The updated Guidance for Schools was released on May 17, 2021. All Maryland public and nonpublic schools must follow the COVID-19 Guidance Schools document. This document, written by members of the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) and Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE), details protocols for COVID-19 spread prevention in schools. AACS follows all current orders and guidelines from the MSDE, the MDH, the Anne Arundel County Department of Health (AACDOH).
At Annapolis Area Christian School, it is our mission to engage students in an education of excellence, enabling them to impact the world through a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. How we do that day-to-day abruptly and unexpectedly stopped on March 12, 2020. The Reopening Task Force was charged with creating a plan that allows our school community to return safely to the school and workday in our buildings and on our campuses for the 2020-2021 school year.
We gathered information, researched and reviewed best practices in public health guidelines, and established protocols based on expert advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Additionally, we followed state and county orders related to public health throughout the spring and summer and updated our plan accordingly.
AACS faculty and staff remain committed to the educational, social, and spiritual partnership with parents and the church, using methods and materials that promote engagement and collaboration in learning, thinking, and problem-solving. We will continue to embrace the very best available to us, helping each student develop his/her distinct God-given giftedness and purpose as Christ’s image-bearer.
Thank you for your patience and your prayers. We look forward to what God will do in and through our AACS community this coming school year.
Benjamin Peddicord
AACS Middle School Principal
Reopening Task Force Chairman
Superintendent Rick Kempton talks about the three most important things that faculty, staff, students, and families can do on campus and off to prevent the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.
