Yesterday evening’s 14th annual Golden Apple celebration honored 28 Albemarle County Public Schools teachers, including Gabrielle Schoppa of Burley Middle School, winner of the 21st Century Learning in the Classroom project grant. Sponsored by Better Living Building Supply and Better Living Furniture, the Golden Apple program recognizes performance excellence and curriculum innovations by teachers in our region. Read our news release »
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Meriwether Lewis Teacher Wins Virginia Lottery Super Teacher Award
Meriwether Lewis Elementary kicked off this morning with a school-wide assembly to celebrate 3rd grade teacher, Anne Straume. Lottery officials were in attendance to surprise Anne with a 2015 Virginia Lottery Super Teacher award, including a cash prize from the Virginia Lottery and a $2,000 classroom supply credit from The Supply Room Companies. One of eight teachers selected across the state, Anne was honored for her passion, innovation and creativity as an educator, as well as her commitment to parental and family involvement in the classroom. Continue reading
Pam Moran Named Virginia’s Superintendent of the Year!
Yesterday evening at the Virginia Association of School Superintendents (VASS) Annual Awards Banquet, our very own Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Pamela Moran, was named Virginia’s Superintendent of the Year. Dr. Moran was selected from a pool of eight regional finalists chosen from 133 superintendents in the state. In presenting the award, VASS President Alan Seibert said, “Pam Moran has demonstrated inspirational leadership in reducing major gaps among her economically disadvantaged students graduating ready for post-secondary learning.” He added, “What is particularly remarkable about Pam’s accomplishment is that it was achieved in six years under extreme budget pressure with a significant increase in the number of disadvantaged students.” Read the VASS press release »
ACPS Alumna Credits Destination Imagination (and Jim Asher!) for Her Success
Kate Bishop, ACPS alumna and current PhD student in Anthropology at the University of California, has received the National Geographic Young Explorers Grant, a prestigious grant designed to support our world’s most promising explorers. In an article posted earlier this month by Destination Imagination (DI), Kate took the opportunity to attribute who she is as a person and an archaeologist to her DI experience. She specifically thanked our own Burley Middle School principal, Jim Asher, for being a fabulous DI team manager and “the world’s most patient, supportive man.” Kate went on to say, “As a child, I had no idea the impact Destination Imagination was having on my life. Today, I can’t imagine where I would be without it.” Read the DI blog post »
Crozet Elementary School Recognized for Environmental Excellence
Congratulations to Crozet Elementary for being named a Green Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education, one of only four K-12 schools in Virginia this year! Out of more than 135,000 schools and universities in the nation, Crozet joins only 57 others in receiving this distinction. Way to be stewards of our environment! Read our news release »
Mark Your Calendar: 2015 Employee Recognition & Service Celebration – April 23
Don’t forget to RSVP by this Friday, April 17!
Pam Moran Named Region 5 Superintendent of the Year!
Our very own superintendent, Dr. Pam Moran, has been named the Region 5 School Superintendent of the Year by the Virginia Association of School Superintendents (VASS). Region 5 encompasses 20 school divisions in Central Virginia. Dr. Moran was selected by a VASS committee of her peers, and she will formally be recognized at the VASS annual conference in May. Read our news release »
Chief Information Officer, Vince Scheivert, Receives National Technology Leadership Award
Congratulations to our Chief Information Officer (CIO), Vince Scheivert, on being named the 2015 recipient of the Withrow Award by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), a national professional association for school system technology leaders. The Withrow Award recognizes an exceptional CIO in the nation who serves as a technology champion and whose leadership has been transformative for his or her school system. Read our news release »
Becky Fisher Receives Virginia Impact Award
At their annual conference on December 4, the Virginia Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (VASCD) presented the 2014 Impact Award to Becky Fisher, Albemarle County Public Schools’ Director of Educational Technology and Professional Development, in recognition of her leadership in best practices for educational technology and professional development programs. Continue reading
Communications at Work: Media Spotlight
Last Day of School for Baker-Butler Elementary (June 17, 2014)
Principal Dave Cushman addresses the students over the intercom for the last time before retiring after 25 years of service to the county Thursday on the last day of school at Baker-Butler Elementary School in Albemarle County, VA. See the image on Daily Progress »
Program at Henley Middle School exposes students to entrepreneurship (June 17, 2014)
About a dozen Albemarle County eighth graders have developed viable turnkey business plans that are turning the heads of local entrepreneurs and school leaders. More on Daily Progress »