A national education assessment company has ranked Albemarle County Public Schools among the top five school divisions in Virginia. Niche, which each year evaluates more than 100,000 public and private schools and divisions based on a comprehensive survey of performance data and the views of more than 27 million students and parents, also placed Albemarle County Public Schools in the top two percent of all school divisions in the nation. Read our press release »
Category Archives: Media Coverage
Edutopia Spotlights ACPS – Flexible Classrooms: Providing the Learning Environment That Kids Need
At Albemarle County Public Schools, flexible classrooms empower student choice, increase student engagement, and improve student participation. Watch Edutopia’s spotlight on ACPS in their “schools that work” series, which highlights practices and case studies from K-12 schools and districts that are improving the way students learn.
Charlottesville Tomorrow: Meet Your Educator, 2014-15
Throughout the 2014-15 school year, local news outlet Charlottesville Tomorrow featured 22 Albemarle County Public Schools educators in their Meet Your Educator spotlight. Get to know your colleagues: Continue reading
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 »
Newsweek Spotlights ACPS Maker Program
Newsweek describes the Maker Movement as a “global community of inventors, designers, engineers, artists, programmers, hackers, tinkerers, craftsmen and DIY’ers.” In her September 8 story, Maker Movement Reinvents Education, reporter Louise Stewart noted the use of 3-D printers as a key resource and said of Albemarle County Public Schools:
It’s not just private school kids who are using this technology. Public schools are also beginning to experiment. Albemarle County Public Schools, for example, a 27-school district serving nearly 13,000 students in the area surrounding Charlottesville, Virginia, is developing classes like the one Simonoff took at St. Ann’s and assignments like the giant wheel project at High Tech High. Continue reading
Communications at Work: Media Spotlight
Albemarle Gets Grant for Learning Center (August 21, 2014)
An Albemarle County school is celebrating a grant that has more than doubled its annual budget for its after-school program. More on NBC 29 »
Albemarle Schools Make Strides to Improve Digital Learning (August 20, 2014)
Thousands of students in Albemarle County are taking home new laptops Wednesday after the first day of school. The massive technology rollout is the classroom piece of a project to improve digital learning. The other part of the project is outside and underground. More on NBC 29 »
Communications at Work: Media Spotlight
Albemarle County Public Schools has become one of the first school divisions in Virginia to receive a grant from the state Secretary of Education and Office of Virginia STEM to plan a new instructional model that will bring students closer in their learning to the needs of future employers. Read the ACPS News Release »
Local media has the July 31, 2014 story: Continue reading
Communications at Work: Media Spotlight
MIT Professor Leads Unique Summer Program in Albemarle County (June 29, 2014)
A professor from MIT is leading a unique summer program in Albemarle County. The Maker Space Academy is sponsored by Albemarle County schools, and offers kids in the Southwood community a place to learn and play. More on NBC 29 »
Camp Explores Historical ‘Hallowed Ground’ (June 27, 2014)
For two weeks, students in Charlottesville and Albemarle County have been taking trips to learn about some of the things that never made it into the history books. More on NBC29 »
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 »
Communications at Work: Media Spotlight
Meet Your Educator (May 31, 2014)
Charlottesville Tomorrow interviews Caroline Bertrand, Career Specialist at Western Albemarle High School. Meet Caroline Bertrand >>>
Sutherland MS Students Explore the Civil War (May 30, 2014)
Sixth graders from Sutherland Middle School displayed their Civil War Expedition Learning (EL) projects at the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society. More on Newsplex >>>