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Tabb High AP Chemistry Students Present to Tabb Middle Eighth Grade Science Classes

Posted on: Thursday, June 16, 2011

On Tuesday, June 7 and Wednesday, June 8 Tabb High School (THS) AP Chemistry students demonstrated chemistry principles to the Tabb Middle School (TMS) eighth grade science classes. The high school students demonstrated a variety of chemistry principles including pH, neutralization reactions, flame tests, chemical luminescence and catalysts.


Caroll Register Named the 2010-2011 PTA Senior Division School Nurse of the Year

Posted on: Thursday, June 16, 2011

Caroll Register, nurse at York High School (YHS) and Lead Nurse for the school division, has been named the 2010-2011 Virginia PTA Senior Division School Nurse of the Year. Caroll will be recognized at the Virginia PTA Leadership Training Conference at Glen Allen High School, July 15-16, as well as spotlighted in the PTA email newsletter and on the vapta.org website.


New Assistant Principals Announced

Posted on: Thursday, June 16, 2011

The York County School Division is pleased to announce the new Assistant Principal assignments for the upcoming 2011-12 school year. Ebony Griffin, Magruder Elementary School (currently Assessment, Compliance, and Intervention Coordinator at Tabb Middle School); Kelly Denny, Mount Vernon Elementary School (currently Assessment, Compliance, and Intervention Coordinator at Grafton Bethel Elementary); Laura Burton, Yorktown Elementary School (currently a Reading Recovery Teacher Leader in Williamsburg/James City County); Marsha Caudill, Grafton Middle School (currently an Assistant Administrator and teacher in Henrico County)


New National Honor Society Officers Elected at Tabb High School

Posted on: Friday, June 10, 2011

The new Tabb High School (THS) National Honor Society officers for the 2011-2012 school year are: President - Cori Hayes, Vice President - Jessica Reed, Treasurer - Brianna Bagalkotkar, Parliamentarian - Chantal Skubic and Secretary - Allie Galoozis.


Tabb Key Club Sponsors Blood Drive

Posted on: Friday, June 10, 2011

The Tabb High School (THS) Key Club sponsored by Michael Martinez with President Jacob Mehr leading the team, collected over 40 pints of blood during the school day-long drive on June 7th. Support from the students, staff and community was overwhelming, keeping the Red Cross staff busy all day.


Yorktown Middle Eighth Grade Honors Social

Posted on: Friday, June 10, 2011

The Yorktown Middle School (YMS) Eighth Grade Academic Honors Social was held on May 31. Eighth grade students that made the Principal’s Honor Roll by receiving straight A's on their report cards for 6th, 7th, and 8th grades and student’s who earned A-B Honor Roll for all three grades, were invited and presented an award for their academic accomplishment. Entertainment for the evening was provided by eighth graders, Matthew Shih, Youngrok Chae, and Katherine Strike, who performed instrumental solos and duets. Antonia Fox, York High School Principal and Elizabeth Roberts, a York High School senior, were the keynote speakers.


The "Mosquito Man" Presents Awards to Grafton Bethel Elementary School Students

Posted on: Friday, June 10, 2011

Mr. Tom Gallagher, also known as the “Mosquito Man”, presented a gift card from Barnes and Noble to the school level winner at Grafton Bethel Elementary School (GBES), Alexis Leherr, of the Mosquito Awareness and Prevention Program Poster contest.


Oyster Restoration Club Field Trip

Posted on: Friday, June 10, 2011

The Oyster Restoration Club of Grafton Middle School (GMS) took a field trip to the oyster reef located in Felgates Creek on the Colonial Parkway May 26. Gwenn Pearson with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation had the students do several water activities. The students tested the creek water for ph and alkalinity. In addition the students planted approximately 6000 juvenile oysters on the established oyster shell reef at the mouth of Felgates Creek. The students learned how to use a seine net to capture different species for identification. Grass shrimp, silver side minnows and small blue crabs were caught in the nets. All species were released.


Division “Road-E-O” Title Goes to YCSD!

Posted on: Friday, June 10, 2011

Ralph Crockett, a York County School Division (YCSD) bus driver since 2006, has been named the 2011 Regional “Road-E-O” Winner as well as the 2011 Local “Road-E-O” winner. Ralph competed in the regional “Road-E-O” where he scored a 558 out of a possible 610 to secure the title. Ralph is the first YCSD bus driver to have ever won the regional title. He also won the regional title in 2010 making this his second consecutive win. He holds the honor of being the local winner for the past four consecutive years. Ralph says “driving in the “Road-E-O” is like playing corn hole, you gotta stay focused.”


First Annual Joseph H. Levi Memorial Scholarship Awarded

Posted on: Friday, June 10, 2011

In November 2010, the York Foundation for Public Education, Inc. (YFPE, Inc.) formed a partnership with the Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia to administer the Joseph H. Levi Memorial Scholarship. The Scholarship is named for Joseph H. Levi, a respected and well-liked teacher and coach at THS for 23 years until retiring in 2010. Just months later, Joe was taken suddenly by cancer. A native of Philadelphia, Joe was a graduate of Villanova University. He relocated to this area in 1976 and was a government teacher for ten years at another local high school. In addition to teaching, Joe was a longtime coach of tennis and wrestling at both schools. At the request of Mr. Levi's family, this memorial scholarship will provide assistance to a senior student athlete from Tabb High.


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