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天美传媒 Virtual Academy & Aiken iNNOVATE
Registration For ACVA Summer Courses & Ai Full-Time Virtual Opens April 17.
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District STARS Honored At 天美传媒 Public Schools Annual Employee Recognition Event
During a banquet held at Aiken High School on Thursday, March 21, the District recognized its 2024-2025 STARS of Public Education.
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The Search is Over; Dr. Corey Murphy To Become 天美传媒 Public School District Superintendent
The District’s Chief Officer of Operations and Student Services Dr. Corey Murphy will take on an even larger role beginning in the 2024-25 school year as Superintendent of 天美传媒 Public Schools.
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C-H-A-M-P-I-O-N: Dorothea Viner wins 天美传媒 Spelling Bee Competition
The Amentum Center for Performing Arts in Aiken was filled Monday night with teachers and family who came to support the 15 contestants competing in the 天美传媒 Public School District’s Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals.
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天美传媒 Public School District Holds Teacher Hiring Event
Each of ACPSD's schools and programs came together for a teacher hiring event at Aiken High School on Saturday, February 3.
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Press Release Archive
January 2015 - January 2017
For releases dated prior to January 2015, please contact the District's Communications Department
January 2017
Scott Newman Named Interim Executive Director of High Schools: 2017PRInterimDirectorForHS
Dr. Tim Yarborough Named Director of Operations: 2017PRDirectorOperations
June 2016
District Adopts Revised Code Of Student Conduct in Effort to Emphasize Rehabilitative Measures: 2016JuneRevCodeOfConduct
Michael Prandy Named Varsity Boys Basketball Coach At SAHS: 2016JuneMichaelPrandySAHS
Ms. Mendi Tucker To Lead Gloverville Elem. School Beginning in 2016-17 Academic Year: 2016JuneMendiTuckerGloverville
District Custodians Complete Certification Training For Comprehensive Health and Safety Standards: 2016JuneCustodiansCompleteCertification
Kate Olin to Serve as Director of Accountibility and Assessment: 2016JuneKateOlinAppointment
Proven Leader and Versatile Educator Robin Hill-Davidson Set to Lead Greendale Elem. School In 2016-17: 2016JuneRobinHillDavidsonGreendale
Free Online Keyboarding, Computer Apps Courses Available To 天美传媒 Students This Summer: 2016JuneFreeOnlineCourses
"Rotary Reader" At EASA Celebrate the Programs Third School Year With Over 31,000 Books Read: 2016JuneEastAikenRotaryReaders
Where Are We With The 28 Recommendations, June 12, 2016: REV28RecommendationsFINAL
Washington, The New Chief Officer of Intruction: PRDRWashingtonChiefOfficerofInstruction
May 2016
Naval Science Instructor Offers Final Salute To AHS Cadets, May 2, 2016:PRLCDRNegron
District Announces New Virtual Summer Enrichment Programs To Battle Summer And Skill Regression And Improve Reading Achievement Gaps, May 6, 2016:PRSummerEnrichment
NAHS Breaks Ground On Latest Phase On Construction, May 7, 2016:PRNAHSGroundPhase2A
Award-Winning South Aiken High School DECA Members Recognized At International DECA Competition, May 8, 2016:PRSAHSDecaNationals
Visualizing a Path To Premier For ACPS, May 10, 2016:PRNewLogo
Seneca High Offensive Coordinator To Lead Midland Valley Program, May 10, 2016:PRMidlandValleyFBCoach
NAMS Leslie Echols Taken By Surprise With Recent SC Regional Career Specialist of the Year Honor, May 13, 2016:PRLeslieNicholsNew
天美传媒 Career And Technology Center CADD Instructor Students Featured In National Publication Tech Directions, May 19, 2016:PRACCTCBob
Ten Point Grading Scale, May 23, 2016: TenPointGradingScale
April 2016
Burton Able III Named As New Head Football Coach And Athletics Director At Silver Bluff High Pending Board Approval, April 1, 2016:PRSBHSCommittee
