Community Engagement Opportunities – July 2023

Dear Friends of APS:

Hope and trust you are having a great summer. Please see tonight’s Virtual Community Table Session and join us to help shape the next CIP and make recommendations about boundaries and swing space and other upcoming opportunities for engagement.

Upcoming APS Community Engagement Opportunities:

School Board Now Accepting Applications for School Board Advisory Councils for the 2023-24 School Year
Advisory Councils and Committees provide input and feedback on the instructional and support programs, facilities, and operations of APS. Click here for more information.

Mon. July 31      Virtual Community Table Session #1 for the 2023 Pre-Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Report (formerly AFSAP Report). Help shape the next CIP and make recommendations about boundaries and swing space.
6 – 8:00 p.m.      Link to Participate

Thu. Aug. 3         School Board Meeting: Appointments to School Board Advisory Committees, Emergency Preparedness Management Plan
7:00 p.m.            Watch School Board meetings live online, on Comcast Channel 70, Verizon Ch. 41 or at Syphax Education Center, 2110 Washington Blvd. 22204

Thu. Aug. 17       School Board Meeting: Appointments to School Board Advisory Committees, Academic Data Update: Information on School Board 2023-24 Priorities & Proposed School Board Policy I-4.30 School Year Calendar
7:00 p.m.            Watch School Board meetings live online, on Comcast Channel 70, Verizon Ch. 41 or at Syphax Education Center, 2110 Washington Blvd. 22204

Tue. Aug. 22       2023 Pre-Capital Improvement Plan Report: In-Person Community Table Session #2
6 – 8:00 p.m.      Kenmore Middle School, 200 S Carlin Springs Rd, 22206

Arlington Community Events:

Metro Lift | WMATA is offering a 50% discount for families with SNAP benefits. This link contains the flyer in many languages. Please share widely.

Now – Aug.         New Photo Exhibition of the Columbia Pike Documentary Project’s artwork, people and places along Columbia Pike.
Times vary          Arlington Museum of Contemporary Art, 3550 Wilson Blvd. (Closed M & Tu)

Now – Sep 1        Find Your Voice: Summer Reading, hosted by Arlington Public Library
Anytime              Register thru the Library app

Sun. Aug. 6       Free Uncle Devin Show for all ages! An interactive, musical experience about enacting change, hosted by Arlington Public Library
11 am-12 pm     Receive a reminder. Lubber Run Amphitheater, 200 N Columbus St, 22203

Sat. Aug. 12        23rd annual Library of Congress National Book Festival. Several authors from the 2023 Virginia Festival of the Book will be in attendance
9 am-8 pm          Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt Vernon Place, NW 20001

Sat. Aug. 12        League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Virginia Convention & Exposition
12 – 4:00 pm      RSVP here. Walter Reed Community Center, 2909 16th St S, 22204

Thu. Aug. 22       8th Annual Northern Virginia Regional Elected Leaders Summit, hosted by the Arlington Chamber of Commerce
8 – 10:30 a.m.    Register by July 19. Marymount University – Ballston Center

FLU/COVID-19/RSV PCR TEST
Visit this link for more information on locations and/or scheduling COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments.

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Thank you.
Supervisor of Public Engagement  |  School and Community Relations
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