Alleghany Highlands Public Schools

Data and experience with school meals programs in the State of Virginia have led to conclusions that are virtually undeniable.

Alleghany High School’s Sophia Mundy was one of 26 high school seniors from across the United States who attended a unique experiential learning program at Virginia Tech this summer.

Adalynn Gibson, a fifth grader at Jeter-Watson Elementary School, has become the first winner from Alleghany Highlands Public Schools in Reading Makes Cents, a statewide reading program for students in kindergarten through eighth grade focusing on financial concepts.

Alleghany Highlands Public Schools will join a nationwide effort in September to celebrate attendance awareness. The campaign will focus on reducing chronic absenteeism in the new school year.

Kristin Vass has been named nurse manager for the Alleghany Highlands Public Schools Division.

CTE Courses Provide a Valuable Experience for 2024 AHS Graduate Orchid Tucker.

On August 6, the New College Institute CyberSAFE car visited Alleghany Highlands Public Schools. The car’s visit was courtesy of Dr. Ken Russell, New College Institute Chief Innovation Officer and Teh-Way Lee, NCI Director of Technology Integration. Essentially, the specially-wrapped car carries a moving computer network they can take to schools in the Commonwealth area to give them the experience of a cyberattack in real time without compromising their systems.

LOW MOOR — Alleghany Highlands Public Schools is changing traffic patterns at three of its schools to provide safer and more efficient drop-offs and pick-ups of students.

Alleghany Highlands Public Schools is among five school divisions that received top honors in the 2024 Virginia School Boards Association Food for Thought Competition.

AHPS has acquired new textbooks for certain subject areas to support learning.

ALCOVA Mortgage is partnering with Alleghany Highlands Public Schools to collect school supplies for students throughout the Alleghany Highlands

Alleghany Highlands Public Schools’ bus routes and schedules for the 2024-2025 school year are listed below. AHPS students begin the school year on Wednesday, August 14, 2024.

LOW MOOR – Alleghany Highlands Public Schools is seeking to establish apprenticeship programs to connect high school students with employers willing to train them in fields related to career goals and technical education programs.

Alleghany High School graduate Rocklynn Phillips has been awarded a mikeroweWorks Foundation Trade Scholarship. Phillips is among more than 300 aspiring tradespeople to receive the scholarship this year.

The Alleghany Highlands Public Schools Division has made positive strides in addressing the number of students chronically absent from school.

AHPS has changed the start and end times at CES and SES for the next school year which starts Aug. 14 for students. The change is being made to improve bus routes and reduce the number of cancellations due to driver shortages.

John Littleton was appointed as chair of the Alleghany Highlands Public Schools Division Board on Monday, and Gerald Franson was named vice chair.

Jeter-Watson Elementary School Principal Cynthia Morgan and other Virginia school administrators with high potential to grow as leaders are participating in a leadership development program through the University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development.

All students enrolled in Alleghany Highlands Public Schools in the 2024-2025 school year will receive a nutritious breakfast and lunch free of charge under the federal Community Eligibility Provision.

Alleghany Highlands Public Schools Division teachers have been participating in important training since school ended in early June.

Alleghany Highlands Public Schools has announced schedule changes for the week of July 1 due to the Fourth of July holiday.

The Alleghany Highlands School Board has changed the date for its annual close out and reorganizational meeting.

Jackson River Technical Center’s Welding Class of 2024 had a very successful two and a half years while attending JRTC. While many of the students have moved on to the workforce and college, we wanted to take the time to recognize them and their accomplishments.

While Alleghany Highlands Public Schools Division teachers and students enjoy their summer break, planning for the 2024-2025 school year is continuing. The planning includes compiling lists of school supplies students may need for the coming school year.

The Alleghany Highlands Public Schools Division will hold summer remediation (summer school) for students in grades K-12 from June 17 – July 18, 2024, Monday through Thursday with the exceptions as follows.

As an example of Alleghany Highlands Public Schools’ goal of expanding student opportunities, Alleghany High School has added an adaptive music course to its curriculum.

Joowon Chung of Clifton Forge served as Alleghany High School’s representative at a recent Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) Seminar in Harrisonburg.

AHPS Retires Honored on May 30.

Dr. Jason Conaway, director of special education for Alleghany Highlands Public Schools, has received the statewide Mary Lou Wall Award from the Virginia Council of Administrators of Special Education (VCASE).

Alleghany Highlands Public Schools will provide free meals to children during the months of June and July at designated locations in the Alleghany Highlands.

Students at Callaghan Elementary School recently heard some important life sessions during a recent talk from the head football coach at Bassett High School.

Riley Spangler and Victoria Critzer are best friends, and they will soon walk across the stage as the valedictorian and salutatorian of the Alleghany High School Class of 2024.

Alleghany Highlands Public Schools is surveying parents and guardians about school attendance practices.

Hayli Givens is an honor graduate in the Alleghany High School Class of 2024. She graduated earlier this month from Mountain Gateway Community College. She plans to become a forensic psychologist. And she is a poet laureate.

An Alleghany High School junior is being hailed a hero after jumping into action to save a choking student.

Seven individuals are in the inaugural class of inductees into the Alleghany Highlands Public Schools Division Employee Hall of Fame.

Alleghany Highlands Public Schools has received a $4,600 grant that will help ensure that all children in the Highlands will remain nourished and healthy this summer.

Works by two Alleghany Highlands Public Schools students placed in this year’s Virginia School Association Blue Ridge Regional Art Contest.

Graduating seniors at Alleghany High School are giving back to their community by raising $4,900 for the Give Local Alleghany Highlands campaign.

Two programs in Alleghany Highlands Public Schools are featured in the Virginia’s School Board Association’s Showcases for Success directory. The directory highlights successful K-12 programs in Virginia’s public schools.

