From AACCPTA President Pam Bukowski:
1) In an ongoing effort to help parents and others get
answers to their questions about Maryland’s College and Career-Ready
Standards (Common Core), Anne Arundel County Public Schools is hosting
four informal roundtable sessions over the next six weeks.
The free sessions, titled “Operation Hopes, Dreams, and Aspirations: A Parent
Session on Maryland's College and Career-Ready Standards,” [...]
You may view the full version of the latest news release at
http://www.aacpsnews.org/pressr/?p=1360
In addition, you will find the locations and dates of the scheduled meetings.
The free sessions, titled “Operation Hopes, Dreams, and Aspirations: A Parent
Session on Maryland's College and Career-Ready Standards,” [...]
You may view the full version of the latest news release at
http://www.aacpsnews.org/pressr/?p=1360
In addition, you will find the locations and dates of the scheduled meetings.
2) For those who may have somehow missed this information,
there will be school on Monday, April 21. Formerly, it was to be the last
day of our Spring Break. In addition, the last day of the school year for
students will be Wednesday, June 18.
3) Maureen Grizio, AACPS Health
Education Resource Teacher, is reaching out to the community to recruit parents
to serve on the Anne Arundel County Public Schools Health Education Material of
Instruction Review & Evaluation Committee for our next meetings in April
& May 2014. The committee represents the major geographic areas of
the county both at the elementary and secondary levels. In addition,
representatives from the student body, the Health Department, the community,
PTA and other concerned individuals serve on this committee. The
committee members are advocates for children and their total health and well
being. This committee reviews all materials of instruction to be used for
the approved county curriculum for Health Education grades K-12. The
committee will also make recommendations for further Board of Education review.
The
committee will meet 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Chesapeake Bay Middle
School Resource Center Review and Evaluation Center on the following
dates:
April 24,
2014 – General MOI
May 6,
2014 – Family Life and Human Sexuality MOI
Please
call the Office of Health Education at 410-222-5453 or email Maureen Grizio at Mgrizio@aacps.org if you would be willing
and available to serve on one or both dates. Please respond by April 20,
2014.
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Pam
Bukowski, President
AACCPTAs,
Inc.
