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1st Place at “An Occasion for the Arts” Goes to Queens Lake MiddlePosted on: Friday, October 07, 2011Congratulations to Queens Lake Middle School (QLMS) art students for winning a first place trophy in the middle school art division at “An Occasion for the Arts” in Williamsburg. Matt DeJager won an honorable mention for his contour drawing collage and the sixth grade color wheel drew a big crowd. Good job art students! |
Blogging to Connect Students Around the WorldPosted on: Friday, October 07, 2011Yorktown Middle School (YMS) Middle Years Programme (MYP) eighth grade students are participating in a blogging project with students at Ssangmun ECC in Seoul, South Korea. Together, they are analyzing articles and videos in each of their core content areas and using their blog to build relationships. |
Sibling Spirit at Seaford ElementaryPosted on: Friday, October 07, 2011Siblings, Parker Grace and Jackson Stratton, participated in Seaford Elementary School's (SES) Student Council Association (SCA) Spirit Week. Parker Grace, 4th grade, and Jackson, 1st grade, showed their spirit by participating in Hat Day. |
Crazy Neck Tie Day at Seaford ElementaryPosted on: Friday, October 07, 2011Kimberly Stratton's 5th grade class at Seaford Elementary School (SES) showed their spirit on Crazy Neck Tie Day. October 3rd - 7th was School Spirit Week at SES. Spirit week was sponsored by the Student Council Association (SCA). |
BYOT at Grafton MiddlePosted on: Friday, October 07, 2011Students at Grafton Middle School (GMS) in Jill Barnes' English class created a playlist of songs matching events from the short story "Amigo Brothers" with songs from their Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) iPods. |
York County School Division Invited to Join White House Digital Promise InitiativePosted on: Thursday, September 29, 2011On Friday, September 16, at the invitation of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Eric Williams, Ed.D., superintendent of York County School Division (YCSD), attended the White House announcement of a national Digital Promise initiative to use technology to support learning. Digital Promise is a new national center created by Congress with bipartisan support to advance technologies that can transform teaching and learning. The initiative is being lead by a number of prominent leaders in education and technology. The Digital Promise initiative will focus on three key challenges: Identifying breakthrough technologies, Learning faster what’s working and what’s not and Transforming the market for learning technologies. |
First Grade Statue of LibertiesPosted on: Thursday, September 29, 2011Sherri Mitchell’s first grade students at Coventry Elementary School learned all about the Statue of Liberty and her importance as a symbol of the United States of America. |
Back To School Dance Poster ContestPosted on: Thursday, September 29, 2011Congratulations to the following band students who are the winners for the Queens Lake Middle School "Back to School Dance" poster contest: 6th & 7th Grade Beginning Band Class - Block 3A: 1st Place - Benjamin Hudson, 2nd Place - Kellie Smith, 3rd Place - Daniel Charlier; 6th & 7th Grade Beginning Band Class - Block 3B: 1st Place - Annabelle Hicks, 2nd Place – Daniel Williams, 3rd Place - Emily Slack; 7th & 8th Grade Intermediate Band Class - Block 1B: 1st Place - Gina Godwin; 7th Grade Advanced Band Class - Block 4A: 1st Place - Jimmy Mckenzie |
Fun with ReadingPosted on: Thursday, September 29, 2011Gina Marks’ second grade class at Coventry Elementary School enjoyed a relaxing read during the school day. The student’s read their favorite books such as “Skippy Jon Jones”, “Garfield’s Tales of Mystery” and “Oh the Places You’ll Go” while relaxing on their desks with reading pillows. |
Tabb Middle Selected for WHRO’s "School Talk Monthly"Posted on: Thursday, September 29, 2011On September 26, Susan Rhew, principal of Tabb Middle School (TMS) was notified that TMS has been selected as the Middle School of the Month for WHRO’s “School Talk Monthly” program for the month of October. Each month, WHRO produces a 30-minute magazine program for educators called “School Talk Monthly.” This national award-winning program features one-on-one interviews with outstanding educators and students, on-location segments highlighting exciting school projects and activities, video clips and Internet sites for teachers correlated to Virginia Standards of Learning and upcoming professional development events. Each month, four local schools (one elementary, middle, high, and independent) are recognized on the show as Schools of the Month. |
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