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Mapping out the future, one mile at a time! 📍Our 7th grade AVID scholars are creating “Road Maps to Success” to navigate middle school, high school, and beyond. They’re becoming experts on their path to post-grad dreams! #aacpsawesome #ibworldschool #belonggrowsucceed #AVID

Way to go, 🐍 AMS 6th graders! 🌟 Your perfect attendance shows that you know how much Attendance Matters! 🏫💪
As a sweet reward for your dedication, you scored a SLURPEE from 7-Eleven! 🥤🎈
Big THANK YOU to 7-Eleven for supporting our students and making this celebration extra cool! ❄️
Keep showing up, keep shining! 🐲💛
@aacountyschools @aacpsspanish @aacpscommunityschools #DragonStrong #belongrowsucceed
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🧥❄️💙 Warm Coats, Warm Hearts! 💙❄️🧥
Annapolis Middle School sends a HUGE thank you to Operation Warm and Subaru for keeping our Annapolis community cozy this season! 🐉✨
Your generosity = happy hearts + warm hugs 🤗💛
We’re so grateful for partners who care! 🌟https://www.instagram.com/annapmsaacps/reel/DTbKVMIj3Zr/
#OperationWarm #SubaruLovesToHelp

"AMS Runs On Reading!” 🐲 Well, at least it does in Mrs. Key's 7th-grade classroom. Her students had a delicious 🍩donut 🍩 tasting where they got to read novels, rate them, and choose their favorite for marking period 2. Great job, Mrs. Key! https://www.instagram.com/annapmsaacps/p/DTYMOfIDpPZ/ @aacountyschools #IBlearning #novels

❤️✨ Thank you~ Gracias Sarah ✨❤️
Huge shoutout to our amazing donor who stepped in with the biggest heart and paid off ALL outstanding student lunches at 🐲 AMS! 🍎💙
Because of you, our students can focus on learning, laughing, and being their awesome selves — not worrying about lunch balances.
Your kindness filled more than trays today… it filled hearts. 🐲 🥹❤️
Thank you for showing our kids what community, compassion, and generosity look like.
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In what has become an annual January tradition, Anne Arundel County Public Schools’ dance program is again shining brightly on the state stage, with 18 dancers earning All-State honors, placing them among the top 26 dancers in Maryland. Another dancer earned honorable mention, and Daphne Dobill-Dalle, a senior and standout dancer and choreographer from Meade High School, earned the Excellence in Student Choreography Award.

To read more about these #AACPSAwesome dancers and our amazing dance program, go to the AACPS News Release page at https://www.aacps.org/article/2628369.

#BelongGrowSucceed #AACPSFamily #OurStory

Things are getting... Strange in 6th Grade! Warning: A gate to the Upside Down opened briefly in Room 103, but don’t worry—Ms. Graziano’s 6th graders handled it like total pros! Our classroom transformed into Hawkins as students teamed up to tackle the Quarter 2 Benchmark Review. To defeat the Mind Flayer of Math, students had to channel their inner Hawkins heroes, showing off massive amounts of collaboration and focus. But the stakes were higher than a game of Dungeons & Dragons! Even Vecna made a guest appearance to challenge us on the twisted world of inequalities. (Turns out, solving for x < 11 is the only way to escape his curse!) Great job, 6th Graders! You proved that when we work together, we can conquer any dimension (and any test)!

Attendance matters—and it comes with perks! 🏆🎳 Celebrating our December Attendance All-Stars who were in class 90% of the month. Keep up that incredible momentum! #aacpsawesome #belonggrowsucceed

Our former alum Brienna Blackwood came out to speak to our students about the ROTC at Penn State! #avid #ib #aacpsawesome #belonggrowsucceed

Science 6 students are hard at work modeling what forms when two convergent tectonic plates collide! #volcanoes #aacpsawesome #belonggrowsucceed

MacArthur chorus students represented well and a had a great day making music at the Severn Run choral feeder event on Friday! #aacpsawesome #aacpsmusic #belonggrowsucceed

Congratulations to Mrs. Strickland's class for having the best attendance for the month of December! @AACountySchools #BelongGrowSucceed

Check out our over 250 tigers who had perfect attendance for the month of December! We got to celebrate them with popcorn and a short film. #attendancematters #BelongGrowSucceed

Congratulations to our newly appointed Safety Patrol Officers! #Belonggrowsucceed

The 6th Grade Dragons just leveled up! 🐉✨
Our Annapolis Middle School was transformed into a high-energy laser show with a powerful message. We learned that being a Dragon means leading with respect and standing up against bullying.
Watching the lasers light up the room was incredible, but the real "glow up" is seeing our students commit to making AMS a kinder place for everyone. 💡🤝🐉
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Congratulations to our very own Mrs. Lewis for receiving the AFCEA grant. She is excited to get new robots with coding boards amongst other surprises.

Congratulations to our Tigers who earned our PYP Attribute of the month award on tolerance! We are so proud of each of you! #BelongGrowSucceed

Citing his relentless quest to build and enhance relationships and teams that increase student achievement, the Maryland Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP) today named Meade High School Principal Dr. Ryan Durr as its 2026 High School Principal of the Year. #BelongGrowSucceed #AACPSFamily #OurStory

To learn more about Dr. Durr and the award, go to AACPS’ News Release page at https://www.aacps.org/article/2618997.