Just a reminder that Mrs. Christian our Bookkeeper, is selling Raider Socks, Gym Shirts and Shorts! All items are $5 each.

Students are NOT allowed to have blankets with you in class!

Students - reminder that holes and shorts should not be more than 3 inches from the top of the knee and that if leggings are worn it must be with something that meets dress code.

Students are NOT allowed to have gum at school, and NO gum should be left on food trays.

All students, eighth grade and below, must remain with an adult during any game. Students that are not with an adult may lose the privilege of attending future games throughout the year.

All Track Team members should catch the 2nd Activity Bus leaving on C bell.

Everyone else who needs to ride the Activity Bus should catch the first bus leaving on A bell. The bus # has been #55.

Below is the link to the new immunization requirements for 7th grade. Please note the VA Department of Education is now requiring all rising 7th grade students hybrid or virtual to receive the meningococcal vaccine in addition to the already required TDAP booster. HPV is recommended however, not required.

Please make plans to contact your child's pediatrician and or the local health department at 352-2313 to have your child vaccinated before the 2022-2023 school year. Any questions please call the school nurse at 352-8257.

https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/immunization/requirements/

Diphtheria, Tetanus, & Pertussis (DTaP, DTP, or Tdap) - A minimum of 4 properly spaced doses. A child must have at least one dose of DTaP or DTP vaccine on or after the fourth birthday. DT (Diphtheria, Tetanus) vaccine is required for children who are medically exempt from the pertussis-containing vaccine (DTaP or DTP). Adult Td is required for children 7 years of age and older who do not meet the minimum requirements for tetanus and diphtheria. Effective A booster dose of the Tdap vaccine is required for all children entering the 7th grade.

Meningococcal Conjugate (MenACWY) Vaccine - Effective July 1, 2021, a minimum of 2 doses of MenACWY vaccine. The first dose should be administered prior to entering 7th grade. The final dose should be administered prior to entering 12th grade.

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine - Effective July 1, 2021, a complete series of 2 doses of HPV vaccine is required for students entering the 7th grade. The first dose shall be administered before the child enters the 7th grade. After reviewing educational materials approved by the Board of Health, the parent or guardian, at the parent's or guardian's sole discretion, may elect for the child not to receive the HPV vaccine.

Yearbooks are on sale right now. If you would like a Yearbook, order it now for $25 dollars.

You can go to ybpay.lifetouch.com to order it.

After January 1st the price will go up to $30 dollars.

School Closing and Emergency Information

In bad weather and other emergencies, Appomattox County Public Schools (ACPS)

notify parents and staff about the status of school schedules in several ways. We utilize

the following TV and radio stations:

WDBJ TV 7

WSLS TV 10

WSET TV 13

WWBT TV 12 Richmond

We also use our division webpage, our mobile app, and an automated

communication system to deliver phone calls and text messages regarding the

status of school delays and closings.

This system calls all phone numbers you have registered at your child’s school. Should

your phone numbers change, please log into your parent portal website and choose the

link in the lower left titled Year Round Update and update your phone number for your

student(s). Text messages can only be delivered to parents/guardians who have

completed the opt-in process. Please visit our division website for more information.

It would be ideal to be able to notify all parents and staff the night before a weather event

occurs so childcare plans could be made early, however, in many cases that is not

possible. We use various information sites that predict and track weather events. In the

winter, staff go out into several areas of the county to check road conditions when a

snow/ice event occurs. We do our best to make a decision to close or delay by 5:30 a.m.

There may be times when there is frozen precipitation in one area of the county and not

all areas. In those situations, we must close the entire school division as we must take

into consideration all county roads on which our buses and students travel.

On days that we have put out a notification of a two-hour delay and the road conditions

do not improve significantly before buses must leave for their route, we may have to

move from a two-hour delay to a closed status. We will put out all notifications as soon

as possible when this situation occurs.

Should any threatening weather conditions develop once school has begun, we will close

schools as quickly as possible to get students home safely.

The safety of our students and staff is very important to us. We take these decisions

very seriously and exercise caution when transporting the children of Appomattox County

Public Schools.

Horse Judging will practice Thursday at ACHS until 5:30.

CVLS will practice today at ACHS until 5:00 PM.

Horse Judging will practice today and Thursday this week at ACHS until 5:30.

FFA CDE practice will be Wednesday until 5:00; report to the Ag. Shop at 3:30.

FFA Livestock Judging will practice Thursday and Friday with Miss Long at ACHS until 5:00.