Albemarle County School District

School Board
Our Division
Our Mission

Working together as a team, we will end the predictive value of race, class, gender, and special capacities for our children’s success through high quality teaching and learning for all. We seek to build relationships with families and communities to ensure that every student succeeds. We will know every student.
Our Schools
Our Mission

Working together as a team, we will end the predictive value of race, class, gender, and special capacities for our children’s success through high quality teaching and learning for all. We seek to build relationships with families and communities to ensure that every student succeeds. We will know every student.
Our Departments
Our Mission

Working together as a team, we will end the predictive value of race, class, gender, and special capacities for our children’s success through high quality teaching and learning for all. We seek to build relationships with families and communities to ensure that every student succeeds. We will know every student.
For Families
Our Mission

Working together as a team, we will end the predictive value of race, class, gender, and special capacities for our children’s success through high quality teaching and learning for all. We seek to build relationships with families and communities to ensure that every student succeeds. We will know every student.
For Students
Our Mission

Working together as a team, we will end the predictive value of race, class, gender, and special capacities for our children’s success through high quality teaching and learning for all. We seek to build relationships with families and communities to ensure that every student succeeds. We will know every student.
For Community
Our Mission

Working together as a team, we will end the predictive value of race, class, gender, and special capacities for our children’s success through high quality teaching and learning for all. We seek to build relationships with families and communities to ensure that every student succeeds. We will know every student.
For Staff
Our Mission

Working together as a team, we will end the predictive value of race, class, gender, and special capacities for our children’s success through high quality teaching and learning for all. We seek to build relationships with families and communities to ensure that every student succeeds. We will know every student.
- Staff Resources

Phishing Awareness and Education

The ACPS Phishing Awareness and Education Program promotes awareness, education, and safety concerning phishing attacks. The goal of the program is to help our ACPS community protect themselves and the district by learning to recognize, report, and avoid malicious emails.

The program periodically sends out simulated messages that mimic real phishing messages. This provides a safe educational space for staff to practice identifying a phishing message with no penalty if the link is clicked.

REcent examples of phishing HOW to spot phishing messages phishing TRAINING VIDEO

This Month's Phishing Message

Let's break down the most recent message to see how we can spot a phishing attempt.

Phishing email markup 4-25

External: The email is marked "External" both in the subject of the email and in the bottom yellow banner.
Who: The email comes from an address that isn't k12albemarle.org.
Odd: The request is unusual and unexpected.
Urgent: There is a sense of urgency, prompting you to perform an action that could give away your credentials.
The Hover Technique: Shows you the true, embedded website the email is trying to take you to.

We're Here To Help

If you do click on a malicious link, download a bad attachment, or provide credentials to a phony website, the first thing you should do is let a member of the Department of Technology know. We will provide you with directions to ensure you, your colleagues, and our students, remain safe.

Open a Ticket Reset Your Password

First page of the PDF file: PhishingTipsPoster1