05/17/2012 01:01 pm
All schools are operating on a normal schedule.




2012 Career Center Student House Project Complete
The 15th Career Center student house project is now complete, and the school is currently accepting sealed bids until June 1, 2012. The minimum bid is $225,000. This year’s house is located in Rawlings, Maryland, and was constructed by junior and senior building trades’ students at the school.  
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May 18, 2012
AP Testing - Human Geography


May 19, 2012
Allegany High School Prom


May 21, 2012
HSA Online Administration


May 21, 2012
HSA English


May 22, 2012
HSA Biology



Nominations Being Requested for Employee Recognition Awards
The school system will honor two employees for “raising students up” during their annual convocation. Individuals wishing to submit a nomination should complete the form. Read More
Last Day of School June 1st as per Original Calendar
MSDE and the local elected BOE has granted the school system’s request to waive the 180th student day, thus making the last day of school for students Friday, June 1, 2012, as per the original calendar. Read More
School Board Hears Results of Grimm & Parker Feasibility Study
Grimm & Parker Architects recently completed a comprehensive feasibility study on the systems and facilities of the Western Maryland Health System’s Braddock Campus as a potential site for the construction of a new Allegany High School. Read More
South Penn Elementary School Opens Time Capsules from 1999
Five Fort Hill High School seniors recently returned to their elementary school alma mater, South Penn, to open time capsules they each constructed during their 1999-2000 kindergarten classes. Read More
Fort Hill High School Student Wins 2012 Northrop Grumman Scholarship
Fort Hill High School senior, Cullin Brown, was selected as Allegany County’s 2012 recipient of the Northrop Grumman $10,000 scholarship. Read More

David A. Cox, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools
 
The 2011-2012 school year will soon come to a close. I would like to take this opportunity to offer congratulations to our 2012 graduates, their parents, and all the teachers who have been a part of their educational journey through ACPS. This year has been especially busy. Our instructional staff has been working very hard to meet the expectations of transitioning to the Common Core Curriculum. Maryland is a part of a 24-state consortium making this transition and embarking on common state assessments for our students, which will be administered to our students for the first time in the spring of 2015. We are also developing a new evaluation system and process for principals and teachers to be piloted in the 2012-2013 school year. The development of the budget for the 2012-2013 school year continues to be very challenging as the General Assembly delayed adopting a final state budget, and we continue to manage our budget with declining state and local revenues. Our commitment ...


Schools and offices will be closed on Monday, May 28, 2012, in observation of Memorial Day.
For information about the ACPS website, contact Mia Cross
108 Washington Street • PO Box 1724 • Cumberland, MD 21501-1724