Record Enrollment When Anne Arundel Schools Open

From the AACPS Communications Office:

A record enrollment of more than 80,000 students will fill the halls of Anne Arundel County Public Schools when classes begin Aug. 24, officials said.

Nearly 500 teachers new to Anne Arundel County Public Schools began work last week and more than 5,000 veteran classroom teachers returned to work Tuesday to prepare for the 2015-2016 school year.

AACPS is the fifth largest school system in Maryland and one of the 50 largest in the country.

Adding to its list of programs of choice, AACPS is set to open its third middle school Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) magnet program at Central Middle School in Edgewater this fall. In addition, the STEM magnets at Old Mill Middle School South and Lindale Middle School will add an additional class, as will the Performing and Visual Arts magnet program at Annapolis and Broadneck high schools.

Students in the 14 elementary schools and one early education center in the Meade and Southern clusters will see the addition of the Enhancing Elementary Excellence (Triple E) program, which was piloted successfully in the North County cluster last year. Triple E infuses an additional area of study for students within the school day and allows teachers to have collaborative planning time.

Students at Tracey’s and Waugh Chapel elementary schools will also get to experience the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme curriculum. PYP is now being implemented in 11 elementary schools across the county.

There are also four new prekindergarten programs this year, at Odenton, Overlook, Riviera Beach, and Severn elementary schools.