NAHS FBLA Chapter Earns Top Honors At State Competition, April 6, 2016:PRNORTHAUGUSTAFBLA
Midland Valley Highs Rick Knight Announces Retirement, April 8, 2016:PRCOACHKNIGHT
Brochure and Logo, April 11, 2016: HRBrochure
NAHS Robotics Expo Draws A Large Crowd, April 17, 2016:PREXPOFOLO
North Augusta Robotics Team Host "Engineering In Action" Expo : RROBOTICSEXPOFINAL
District Teachers Get Big Surprise With Honor Court Recognition, April 18, 2016:PRTOYHONORCOURT
Wagener Salley High Educator Latest To Recieve 天美传媒 Golden Apple Award, April 21, 2016:PRKoreyWashington
Wagener Native Sonya Colvin Named Prinicpal At Busbee Corbett Elem / Middle School, April 22, 2016:PRCOLVINBUSBEE-CORBETTPRINCIPAL
South Aiken High Project Team Welding And English For Winning Combo, April 27, 2016:PRWeldingWriting
March 2016
District Announces Baby's First Teacher Initiative, March 3, 2016:
South Aiken "Supper Club" Helping Teachers Succeed, March 7, 2016:SUPPERCLUB
County Spelling Champ Places Third At Regional Bee, March 11, 2016:PRCOUNTYSPELLINGCHAMP
Aiken High Students Post Outstanding National German Exam Results, March 11, 2016:PRGERMANSTUDENTS
South Aiken DECA Wins Big At State Competition, March 14, 2016:PRSOUTHAIKENDECA
NAHS Robotics Teams Have Solid Showings At Regionals Competition , March 15, 2016:Image FilePRROBOTICSSUPERREGIONALS
District Announces New Administrative Roles At Hammond Hill, Leavelle McCampbell, and CIL At Pinecrest, March 20, 2016:
Schofield RAM Ham Radio Club Wins ARRL Roundup, March 25, 2016:PRSCHOFIELDRADIO
Special Olympics Spring Games Coming To Midland Valley High, March 25, 2016:SPECIALOLYMPICS
Special Olympics Day, March 25, 2016: REV1SpecialOlympics
February 2016
LBC Middle School Seventh Grader Tylus Madison Wins Spelling Bee Title, February 1, 2016:
District Students Participate In The Braille Challenge, February 4, 2016: PRSCBRAILLECHALLENGE
Silver Bluff Announces Head Football Coach Search Committee Members, February 8, 2016:PRSBHSCOMMITTEE
天美传媒 Career Technology Center Celebrates CTE Month, February 11, 2016:PRACCTCFEBAPPS
District Students Compete in SC Regionals Braille Challenge, February 17, 2016:
District Announcs School-Level Teachers of the Year, February 19, 2016:2PRTEACHEROFTHEYEAR2015-16
LBC Middle School To Present Original Play "Carry It Forward", February 19, 2016:
District Schools Earn 23 Palmetto Gold And Silver Awards, Feberuary 23, 2016:DONEPRPALMETTOGOLDSILVER
Westling Programs to Be Added At Four High Schools in 2016-17, February 25, 2016:PRWRESTLINGPROGRAMS
District Celebrates Bus Driver Appreciation Week, February 26, 2016:PRBUSDRIVERS
LBC Middle School Students To Present Play Celebrating History Values Of HorseCreek Valley Communities, February 26, 2016 :
January 2016
NAMS Students Meet Emerging Broadway Actress During Recent Lunch With Leaders Event, January 6, 2016:REVISEDNAMSLunchWithLeaders
Connecting Students to College And Careers With STEM Premier: STEMPremier
District Students Recognized At District MLK Event, January 24, 2016: 2016MLKEVENT
Breaking Ground at the New Leavelle McCampbell Middle School Site: BreakingGroundLMMS
EEDA Grant Award:
2016 MLK Essay Winners:
MLK Event and Correction:PRMLKEventAndCorrection
December 2015
Superintendent Engages With #1 Stakeholder at Districts First Ever Student Advisory Council Meetings, December 23, 2015:REVSuperintendentSACDecMeetingsforMedia
November 2015
Community Celebrates Ground Breaking For LMMS, November 10, 2015:BreakingGroundonNewGroundLMMS
Arts and Basic Cirriculum Meeting EASA, November 10, 2015: EASAHostedABCMtg
School Psychologist Week, November 11, 2015:SchoolPsychologistWeek
Local Widow And Her Late Husband Donates Books To HAM Radio, November 13, 2015:HamRadioDonation
SRNS Donate $50,000 for Within Reach Scholarships, November 16, 2015: SavannahRiverNuclearSolutionsDonatetoWit
SRNS Donates To Within Reach Scholarship, November 23, 2015:SavannahRiverNuclearSolutionsDonatetoWithinReachInitiative
District Engages Community to Review Code of Conduct, November 24, 2015: REV2CodeofConductReviewCommittee
