Archive for 'Education'

Light fight between Hammond middle school, neighbors ends quietly

Light fight between Hammond middle school, neighbors ends quietly

A bitter dispute between Seminary Hill Association and city officials ended quietly earlier this month with a school board decision to upgrade Francis Hammond Middle School’s field without lights. The project initially called for a new [...]

$236 million ACPS budget would shorten intersession, overhaul adult education

$236 million ACPS budget would shorten intersession, overhaul adult education

Superintendent Morton Sherman unveiled Alexandria City Public Schools’ $236-million fiscal year 2013 operating budget Thursday, a proposal that shakes up several of the district’s popular programs. The proposal, which has yet to garner approval by Alexandria [...]

Charles Barrett Elementary performs above state, federal standards

Virginia education officials have honored Charles Barrett Elementary School with an excellence award for performing above state and federal accountability standards. The Alexandria school was one of 447 across the commonwealth to earn a Virginia Index [...]

Clock ticking on Jefferson-Houston renovation

Clock ticking on Jefferson-Houston renovation

Top Alexandria City Public Schools officials have met with residents to discuss their plans for a re-imagined Jefferson Houston Pre-K-8 school as work on the project is poised to get under way. ACPS staff, including Superintendent [...]

Sherman shuffles his starting lineup

Sherman shuffles his starting lineup

Tammy Ignacio, former executive associate principal at Minnie Howard, was named Alexandria City Public Schools’ chief administrative officer earlier this month. Ignacio, who will officially begin overseeing Superintendent Morton Sherman’s office January 2, is a 20-year [...]

Superintendent apologizes for communication breakdown

Superintendent apologizes for communication breakdown

Amid fears the district plans to do away with the adult education program, Superintendent Morton Sherman apologized for not communicating effectively with the community. “If we didn’t communicate well, I’m sorry,” Sherman told residents at Thursday’s [...]

School officials say adult education program will continue

School officials say adult education program will continue

Alexandria City Public School officials have moved swiftly to quell rumors an overhaul of the district’s adult learning program will ultimately leave it on the cutting room floor. Elizabeth Vodola, a volunteer teacher with the program, [...]

Crossing the borders of misconception, G.W. students unite Alexandria and Afghanistan

Crossing the borders of misconception, G.W. students unite Alexandria and Afghanistan

George Washington Middle School eighth-grader Zoe Gage held an iPad 2 up to a video camera Tuesday morning, showing her virtual pen pals in Afghanistan the kind of technology her classmates regularly use at school. Her [...]

Doing the robot

Doing the robot

When a mixed team of students from Alexandria’s public and private schools departed the FIRST LEGO League state tournament in Harrisonburg, Va., they’d gone against 59 other squads and finished in 18th place. Not bad for [...]

Local students help homeless

Local students help homeless

The students of Grace Episcopal School helped feed Alexandria’s homeless by creating a gigantic, canned-food “Bountiful Tom Turkey” on November 17. Measuring 28-by-32 feet, this turkey-shaped structure was made entirely of boxed and canned foods contributed [...]