The first day of the 2018-19 school year saw smiling students, excited teachers, happy parents and a new school. Enjoy!
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ACPS Receives STEM Grant to Boost Student Civic Engagement
A grant of almost $330,000 will help middle school teachers bring real-world, hands-on science and technology learning into their classrooms and the community.
T.C. Williams High School Students Make Record Scores on AP Tests
T.C. Williams High School has seen an all-time high in the number of Advanced Placement (AP) tests scoring the top grades.
A Welcome from the Superintendent of Schools
Enjoy a warm welcome from Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr. as he celebrates our students, our families and our schools.
Free and Reduced School Lunch Qualifications and Meal Payment Policy
Get current information about applying for free and reduced-price meals for the new school year, payment for meals when there are insufficient funds on a student’s account, and about free breakfast this year at certain schools.
Getting Ready to Open the Early Childhood Center
ACPS prepares to launch the new Early Childhood Center, co-located with John Adams Elementary School. Each school will have a principal and administrative staff.
ACPS SOL Results Remain Consistent, With Gains in Writing
Standards of Learning (SOL) results released by the Commonwealth of Virginia on Wednesday show that pass rates for ACPS remain fairly consistent with recent years.
ACPS Welcomes 250 New Teachers!
With the opening of the new Ferdinand T. Day School, this fall more talented teachers are joining ACPS than usual. Please join us in welcoming them all and take a moment to learn a little bit about a few.
ACPS Launches Project to Define the Future High School Experience
Today, ACPS will be launching a process to redefine the high school experience for our future generations of Alexandria students. Before we look at the buildings, space and land acquisitions needed to resolve our capacity issues, we are asking our students, staff and community to think big and share their vision for the profile of a future Alexandrian graduate. If we do this right, this has the chance to impact our city.
New T.C. Williams High School Athletics Director Announced
Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr., Superintendent of Schools, has announced the appointment of James L. Parker as the new Director of Athletics and Student Activities for Alexandria City Public Schools.
Enjoy These Highlights from 2017-18
For the last weekly edition of ACPS Express until late-August, we’re celebrating the amazing accomplishments of our students and staff throughout the division for awards they’ve won and recognition they’ve received over the past year, along with highlights of good news we’ve shared along the way. Enjoy!
Farewell Dr. Berlin, Welcome Dr. Hutchings!
This week, Interim Superintendent Lois F. Berlin completes her service with ACPS. Enjoy this special farewell message and be sure to wish her the best as she heads into retirement, again. On July 1, we welcome our new superintendent, Dr. Gregory Hutchings, Jr.!
Celebrating Our Retirees for Their Combined 914 Years of Service
ACPS recently celebrated the tremendous dedication and contributions of the 40 employees who retired this year. Enjoy a short video highlighting some of our retirees, and highlights from the retirement ceremony.
Free and Low-Cost Summer Fun in the City
As you break for the summer, be sure to check out these fun and mostly free ways to keep the learning alive this summer.
T.C. Williams Celebrates Largest Graduation Cohort in Recent History and Huge Increase in Number of College-Bound Students
T.C. Williams celebrated the graduation of 793 students on Saturday, in a year in which the Class of 2018 will be remembered not only for the largest cohort of graduating students in T.C. Williams’ recent history, but also for the largest number of students in a single class heading to college ― a 58 percent increase on last year.