Measuring College and Career Ready Assessments: REVPressReleaseACPSDscores2015
District schools awarded $375,000 Promote College and Career Readiness: EEDAGRANTAWARD
October 2015
Bus Driver Fair, October 19, 2015:TransportationJobFairOct
September 2015
Career Center Students Excel In HOSA Conference, September 1, 2015:HOSANationalsACCTC
GED Enrollment Dates : GEDEnrollmentDatesSeptOct2015
天美传媒 Career & Technology Center Honors 9/11, September 9, 2015:ACCTC9112015Event
STEM Takes Students To New Heights At NAHS, September 11, 2015:soaratNAHS
天美传媒 Students Score Above The State Average on the SAT and Rank Competively Above The Neighboring Districts, September 19, 2015: SAT
Working Towards A Viable Workforce in 天美传媒, September 22, 2015: Workkeys2015
Athletic Facility Funding, September 24, 2015: AthleticFacilityFundingSept242015
Aiken Students Are Jazzed For Districpartnership With Aiken Performing Arts, September 25, 2015 : APAGEquinoxJazzOrchestra
August 2015
Board Approves Assistant Principal for Millbrook Elementary School, August 4, 2015 : AdminPressRelease8.4.15forweb
Board Approves New Administrative Roles, August 11, 2015: AdminPressRelease8.11.15forweb
School Tools: SchoolTools2015
Board Approves New Administrative Assignments, August 12, 2015: AdminPressRelease6.9.15
Freshman Back to School Event; Save The Date: SAHSFreshmanBackToSchoolEventsavethed
Return To Learn: 天美传媒 Adult Education Welcomes Students, August 19, 2015 : AdultEducation2015-16SchoolYear
Aiken High School Celebrates Being Named One Of The Nation's Best High Schools Number 14 in the State, August 25, 2015:AHSBoardRecogofUSNewsRank
July 2015
Transportation Secretary Named Support Person of They Year, July 14, 2015 : TranspSecWinsAward
Board Approves Assistant Principles, July 15, 2015 : AdminPressRelease5.26.15
South Aiken Valedictorian Helps The U.S Win The International Math Olympiad, July 21, 2015: REVInternationalMathOlympiad
June 2015
Superintendent Search Selection Meeting, June 14, 2015: SuperintendentSearchSelectionMeeting
The Class Of 2015, June 16, 2015:TheClassof2015
Dedication of the New Science and Buisness Wing at NAHS, June 16, 2015:NAHSDedication
Adult Education Summer School, June 16, 2015:AdultEducationSummerSchool
Summer Reading Camps, June 22, 2015:SummerReadingCamps
Superintendent Finalist, June 23, 2015: SuperintendentFinalistsNamed
Microsoft's Bing in the Classroom Promotional Campaign Featuring 天美传媒 Goes Live, June 24, 2015 : BINGInTheClassroom
May 2015
The Perfect Prom Gets Even Cooler, May 1, 2015:PerfectProm
Community Input Welcome For Elementary Principal Hiring, May 7, 2015: HHEMillbrookandNAEPrincipalInput2
Teachers Celebrate The Generosity of Stephen Colbert, May 8, 2015 : TheColbertReport
New ACPSD Logo, May 10, 2016: NewLogoMay10
East Aiken School of the Arts Changes Policy For Enrollment Upon Designation As An Arts Magnet School, May 12, 2015 : EASAArtsMagnetApps
Lockdown Lifted at East Aiken School of the Arts, May 14, 2015:EASAHardLockdownLifted
Retirement Event, May 16, 2015: REV1RetirementEvent.
AHS Student Wins Congressional Art Contest, May 18, 2015: JoeWilsonArtCompetition
Elementary Registration Dates For 2015-2016, May 18, 2015: REVElemRegistrationDatesfor2015-2016
Middle School Registration For 2015-2016 : MSRegistrationDatesfor2015-2016
Training Begins For Full Circle Grant Recipients, May 18, 2015: REV2FULLCIRCLEGRANTRECIPIENTS
Midland Valley's Senior Alexis Norris Carries On The Absent Free Tradition, May 22, 2015:AlexisNorrisNoAbsences
Extreme STEAM to North Augusta Middle, May 23, 2015 : NAMSExtremeSTEAM
SMS Student Recieves Space Camp Scholarship: SMSStudentReceivesSpaceCampScholarship
April 2015
Bus Driver Saves Lives, April 2, 2015:BusDriverSavesLives
Spearman Calls On Communities To Prepare For ACT Tests, April 15, 2015:SpearmanCallsonCommunitiestoPrepareforACTTests
District Names Annie Stribling Thrikell as its First Year Teacher of the Year, April 15, 2015:REVAnnieStribling-FirstYearTOY.
