T.C. Williams seniors Francy Carera-Paz, Nana Adwoa Osei-Bonsu, Celeste Claudio, Chris Waddell, Brooke Teferra and Subinuer Aikebaier share their stories about their college choices and what shaped their decisions.
George Washington Middle School career and technical education teacher Sybil Currie-Boyd won the Virginia Lottery Super Teacher award in a surprise assembly of sixth-grade students, faculty and guests last Monday. See a video of her reaction during the surprise.
The SOLs are a serious business, but staff at Douglas MacArthur Elementary School helped to lighten things up for their students. Students across ACPS: get plenty of rest, a good breakfast, put on comfortable clothing, get to school on time, but more than anything, watch this video and smile!
The Alexandria City School Board voted to move ahead with option A-1 for the design of the new school and recreation center at Patrick Henry at the School Board meeting on Thursday evening.
Please spend a few minutes to help us ensure the success of our school division and the ACPS 2020 Strategic Plan by taking a short survey to give your feedback about several important issues that affect our schools. The survey is available in English, Spanish, Amharic and Arabic. You have until June 5 to share your feedback. #YourVoiceCounts
Noah Petro, a moon geologist from NASA Goddard, came out to speak as part of our our joint month-long campaign with Alexandria Libraries to get the whole city reading about space for #AllAlexRead.
Watch a video about the work of our ACPS speech-language pathologists, in celebration of Better Hearing and Speech Month.
The ACPS Special Education Parent Resource Center has compiled a series of videos about topics of interest to parents of students with special educational needs. View the fifth video in the series in English, Spanish, Amharic and Arabic.
Eighth grade G. W. Middle School student Jonathan Morgan Petrini wins Award of Excellence in Music Composition at the national level for his classical composition for piano.
The Lyles brothers are fully focused on making the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Read about their efforts to train and raise the necessary funds for their Olympic debut.
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week. Find out ways some fun ways to show your appreciation to an ACPS Teacher.
ACPS is raising awareness about communication disorders and shining a light on speech and language services available through ACPS with a profile of school speech-language pathologist Cindy Johnson in celebration of Better Hearing and Speech Month.
Mayor Silberberg, along with Dominion Power, helped Mount Vernon Community School principal Peter Balas educate his students about the value of looking after the environment. Watch a video of the tree planting at the school.
The ACPS Special Education Parent Resource Center has compiled a series of videos about topics of interest to parents of students with special educational needs. View the forth video in the series in English, Spanish, Amharic and Arabic.
Francis C. Hammond Middle School became the first secondary school in Alexandria City Public Schools to offer the Breakfast in the Classroom program aimed at breaking down the social divide between students who have and those who do not.