Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Information and Facts
We are the fifth largest school system in Maryland and among the 50 largest school systems in the country. Anne Arundel County is a scenic area that offers 480 miles of Chesapeake Bay shoreline, picturesque farmland, and the state capital of Annapolis, complete with a colonial district and harbor.
Located near Washington, DC, the nation's capital, and Baltimore, Maryland's largest city, Anne Arundel County offers easy access to the cultural benefits of an urban setting.
With a staff of more than 4,600 teachers, the Anne Arundel County Public Schools educate a culturally and economically diverse population of nearly 75,000 students.
The majority of our dedicated teachers have continued their professional development to attain masters' equivalencies or higher.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools offer a comprehensive, system-wide curriculum from kindergarten through 12th grade. A prekindergarten program for four year olds is offered in a few selected elementary schools. The basic academic subjects of English Language Arts, reading, mathematics, science, and social studies are provided. Students also receive instruction in foreign language, instructional technology, art, music, physical education, health, library media, family and consumer sciences, and technology education.
Special education services and support from guidance counselors, pupil personnel workers, and psychologists are provided in all schools. Students have enrichment opportunities through gifted and talented offerings as well as through the school system's outdoor education program.
At the high school level, students may specialize in career and technology education offered at the county's two centers of applied technology. External diploma, evening high school and summer school programs are offered through the Office of Continuing Education.
The school system has 117 schools, including 77 elementary schools, 19 middle schools, 12 high schools, two centers of applied technology, three special education schools, one Phoenix Center for the emotionally impaired, one Learning Center for disruptive middle school students, one alternative high school for disruptive high school students, and one outdoor education center.
For more information write:
Anne Arundel County Public Schools
2644 Riva Road,
Annapolis Md. 21401
Helpful Phone Numbers
Associate Superintendent
for Instruction & Student Services 410-222-5191
Associate Superintendent
for Business & Management Services 410-222-5307
Board of Education
Administrative Assistant 410-222-5311
Budget Information 410-222-5200
Bus Transportation 410-222-5115
Business Partnerships 410-222-5414
Business Services 410-222-5417
Career & Technology Education 410-222-5490
Applied Technology 410-222-5495
Business and Cooperative Education 410-222-5492
Career Connections 410-222-5488
Continuing Education
Summer; Evening High 410-222-5383
External Diploma Program for Adults 410-691-9088
Curriculum 410-222-5412
Art 410-222-5450
English/Language Arts 410-222-5459
English for Speakers of Other Languages 410-222-5424
Foreign Language 410-222-5424
Gifted/Talented/Advanced Programs 410-222-5430
Instructional Technology 410-222-5409
Interscholastic Athletics 410-222-5460
Kindergarten/PreK 410-222-5441
Mathematics 410-222-5464
Music 410-222-5465
Outdoor Education 410-222-3822
Physical Education and Athletics 410-222-5460
Reading 410-222-5455
Science 410-222-5451
Social Studies 410-222-5440
About Severna Park, MD
SEVERNA PARK, located in the central area of Anne Arundel County, shares much of the county's 447 miles of shoreline, furnishing waterfront living to many residential communities. The waters of the Chesapeake Bay, Severn River and Magothy River offer not only a bountiful supply of seafood but also a beautiful setting for sailing, fishing, crabbing and waterfowl hunting.
Bounded by the Severn and Magothy Rivers, Severna Park is a proud, well established community where many tree-lined neighborhoods contain a variety of home styles with attractive well-maintained landscaping.
Regional village centers, with thriving local businesses, offer residents close-to-home shopping. One of the attractions to this area is the pleasure of shopping in Severna Park. Antique lovers can browse through charming and elegant shops where a treasure of collectibles abound.
Winding through the area is the scenic B&A Trail, entering Severna Park at Earleigh Heights Road where the Park Ranger Station is located. This building, formerly a renovated grocery store built near 1890, now houses the park information center and public restrooms. As the trail winds through Severna Park it is dotted with flower beds and wildflower plantings maintained by local merchants and families. This trail is associated with the Rails to Trails Conservancy, a national organization that advocates transforming abandoned railroad right of ways into public trails. The old restored Severna Park Railroad Station where the Severna Park Railroad Club meets each week stands as a reminder of the trail's history. Nearby is historic Hatton-Regester Green which, through the dedicated efforts of the Friends of the B&A Trail, has been converted from a grassing lawn to a beautiful collection of gardens with an old-fashioned gazebo designed to hold concerts and exhibitions. The Hatton-Regester Green serves not only as a lovely rest stop along the trail, but as a shining example of cooperation between individuals, community groups, and county agencies, and hundreds of volunteers who worked countless hours to provide the park for the enjoyment of approximately 2 million visitors who ride, walk, jog and roll along the path each year. It is on historic Hatton-Regester Green that the Greater Severna Park Chamber of Commerce building (circa 1920s) is located.
