Mrs. Garris got to have one of her favorite lunches- Mexico with an amazing tiger! Thank you Ms. Thompson for having lunch with me this week! #BelongGrowSucceed

Our 1st grade tigers had an amazing trip to the zoo! They sure knew how to ROAR! #BelongGrowSucceed

In honor of National Volunteer Week! We got to start off our week by celebrating some of our amazing volunteers! Thank you for all you do to help make our school run so smooth! #BelongGrowSucceed

Don’t miss Seussical! There’s one more show this weekend, Sunday @ 2:00 pm! #ParkPRIDE #BelongGrowSucceed

7th Grade Waves students had a beautiful day for their visit to Rock Creek Park! #ParkPRIDE #BelongGrowSucceed @rockcreeknps

Joe Bigsby, a STEM teacher at Magothy River Middle School, tonight was named the 2026 Anne Arundel County Public Schools Teacher of the Year. The announcement came before a crowd of more than 700 people at the culmination of the 40th annual Excellence in Education Awards held at the Live! Event Center at Arundel Mills.

Bigsby has taught Anne Arundel County Public Schools students since 2018 and has spent the entirety of that time at Magothy River Middle School. During that time, he has built a reputation as a dynamic educator with a passion for student connection and innovation.

For more about Bigsby and all those honored at this year’s event, go to the AACPS News Release page at https://www.aacps.org/article/2843645.

Members of our #AACPSAwesome science team helped educators across the nation understand the power of modeling for Next Generation Science 3-Dimensional thinking at the recent National Science Teachers Association Conference. Participants put on their student hats and worked through the AVID strategy of placemat consensus to develop their own model, then collaborated with their peers on a final version.
#BelongGrowSucceed #AACPSFamily

Conexiones sends a huge THANK YOU to our amazing speakers Ms. Caya and Ms. Cares for taking the time to speak with our wonderful bilingual AACPS staff 💬✨
We are so grateful for your insight, knowledge, and inspiration! 💙
AMS was proud and happy to host this incredible group 🐉🏫
Community, connection, and collaboration at its best! 🙌🤝

🎨📚 Learning in action in Ms. Lerro’s class! 🧠✨
Students had a blast creating Body Maps as part of their lesson on analyzing a character! 🙌 Using creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking, they brought characters to life in a fun and meaningful way 🎭🖍️
Hands-on learning + imagination = Dragon success! 🐉💙

🎉🐉 Celebrating a True AMS Treasure! 🐉🎉
Happy 80th Birthday to our amazing Dragon staff member, Ms. Speed! 🎂💐
With over 25 years of dedication at Annapolis Middle School, she has been a constant source of support 💙 for our staff and students. Her kindness, commitment, and Dragon spirit make AMS a better place every day!
Thank you, Ms. Speed, for all you do — we celebrate YOU today and always! 🥳👏
🐉❤️ #AMSDragons #DragonPride #StaffShoutout #80YearsYoung

One of our Junior Interns from the University of Maryland led a read aloud today in 5th grade! #Belonggrowsucceed

Don’t miss Seussical this weekend! #ParkPRIDE #BelongGrowSucceed

Happy Administrative Assistant Day to two of the best!! We are so lucky to have these smiling faces in the front office every day!❤️

Our bus drivers not only get ours to school safely every day, they do it with lots of love and care!

Don’t miss Seussical Jr., this weekend! Thank you Mandala Wojnar for sharing these amazing behind the scenes pictures! #ParkPRIDE #BelongGrowSucceed #SuessicalJr

Happy #AdministrativeProfessionalsDay to the team that keeps our building running! #ParkPRIDE #BelongGrowSucceed