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Voting Extended to May 12th for 2011 SchoolE AwardsPosted on: Thursday, May 05, 2011York County School Division is pleased to announce that it is a finalist for the 2011 SchoolE Awards for its website, yorkcountyschools.org. The SchoolE Awards was developed to recognize the best school district websites in the country for their achievements in website management and design. SchoolE Award finalists are selected by a panel of industry experts who are regarded as experts in the fields of web design and education technology. Entries are judged based on design, content and overall appeal on a 5-point scale. For each category, the district that receives the most votes from the public will be named the winner. To help honor and recognize the York County School Division website, go to yorkcountyschools.org/vote to vote. Vote using each of your email, Face Book and/or Twitter accounts. Voting is now open and has been extended to May 12th. |
VIMS Program Helps Ensure That No Child is Left InsidePosted on: Wednesday, May 04, 2011Thanks to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, seventh graders in Gloucester, Mathews, and York counties have a new dress code: waders and a life jacket. |
Celebrating Secretary's Day at Grafton Bethel ElementaryPosted on: Thursday, April 28, 2011Grafton Bethel Elementary School's personal chauffeur provided transportation to the Awesome Cafe for a celebratory Secretary's Day lunch! |
Grafton Bethel Elementary Students Walk to School to Celebrate Earth DayPosted on: Thursday, April 28, 2011Carol Bauer, joined neighborhood students as they walked to school to celebrate Earth Day. Walk on, Carol, and save that gas! |
Grafton Middle’s Builders Club Helps with Tornado Relief in GloucesterPosted on: Thursday, April 28, 2011Members of the Grafton Middle School (GMS) Builders Club went to work quickly to help out after a tornado hit in nearby Gloucester County destroying Page Middle School there. In just two days, GMS Builders collected a pick-up truck-load of school supplies for Page Middle students to use for the rest of the school year. The supplies were delivered on April 26, and their collection is continuing. GMS Builders Club is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Grafton. |
Tabb Elementary’s CHROME Breaks EggsPosted on: Thursday, April 28, 2011Members of the CHROME Club at Tabb Elementary School (TES) were excited to participate in an egg drop contest. Symadore Young and Jennifer McClain, engineers from Newport News Shipbuilding, explained engineering principles and challenged our teams to design a capsule to protect their eggs. The teams needed to work together to develop a design and earn points for not cracking their egg and staying within their given budget. |
Olive Garden's Pasta for Pennies LuncheonPosted on: Thursday, April 28, 2011Grafton Middle School (GMS) raised $1,000 for Olive Garden's "Pasta for Pennies" program. The program supports the fight against Leukemia and Lymphoma. Each year, schools choose a three-week period when students fill collection jars in their classrooms with donations of spare change. The class collecting the most money at each school is awarded a pasta party delivered to their classroom by their local Olive Garden restaurant. Nellie Williams' 6th grade class won the pasta party at Grafton Middle School this year. |
Grafton Middle School Marshmallow ChallengePosted on: Thursday, April 28, 2011Grafton Middle School (GMS) students in science classes undertook the Marshmallow Challenge. This challenge, which has been given to college students, kindergarteners as well as corporate executives, is simple. Given 18 minutes and the following material, 20 strands of spaghetti, 3 feet of tape, 3 feet of string and one large marshmallow, construct the tallest tower possible to uphold the marshmallow on top. Many teams produced a tall tower, only to see it crumple as they placed their marshmallow on top. Creativity, modeling and good teamwork at GMS produced a winning structure with a height of over 75 cm! |
Key Club Helps Invisible ChildrenPosted on: Friday, April 22, 2011Tabb High School’s (THS) Key Club, under the leadership of club sponsor Michael Martinez, has continued its sponsorship of the Invisible Children's Organization with its donut sale. Key Clubbers sold Krispy Kreme Doughnuts before and after school during the week of April 18th to raise money for this charitable organization. |
Parachuting at Grafton MiddlePosted on: Friday, April 22, 2011Theresa Zeytoonian's sixth grade science class experiments with gravitational potential and kinetic energy using parachutes. |
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