Student Support Services

The mission of Student Support Services is to assist in attaining optimal health, personal, interpersonal, academic, and career development so that the student may complete an appropriate educational program and become a contributing member of society. Student Support Services maintains a philosophy that the school has a distinct function in enhancing the  education and social development of children and adolescents. Team members work in an integrated, coordinated manner with the school in addressing individual situations as needed. Student Support staff includes guidance counselors, pupil personnel workers, mental health coordinators, school nurses, and school psychologists.
In addition to the services listed on this page, the Student Support department also oversees the school system’s bullying policy, school health program, and student attendance.

Children who will be four years old on or before September 1 and who reside in Queen Anne’s County are eligible to apply for the Pre-K program. 

The enrollment process for Pre-K is online. After enrollment, a screening will be used to help determine each child’s level of school readiness. The dates for these screenings will be determined by the school after enrollment has been completed. Students will not be considered eligible for a spot until their enrollment is complete with all documents uploaded.

VISIT THE INFOFINDER WEBSITE (EXTERNAL) TO FIND WHICH SCHOOL YOUR CHILD WILL ATTEND

To register your child for school in QACPS, please obtain the following items:

• Birth Certificate
• Copy of Parent/Guardian Valid Driver’s License or Government Issued ID
• Current Immunization Records
• Proof of Residence (Electric/gas statement, lease, mortgage statement, or property tax bill)
• Copy of last report card for grades 1-9 
• Copy of transcript for grades 9-12
• IEP (if applicable) 
• 504 Plan (if applicable)
• Verification of Residency (PDF), if applicable

Once these forms are collected, please click on the link below which takes you to our online portal called, PowerSchool Enrollment. If you were unable to upload all documents, please call your child’s new school to set up an appointment. You will need to have the above forms with you for your appointment if not uploaded already.

If transferring to another school district or withdrawing from QACPS, please contact the student’s current guidance counselor.

Students that were enrolled in QACPS for the current school year must be registered for the upcoming school year. Your child’s registration code (snapcode) is emailed to you in June, which you will need to complete the registration process. The snapcode is also located at the bottom of the last page of your child’s progress report. If you need assistance, please contact your child’s school. You must have your snapcode to register.

Living Naturally High Ad (PDF)

Parents Guide to Fentanyl (PDF)

QAC Drug Free Student Ambassadors Shine at SAMHSA’s Prevention Day (PDF)

2023 Opioid Data Dashboard (PDF)

Be sure to check out some of the other QAC Goes Purple videos available on YouTube!

• Marijuana PSA
• Marijuana Can Lead to Addiction
• Narcan PSA
• Vaping PSA
• Good Samaritan Law PSA
• Peer Pressure PSA
• Fentanyl PSA

How QACPS Supports Students’ Mental Health

QACPS promotes the mental health and wellness of each of our students to develop their unique strengths, abilities, and characteristics towards success and well-being. 

School based mental health services are available in all Queen Anne’s County Public Schools.  Please reach out to our mental health coordinator if you would like further information pertaining to the referral process to access school based mental health services.

Ms. Megan Pinder
Mental Health Coordinator
(410) 758-2403, Ext. 195
[email protected]

Pupil Personnel Workers (PPWs) are actively involved in the Student Assistance Program, truancy reduction, drop-out reduction, enrollments, custody, home and hospital instruction, home schooling, homelessness, residency, abuse and neglect, Alternative Program, kinship, Pupil Services Teams and discipline. They are an important part of the Crisis Response Teams in each of their schools.

QACPS has two PPWs in our County  Although home-based at the Board of Education, both work out in the schools with the school teams, attendance officer, parents and students. In addition, they work closely with other county agencies through the Inter-Agency Committee which meets twice each month.

QACPS supports home instruction in accordance with Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) §13A.10.01.

After reviewing the materials provided, if you decide to home instruct your child or children, please return the Home Instruction Notification Form to the address listed on the form. You will receive a letter from our office confirming receipt of the form.    

If your child or children are registered in a QACPS school, you must contact the guidance counselor at each school to withdraw the student(s) and to verify you have no outstanding obligations. 

The Home Instruction Notification Form must be received in this office at least 15 days prior to beginning your home instruction program. Students being home instructed are not enrolled at QACPS and cannot participate in interscholastic athletics, programs, classes, or any other extra curricular activities within the school system.

The button below will take you to the education ministries and nonpublic schools that are registered with the Maryland State Department of Education to supervise home instruction under regulation .05 of the home instruction regulations, COMAR 13A.10.01 Home Instruction.

Directions for Submitting the Home Instruction Notification Form:

1. Read through the COMAR Home Instruction Regulation
2. Read through the Home Instruction FAQs
3. Complete the Home Instruction Notification Form
   1. Part C must be completed for each child. If you are enrolling a high school student in home instruction, you must check that you understand the process for obtaining high school credits in the event you decide to return to QACPS. See Information for Enrolling in a High School from Home Instruction
   2. Part C: Differences between Option A & Option B
      1. Option A: Designates that you are not using a home instruction program that is registered with MSDE to supervise Home Instruction. Instead, you are using a program(s) to obtain your curriculum; this option requires monitoring by QACPS. This usually takes place in December and May. You need to show regular, thorough instruction at these monitorings. This option also requires that you complete an update form each summer to confirm your intent to continue home instruction and your child’s grade level. Click here for additional Option A information.
      2. Option B: Designates that you are using a home instruction program that is registered with MSDE and they will monitor your program. The registered program you use will notify us each year that you are still enrolled. You only need to follow up with QACPS if you change programs, return to public school, or move out of the district. Click here for additional Option B information.
      3. Testing: Choosing “yes” simply allows us to notify you when there is standardized testing in your child’s grade. You have the option to decline. Checking “yes” does not mean testing is mandatory for you; you always have the option to decline.

Resources for Home Instruction:

Maryland Home Instruction Programs with On-line Options

How to Obtain a High School Diploma When Home Instructing

Home Educators of the Eastern Shore Co-Op

Greensboro Christian Co-Op

QACPS is committed to providing equity and access for all students in a supportive school environment. Pregnant and parenting students must be allowed to participate in all aspects of the educational program, including all academic, physical, and social components. Pregnant and parenting students must have access to a range of specific activities and policies that govern activities both in and outside of the classroom. These activities include, but are not limited to, excused absences, make-up work, accommodations for instruction, lactation, and designated support staff in the school.

Pregnant & Parenting Policy (PDF)

Mr. S. Matthew Evans
Supervisor of Student Support Services
(410) 758-2403, Ext. 196
[email protected]

Ms. Jean Cardwell
Administrative Secretary for Student Support Services
(410) 758-2403, Ext. 189
[email protected]