Teachers who were reappointed by the School Board on May 13 were sent contracts from the ACPSContracts@albemarle.org account on May 24. As a reminder, these contracts are due on Monday, June 7. If you have not already done so, please sign, date and email your contract as a PDF to ACPSContracts@albemarle.org. You can direct any questions to the same address.
Elementary Teachers: Please see the following important end-of-year information regarding Seesaw from the Department of Technology:
Attention Teachers: It’s not too late to register for Responsive Classroom and Developmental Designs Summer Institutes! Join colleagues in these 4-day virtual workshops and be ready to support the social and emotional learning needs of your students. Participants will receive a $300 stipend and recertification points for attending. New this year, we are adding a Developmental Designs section in July specifically designed for high school teachers!
Please use the links below to register and email Lauren Price with any questions: Continue reading
Elementary Teachers: We want to remind you that our ACPS Elementary Seesaw & Weekly Specials Resources will remain open and available through the end of the school year. Our most recent and up-to-date activities that align with your pacing guides for the week of May 31 through June 4 are now available. Continue reading
Dear Colleagues,
As you may have heard, earlier this month, Governor Ralph Northam lifted Virginia’s indoor mask mandate to align with new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This updated guidance, detailed in Executive Order Seventy-Two (effective May 14) and Executive Order Seventy-Nine (effective May 28), continues to require masks to be worn in K-12 public schools by all students, teachers, staff and visitors, regardless of vaccination status.
In partnership with our local health department and area physicians, Albemarle County Public Schools will continue to enforce our Policy on Masks and Acceptable Face Coverings through at least the end of the 2020-21 school year. Continue reading
Teachers: We invite you to participate in the Teacher Summer Reading Project! Our mission is to seek diverse books for the ACPS Approved Book List, so that current students see themselves reflected in the literature that we read and so that students continue to be exposed to multiple perspectives. This is in alignment with the ACPS Anti-Racism policy and the division’s focus on Culturally Responsive Teaching. This summer, the project will focus on titles at the middle school level and high school 10th and 12th grades. Continue reading
Strategic Plan Survey | Please participate by Monday, May 31.
Every five to seven years, ACPS takes an opportunity to work with its students, employees, families and community to create a new strategic plan. The plan acts as a guide to how we define the direction that our school division will take over the next several years. It includes our vision and mission for the school division, as well as our hopes for all of our students and how we will allocate resources to make those a reality. Continue reading
Thursday, May 27, 2021 | 12 p.m. | Zoom | Register
On behalf of the Albemarle County Veterans Affinity Group, please see the information below about the Defense Affairs Committee Memorial Day Commemoration coming up on May 27. Continue reading
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 | 4:30 p.m. | Zoom
Thursday, May 20, 2021 | 6 p.m. | Zoom
Attention All ACPS Employees: As a reminder, ACPS will host Strategic Planning Focus Group sessions for staff and students this afternoon at 4:30 and this Thursday, May 20, at 6 p.m. These sessions offer the opportunity for staff and students to view a draft of the division’s new strategic plan, including the ACPS mission, goals and objectives, and offer feedback. Continue reading
Monday, May 24, 2021 | 4:45 to 5:45 p.m. | Zoom
Dear Colleagues,
We’d like to invite you to join our first Community Read Aloud at 4:45 p.m. on May 24, featuring the children’s book Fry Bread, by Kevin Noble Maillard. During this time together, we will read and participate in an interactive discussion of themes from the book, which center around Native American diversity, equity, inclusion and history. We’ll also make our own personal, cultural connections to this wonderful text. Continue reading