Mother and Daughter Named as Their Respective School's First Year Teacher of the Year, April 13, 2015 : REV1FirstYearTeacheroftheYear-MotherDa
Dr. Everitt To Recieves USCA's Distinguished Citizen Award, April 16,2015:USCADistinguishedCitizenAward
New Ellentom's Earth Day Events, April 17, 2015 : NewEllentonEarthDayEvents
District Teacher Get Big Surprise With Honor Court Recognition, April 18, 2015 : PRTOYHONORCOURTWITHPICS
District Announces Dr. Shawn as Deputy Superintendent, April 22, 2015: DistrictNamesDeputySuperintendent
District Announces Dr. Shawn Fostser as Deputy Superintendent, April 22, 2015:REV1ACPSDeputySuperintendentDr_Shawn
Rescheduled Special Olympics Spring Games, April 22, 2015 : REV1RescheduledSpecialOlympics
Board Approves Superintendents Recommendation for RSM Middle/High School Principal and Deputy Superintendent, April 22, 2015 AdminPressRelease4.21.15forweb
Rescheduled Special Olympics Spring Games, April 22, 2015 : REV1RescheduledSpecialOlympics
SAHS Welds A Legacy, April 23, 2015:SAHSWeldingALegacy
March 2015
TECH Fest 2015, March 4, 2015: TECHFest2015forweb
Govenor Haley to Tour East Aiken SChool of the Arts and Experience Julliard's Educational Outreach in 天美传媒 Schools, March 9, 2015 : HALEYTOVISITEASTAIKEN
Pi Day at Kennedy Middle School, March 9, 2015 : PiDay
First Year Teachers of the Year Named, March 9, 2015 : FirstYearTeacheroftheYear
South Aiken High DECA Wins Big At State Competition, March 14, 2015 : PRSOUTHAIKENDECA
On Your One Cent Dr, Everitt and Mr. Murphy Presenting At The North Augusta Chambers And AM Connection, March 17, 2015: NAUGUSTAChamberPennyAddress
Govenor Haley Reschedules Visit To East Aiken School of the Arts, March 18, 2015 : RESCHEDULEDGOVHALEYVISITTOEASTAIK
A Big Surprise for the Final Five March 20, 2015: ABIGSURPRISEFORTHEFINALFIVE
South Aiken High's Calliope Wins National Awards, March 23, 2015: PRCALLIOPE2016
RSM Middle School and High School Principal Input Sessions, March 24, 2015:RevRSMPrincipalInput
Aiken Schools Walk Run And Raise Some Funds, March 31, 2015:SpringFundraisers
NAHS Announcing Nike Partnership : NAHSPressReleaseAnnouncingNikePartnershi
February 2015
The Sky's The Limit For Skylar Kernaghan, Spelling Bee Star, February 2, 2015 : CountySpellingBeeResults
High School's National Signing Day: PRNATIONALSIGNINGDAY
Project GRAD Prepares Young Students for Success, February 4, 2015: ProjectGRAD
NAHS Robotics Team Wins State Competition, February 5, 2015:NAHSROBOTICS
Aiken's School Name Their Teachers of the Year, February 6, 2015: Pre-EventHonorCourtTeacheroftheYear
The Forecast Is Good For Colaborative Learning At Schofield Middle School, February 11, 2015: SchofieldWeatherFeb 11
Five School Improvement Councils Named Finalist For the Annual State Riley Award: RileyFinalists201502-12-15
NAHS SIC, A Riley Award Finalist, February 12, 2015: RileyFinalists201502-12-15
A Capella Singers At Aiken High, February 13, 2015:ACapellaatAHS
Technology Goes Full Circle For Aiken Public Schools, February 18, 2015:REV2TECHNOLOGYGOESFULLCIRCLEF
District Announces School-Level Teachers of The Year, February 19, 2015:Pre-EventHonorCourtTeacheroftheyear
District Schools Earn Twenty-Three Palmetto Gold and Silver Awards, February 23, 2015 : PRREVPALMETTOGOLDSILVER
Kennedy Middle School Safety, February 25, 2015: REV1KennedyMiddleSchoolSafety
Pre-Kindergarden Registration Begins In Mid-March, February, 25, 2015:4KRegistrationFinalPR
Deadline For Student Transfer Request: PRTRANSFERREQUESTS
Midland Valley's Mark Snelgrove Lookin To New Challenge: PRCOACHSNELGROVE
January 2015
2015 SIC Honor Roll, January 7, 2015: 2015SICHonorRoll01-07-15
Aiken Schools Superintendent, Dr. Everitt Announces Her Retirement, January 14, 2015:EverittAnnouncesRetirement
District Students Honor MLK Jr., January 26, 2016: MLK
School Board Recognized For Standing Up For SC Public Schools, January 27, 2015 : SchoolBoardRecognitionMonth