176 Arlington Students Earn Latin Exam Awardss Five Students Obtain Perfect Score and 53 Students Earn Gold One hundred and seventy six (176) Arlington Public Schools students earned honors for their scores on the National Latin Exam (NLE). Over 440 Arlington students took the exam with 53 students earning gold medal Summa Cum Laude, 52 […]

Civic Coalition for Minority Affairs to Honor 90 African and African-American Students The Civic Coalition for Minority Affairs will honor 90 African and African-American students in its 24th annual Awards Ceremony at 7 p.m. on tonight, Thu, May 5 in the main auditorium of the Career Center. (816 South Walter Reed Dr.) The key-note speaker […]

Important Summer School Registration Deadline Approaching APS reminds families that an important Summer School Registration deadline is approaching on Fri, May 6. Arlington Public Schools will provide a variety of summer programs for students in Pre-K through grade 12 during summer 2016. Most classes run from Ju1y 11 – August 12. Program fees are due […]

Arlington High Schools Continue to Rank Among Nation’s Best Today, The Washington Post announced its annual “Challenge Index” rankings of U.S. high schools. The index ranked all four Arlington high schools in the top 75 among the region’s high schools and showed that APS high schools continue to maintain a high ranking among all 22,000 […]

Wakefield Education Foundation Announces Scholarship Recipients The Wakefield High School Education Foundation announced its scholarship recipients yesterday. This year, the Wakefield Education Foundation awarded 24 scholarships totaling $145,500. The Foundation has granted 321 scholarships and teacher grants totaling $1,668,669 since 1986. The 69 applications were reviewed by staff and Wakefield alumni. This year, the Foundation […]

APS Elementary Science Teachers Participate in Summer Learning Five teachers from Arlington Public Schools spent their summer in an innovative program designed to change how science is taught in Virginia classrooms. The teachers were selected to participate in the Virginia Initiative for Science Teaching and Achievement (VISTA), which kicked off with a four-week Elementary Science […]