Tag: Alexandria City High School

New Minnie Howard building breaks ground

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Alexandria City Public Schools broke ground on a new building for the Alexandria City High School Minnie Howard campus, a...

ACPS requests another year of SRO funding

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Superintendent Dr. Gregory Hutchings, Ed.D. asked the School Board to extend funding for the school resource officer program, which places...

Your Views: Of course SROs belong in schools

To the editor: Indeed, school resource officers make schools safer. In my experience as the father of three and grandfather of six, I have a...

Alexandria high school students protest optional mask policy

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Students gathered outside Alexandria City High School on Wednesday afternoon to protest the School Board’s recent decision to leave mask...

Alexandria City High School students and staff reflect on pandemic-era challenges

By Mark Eaton | [email protected] For Alexandria City High School students and staff, the 2021-2022 school year has required unprecedented levels of flexibility and adaptability. After...

ACPS receives award for renaming process

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] The National School Boards Association awarded Alexandria City Public Schools a Silver Prize in its Magna Awards program for the...

About Alexandria with Mark Eaton: Repair the ACHS cistern

Every day when Alexandria City High School students and staff cross the plaza to the main entrance of the King Street campus, they walk...

Three high schoolers receive full scholarships

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Three Alexandria City High School students – Nana Addo Offei, Mya Lopez and Sylvia Rahim – will receive full-ride scholarships...

American Library Association recognizes local librarian

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Laurel Taylor has always enjoyed getting lost in the library. An avid reader from an early age, Taylor would escape into...

High school SROs put on leave amid investigation

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] The two school resource officers at Alexandria City High School were put on leave on Dec. 16 after a “serious...