ACPS is taking the next steps toward a solution for creating opportunities and expanding our programming at the high school level over the next five years. Just as our ’71 Titans led the way forward, students who now dream of a new high school experience are once again moving Alexandria into tomorrow.
This is the first in a series capturing the stories of T.C. Williams High School students working in our community through internship programs. This week, we’re featuring T.C. Williams High School senior Shafiqa Omarkhail, who found her path to a career in nursing through internships at two Alexandria dental practices.
ACPS is generating a pipeline of talented student scientists who are competing among the best. Learn about the pathways that are creating opportunities for students interested in pursuing STEM fields to thrive.
T.C. Williams High School has earned the College Board AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science Principles. T.C. Williams is one of only eight public schools in Virginia and one of 490 schools in total to be recognized with this award — out of more than 18,000 secondary schools worldwide that offer AP courses.
On Thursday night, the Board discussed the TAG program, Students with Disabilities evaluation and progress towards its ACPS 2020 Strategic Plan goals. The Board also celebrated our recent Scholastic Bowl win and students who successfully participated in National History Day.
ACPS needs your input on family engagement in our schools. Complete the survey before it closes on Friday, March 29.
Senior Mya Hall can sing but as a transfer student wanting to join T.C. Williams’ advanced choir, she had to get past an audition with Choir Director Theodore Thorpe, an ordeal she describes as tense and scary.
ACPS is in the midst of selecting new secondary mathematics textbooks and materials that can be adopted once the final budget is passed and funds are available in July. We would like your input.
T.C. Williams seniors Paul Scheland and Paula Filios have come first and third in Virginia on the highest level of the National German Exam.
This year, for the first time, ACPS is recognizing an Outstanding Support Staff Member of the Year. This week we’re celebrating all of our nominees. Read what makes them outstanding. The winner will be announced in April.
T.C. Williams High School students walked out of the Alfred Street Baptist Church Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) College Festival with more than $150,000 in scholarships. Ja’Nae Corbin was one of them.
This week, meet the outstanding ACPS secondary teachers nominated for the ACPS Teacher of the Year award and The Washington Post Teacher of the Year Award, and read why their students, families and colleagues believe they deserve recognition.
T.C. Williams High School claimed a commanding victory in the Scholastic Bowl state championship for the first time in T.C. history.
When we think of the things that have the biggest impact on the success of a child, we think about the teacher. So, following the School Board’s approval of the Superintendent’s proposed budget last week, we are asking, “Does money really make a difference?”
ACPS announced formal plans to take steps to partner with Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) on an Early College High School program as part of the new Connected High School Network to be set up through The High School Project. Early College will allow students the opportunity to graduate with an associate degree from NOVA at the same time as they graduate from T.C. Williams.