Tag: School

ACPS announces child care solution for upcoming virtual school year

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Alexandria City Public Schools announced this morning that it will expand its Virtual PLUS+ program to include in-person supervision during...

Alexandria Tutoring Consortium launches virtual literacy program

By Olivia Tucker | [email protected] Alexandria City Public Schools is starting this school year fully online, so the Alexandria Tutoring Consortium is, too – and...

Residents cope with cabin fever during COVID-19 pandemic

By Luke Anderson | [email protected] In an effort to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, Governor Ralph Northam issued a stay-at-home order for everyone...

Basilica School of Saint Mary celebrates 150 years

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] On the first Friday of each month, a crowd of uniform-clad school children parades through the southeast quadrant of Old...

Photos: A new season at ACPS

Alexandria City Public Schools students kicked off the 2018-19 school year on Tuesday. This year’s start of school was significant in several ways, as it...

Photos: A preview of the new Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School

Hord Caplan Macht architects gave a tour of the almost-completed Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School to media, ACPS staff and city staff on Thursday. The...

Scholarship Fund of Alexandria raises $400,000 at annual gala and auction

The Scholarship Fund of Alexandria raised more than $400,000 at its 32nd Annual Spring Benefit Gala and Auction on Saturday, Alexandria City Public Schools...

Letter to the editor: Actions of T.C. Williams were reprehensible

To the editor: Dino Drudi argues in his letter, “High school should keep the name T.C. Williams,” in the March 29 Alexandria Times that city...

Letter to the Editor: Planning commission’s BI recommendation fell within its...

To the editor: Speaking as an individual member of the Alexandria Planning Commission, I would like to respond to the Times’ recent coverage of land...

MacArthur Elementary raises big bucks with mere pennies

Douglas MacArthur Elementary School students and staff raided their piggy banks to come up with 420,000 one-cent pieces for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s...