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Yorktown Middle Band Performs for the York County Retired Teachers AssociationPosted on: Friday, January 27, 2012Four Yorktown Middle School (YMS) Band students performed for the January meeting of the York County Retired Teachers Association. They performed a trumpet and tuba duet and a snare drum duet. |
Ft. Eustis TRADOC Band Woodwind Quintet Performs for YMS 6th Grade Band StudentsPosted on: Friday, January 27, 2012The TRADOC Ft. Eustis Band Woodwind Quintet performed on January 20th for the 6th grade Band students at Yorktown Middle School (YMS). |
Guess Who Is Reading at Grafton Middle?Posted on: Friday, January 27, 2012Grafton Middle School (GMS) students are standing in line to get the newest book titles. New titles go flying off the shelves as soon as students hear about them. Sixth graders Beatrice Tombs, Nicole Pitchford and AJ Garcia, from Bridget Ewell's english class, are excited to get their book selection. The Son of Neptune, The Hunger Games, and The Sea of Monsters are some of the most popular books at GMS. |
Chinese Brush Painting at Grafton MiddlePosted on: Friday, January 27, 2012Eight grade students, Stephanie Nardi and Tea' Roland, of Grafton Middle School (GMS) practice Chinese Brush Painting in Vicky Layne's Introduction to Art class. |
Coventry Elementary Celebrates 5th Annual All School Listens ProgramPosted on: Friday, January 27, 2012Coventry Elementary School (CES) students enjoy a performance by magician, Stephen A. Somers. The mystery-themed performance kicked off the 5th Annual Coventry All-School Listens as part of the Read Aloud Virginia program. Read Aloud Virginia encourages families to read aloud together at home to increase students' vocabulary, reading comprehension and most of all to have fun together. CES will be listening to “The 100-Year-Old Secret” throughout the month of February. |
Grafton Bethel SCA Members are Civic-Minded with KindergartenersPosted on: Friday, January 27, 2012Grafton Bethel Elementary School (GBES) Student Council member, Devyn Wilder, is reading a booklet, I Am a Good Citizen, which was written by the members of the student council. GBES SCA was invited to come into each kindergarten class and read the “good citizen” booklet aloud to the students in hopes of encouraging good citizenship and acting as civic role-models. Each kindergarten student at GBES was given a booklet that was written and illustrated by an SCA member. |
York County School Division 2021 Science Fair Winners AnnouncedPosted on: Friday, January 27, 2012The annual York County School Division (YCSD) Science Fair was held on January 19, 2012 at the Grafton School Complex. Secondary students from throughout the division competed in the science fair. The theme for this year’s science fair was “Imagine, Create, Engineer the Future.” Congratulations to all the winners and participants. |
Tabb Bowlers Strike ScholarshipsPosted on: Thursday, January 19, 2012Bowling Club Congratulations! At the Virginia High School Bowling Championships on Sunday, January 8, the Tabb High School (THS) Bowling Club was represented by three teams. Three THS teams competed in the club championships against teams from across the state and all finished the day in the top twenty five. In the Club Championships, Tabb brought home a fourth place finish with Frederick Jackson, Geoffery Preudhomme and Claire Martin. They ended just 151 pins (only a little over 8 pins per bowler each game) from getting the 1st place trophy! |
Simulated Characters in The CayPosted on: Thursday, January 19, 2012Students in Mary Christensen's fifth grade class at Grafton Bethel Elementary School (GBES) have been reading The Cay. In the story, Timothy, an elderly black West Indian sailor, and Stew Cat drift on a raft to a small, deserted island. Timothy teaches Phillip, who was blinded by a blow to his head, how to survive on the cay. The students simulated the scene in The Cay where Timothy teaches Phillip how to create a mat. One student is blindfolded and the other gives the directions. Students experienced the difficulties and successes of following another's guidance as they created their mats. |
Yorktown Elementary Second Grade Makes Paper Mache Hot Air BalloonsPosted on: Thursday, January 19, 2012Students in Jennifer Smith and Lydia Lassalle's second grade classes at Yorktown Elementary School read Hot Air Henry and studied hot air balloons. After which, students each made their own hot air balloons out of paper mache and paint. |
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