Appomattox County Public Schools will be closed for students on Friday, October 12 and Monday, October 15.
These two days are Teacher Workdays.
School resumes for all on Tuesday, October 16.
Report cards will be sent home with students later in the week.
As the National Weather Service is predicting Hurricane Florence will impact our area, please go to our website and click the Quick Link for the Emergency Preparation Checklist and Guidance document. As always, all announcements related to school closings or delays will be communicated through:
We ask that you do not call the school offices to ask about closings or delays when there is a weather event as we need to keep all phones lines open in the event of an emergency.
The Appomattox County Sheriff’s Department provides D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) to all 5th Graders at Appomattox Elementary School. Pictured above is Mr. Ward’s 5th Grade class, with Sergeant Karen Nipper (School Resource Officer) and Sheriff Barry Letterman. In additions to D.A.R.E., Sheriff Letterman provided career awareness related to law enforcement as part of the school’s focus on “Dreaming, Believing, and Achieving” their future goals as Appomattox County graduates. Students are encouraged to wear their D.A.R.E. shirts for each week’s lesson, which are provided to them as part of the program in partnership with donations from community benefactors.
During the month of September, Appomattox Elementary School participated in "Attendance Works: Every Day Matters!"
Students are also encouraged to “be on time, feeling fine,” as research shows that being in school every day makes a difference in student success.
Pictured is a fourth grader, D Almond, who reaped the benefits of being in school and on time on a regular basis. Some students from different classes were chosen to select a prize from the prize bucket. And the winning class at AES enjoyed a pizza party and "chillin'" time with their classmates!
AMS 7th grade art students traveled to the McGuffey Art Center in Charlottesville and met with three working artists. The artists discussed how they created their work, what inspires them, the procedure on displaying and selling their artwork and the costs involved. Students even had the opportunity to get involved and participate in some traditional dancing with performance artist, Lillie Williams.
Reminder to all Parents/Guardians. Appomattox County Public Schools has an app. The app allows you to keep up with your child's grades, attendance, and important information concerning your child's education. The district app combines all apps provided by the schools in one place. We would like to encourage all parents/guardians to download the app today. Click the headline or this story to view the full details.
ACPS Transportation has a new location on the division website! The transportation department has compiled a list of bus routes and information. These lists can be found on our new page listed under Departments, then Transportation. (Updated 07/27/2017)
ACPS has set up a Bullying Hotline for students and faculty to call if they feel they are being bullied. Messages can be left anonymously, if desired. School administrators are checking this number for messages and looking into any issues. The number is (434) 352-2071.
In addition to the Hotline, students and faculty can now text their concerns to (434) 609-7146. This is a texting only phone and will be checked daily. If you do not have access to a phone you can use our on-line system to send text message alerts.
For more information about bullying, please visit the following link on the Virginia Department of Education's website at http://www.doe.virginia.gov/support/prevention/bullying/.
If you wish to use the online form, please click District and then Report Bullying in the menu above.