Population/Housing
The population in Severna Park continues to grow and is estimated to be 34,486 by the year 2000. It is primarily a community of single-family homes with ninety four percent of housing single family detached and ninety percent being owner-occupied. The median value of owner-occupied homes was $173,800 in the last census, compared with the county value at $127,900 and the national at just $79,100. Median household income in the last census was $62,730. The occupation of a majority of the population is executive, administrative, managerial and professional specialty. (Source: Alexander Dunbar "Sandy" Speer, Department of Planning and Code Enforcement)
Senior Citizens
Senior population in the area is increasing and an excellent selection of assisted living housing enables seniors to live close to home in the Severna Park area. The Anne Arundel County Department of Aging provides programs and services to improve the quality of life in older adults. Many programs provide services for well, active older persons while other programs assist those are more frail. Senior Citizen Activity Centers offer a wide variety of educational and entertaining classes, with transportation to and from the centers being provided. Educational opportunities, health screening, recreational activities, and hot nutritious lunch is available at five centers throughout the county. Monthly activity schedule are available for ages 55 and older.
Education
Innumerable learning opportunities for people of all ages and interests are available through the county's public schools, independent and parochial schools, and Anne Arundel Community College. The county's public school curriculum includes programs in computer learning, fine arts, gifted and talented, vocational and special education. National survey rated Anne Arundel County's school system the second best in the state, behind Montgomery County, and in the top 8% nationally. Severna Park High School has achieved the highest SAT combined verbal and math scores in the county. Eighty one percent of Severna Park seniors took the SAT test, compared to 41 percent nationally.
There is great diversity in the area. Quality of education is found not only in public schools, but numerous independent schools in the Greater Severna Park area offer programs ranging from early childhood education through college preparatory courses.
County residents have access to more than 70 colleges and universities in the Baltimore and Washington metropolitan areas. Career and Technical Education (C.T.E.) is offered at two centers in Anne Arundel County: Center of Applied Technology-North in Severn, and Center of Applied Technology-South in Edgewater, and 12 high schools offer over 35 C.T.E. programs. (Source: Maryland State Department of Education and Higher Education Commission.)
Recreation
Cypress Creek Park, Kinder Park, and Waterford Park plus five other parks offer a variety of facilities and sizes, as well as basketball and tennis courts on the grounds of four schools. Local parks offer everything from lighted tennis courts, basketball, baseball, softball, handball, football, hiking and jogging paths, to picnic facilities and pavilions - and playgrounds.
The B&A Bike Trail extending from Glen Burnie to just north of Annapolis has become a major attraction shared by walkers, runners, bicyclists, and equestrians as well as wildlife such as squirrels, rabbits, owls and many other kinds of birds. Once an abandoned railway that was fast becoming a detriment to the communities it traversed, the B&A Trail has been transformed into an attractive linear park attracting millions of visitors a year. It is held up nationally as an example to other organizations wanting to construct linear parks. Constructed along an old railroad right-of-way, it provides miles of virtually uninterrupted surface. The 13.3 mile linear park follows the route of the Old Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad from its northern origin in Glen Burnie, to Annapolis in the south. Its paved surface measures ten feet wide and sits within 66 foot wide park boundaries. Already designated part of the East Coast Greenway, the B&A Trail serves as part of a large network of biking/hiking paths that will eventually reach from Maine to Florida. Bikers from surrounding states already travel to the B&A Trail for weekend outings, thus supporting, not only the trail, but the businesses that surround it.
A wide range of recreational activities are provided through active volunteer operated and county supported programs for ages ranging from children to senior citizens. There are after school activities at the middle school and some teen programs sponsored by community organizations.
Total Population
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Anne Arundel County
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Severna Park
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1990
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427,239
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34422
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1995
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471434
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34247
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*2000
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480499
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34486
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*Estimated
Source: Anne Arundel County Department of Planning and Code Enforcement, Alexander Dunbar "Sandy" Speer, "Small Area Planning Boundaries", 1999.
Links to Important Services:
For More info call:
Office: 410-394-3925
Toll Free: 866-394-3925
Cell: 301-751-5375
Fax: 410-394-3929