LOW MOOR — Frankie Ratliff is the Alleghany Highlands Public School Division’s Bus Road-E-O champion for 2024. Ratliff, a veteran bus driver, has worked for the local school divisions for more than six years.

Alleghany High School sophomore Paige Harris has been selected as this year’s Hugh O’Brian Youth (HOBY) Ambassador.

World-renowned chef Dan Giusti recently visited students, staff, and board members from Alleghany Highlands Public Schools.

LOW MOOR — Alleghany High School sophomore Taylor Jenkins has been selected to participate in a unique summer program that gives students an opportunity to explore careers in oncology, a branch of medicine that specializes in diagnosing and treating cancer.

Alleghany Highlands Public Schools is still enrolling students for its PreK/Virginia Preschool Initiative program for eligible four-year olds.

When enrolling AHPS kindergarten students arrive for further assessment on dates April 15-17, family members will be provided with an opportunity to learn about ways to support them as they prepare to enter school.

Alleghany Highlands Public Schools will release students from school three hours early on Monday, April 8, to avoid timing difficulties that might occur with a solar eclipse that will happen during the afternoon.

Four Jackson River Technical Center students have earned the opportunity to compete as a team in the National Anatomage Tournament set to take place at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on June 1.

Alleghany High School opened on schedule Monday, March 25, after being closed on March 22 because of a recurring plumbing problem that has been technically difficult for maintenance workers to diagnose.

LOW MOOR — To address the perils of social media and technology that confront youth both in and outside of schools, Alleghany Highlands Public Schools is partnering with law enforcement agencies to stress the importance of online safety to students in middle school and high school.

LOW MOOR — Alleghany High School will hold its 2024 Commencement Exercises on Saturday, June 1, at Casey Field in Covington. The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m.

How many high school students get an opportunity to receive a one-on-one lesson from an internationally-acclaimed classical guitarist?

Alleghany High School, Jackson River Technical Center, Covington Middle School, and Clifton Academy will reopen Friday, March 15, after being closed for two days due to a plumbing issue at AHS.

Due to a plumbing issue, Alleghany High School, Covington Middle School, Jackson River Technical Center and Clifton Academy will be closed on Thursday, March 14.

Alleghany Highlands Public Schools will be closed on Friday, Feb. 23, and Monday, Feb. 26.

Kim Halterman, superintendent of Alleghany Highlands Public Schools, has been selected as regional superintendent of the year for a part of Virginia that includes the Highlands.

The month of February is nationally and locally recognized as Career and Technical Education month and this year, Jackson River Technical Center is celebrating its 50th year in serving the Alleghany Highlands as a hub of workforce training education within the public schools and adult sectors.

“Scholarship Season” is in full swing for the Alleghany High School administration and guidance staff as they work to provide financial assistance to graduating seniors who plan to further their education.

Do you know what is involved when Alleghany Highlands Public Schools staff cancel a bus route on a given school day?

In a move designed to assist students and accelerate learning, the Alleghany Highlands Public Schools Division is now offering Varsity Tutors for Schools.

An Alleghany High School senior is one of the recipients of the statewide Harry F. Byrd Jr. Leadership Award for 2023-24.

An Alleghany High School student has been selected as a Virginia General Assembly House of Delegates Page. Ninth grader Elijah Halterman was chosen for the program and he is attending the General Assembly session in Richmond this winter.

The Alleghany Highlands Public Schools Division has been awarded a grant to enhance safety and security features at Covington Middle School.

A grand celebration was held at Sharon Elementary School on the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 20, in recognition of the school being named one of the top 100 elementary schools in Virginia by U.S. News & World Report.

Braylee Boggs, a second grader at Callaghan Elementary School, has been named the winner of the first ever Alleghany Highlands Public Schools Holiday Card Design Contest.

Unique gingerbread designs by Jackson River Technical Center culinary students are on display at the Alleghany Highlands Arts and Crafts Center in Clifton Forge.

The Alleghany Highlands Public Schools Division has received a $13,400 grant from No Kid Hungry to help increase student breakfast participation at Alleghany High School.

Sharon Elementary School is listed as one of the best elementary schools in Virginia in rankings recently released by U.S. News & World Reports.

Jeter-Watson Elementary School has been awarded a $500 grant to help students better understand agriculture.

LOW MOOR — As part of its ongoing efforts to address chronic absenteeism, Alleghany Highlands Public School has launched a friendly competition among schools.

Like school divisions around the state, Alleghany Highlands Public Schools is developing and implementing an ALL In Virginia Plan.

Students at Callaghan Elementary School pulled off a unique feat by completing a schoolwide writing project.

Alleghany Highlands Public Schools have returned to normal operations after a lockdown was initiated at Covington Middle School earlier today. All other schools were under shelter in place as an added precaution to ensure student and staff safety.

LOW MOOR — A spiffy trailer being used by the Alleghany High School Band is proof that the Alleghany Highlands Public Schools Division is helping put unity in the community.

High expectations and a love for students have helped two Alleghany Highlands Public Schools teachers achieve recognition from a group of public school divisions in Virginia.

LOW MOOR — With a goal of providing students with a more continuous level of instruction, Covington Middle School will be implementing a new scheduling format.

LOW MOOR — Jeter-Watson Elementary School teacher Hannah Gibson recently wrapped up work on a committee that plays an important role in evaluating and refining the Virginia Standards of Learning assessments.

All students in AHPS can continue to receive a breakfast and lunch free of charge under the federal Community Eligibility Provision (CEP).

Alleghany Highlands Public Schools - Bus Routes for the 2023-2024 School Year.

The Alleghany Highlands Public School Division’s athletic department has teamed with its official outfitter, BSN Sports, to launch an exclusive online store featuring Alleghany Cougars apparel and merchandise.