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2010 All District Jr. Band SelectionPosted on: Thursday, January 28, 2010Queens Lake Middle School announces the selections for the 2010 All District Jr. Band. Jessica Holmes – Oboe; R’landa Mapp – 1st Chair, Clarinet; Joshua Dolson – Clarinet; Rachel Perry – Alto Saxophone; Peter McReynolds – 1st Alternate, French Horn |
Farm Bureau Donates Barn to YCSDPosted on: Thursday, January 28, 2010Members of the local Farm Bureau donated a “Learning Barn” to Magruder Elementary School. Members built a bookcase resembling a barn and filled it with agriculturally themed books for students to enjoy. |
Dare Elementary MattersPosted on: Thursday, January 28, 2010The first grade students at Dare Elementary School enjoyed getting their hands gooey during the school’s Matter Day. |
2010 YCSD Science Fair WinnersPosted on: Thursday, January 28, 2010Congratulations to the all the students who won prizes in their respective categories at the York County School Division (YCSD) Science Fair. There were 77 projects and 84 students entered in the Junior Division (Middle School) and 100 projects and 135 students entered in the Senior Division (High School). The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners have the option of entering their winning projects in the Tidewater Science Fair to be held on March 13, 2010, at Old Dominion University. YCSD will enter 33 Junior Division projects and 28 Senior Division projects in the Tidewater Fair. Many thanks to Grafton High and Grafton Middle for hosting the science fair and to the many teachers, sponsors and volunteers for another successful fair! |
Magruder Elementary Kindergarteners Respond to the Call for Haiti ReliefPosted on: Thursday, January 28, 2010Sandra Murawski, kindergarten teacher at Magruder Elementary School, discussed with her class her recent mission trip to Haiti and the events that have occurred there. After learning that Haiti needed help, her students collected $100 to donate to the cause. Some students donated part of their tooth fairy money. As a whole, Magruder Elementary collected over $1,000 for Haiti Relief through the American Red Cross. |
Students Help Haiti!Posted on: Thursday, January 28, 2010Grafton High School Interact Club and Grafton Middle School Student Council Association and National Jr. Honor Society students distributed "It's One World! Help Haiti Now!" key chains and raised a combined $1669.64 for the American Red Cross International Response Fund. The Interact Club expects matching funds will be donated by a corporate sponsor as a result of their efforts. |
Student Wins Bookmark ChallengePosted on: Thursday, January 28, 2010David Victoria, sixth grade student at Yorktown Middle School (YMS), submitted the winning bookmark for the school's World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Reading Challenge, sponsored in conjunction with the American Library Association's Young Adult Library Services Association for Teen Read Week. David will receive a WWE DVD and a certificate for winning at the school level. His entry will also be judged at the regional level for a chance to win a trip to Wrestle Mania and $2,000 for the YMS library. |
Students Reach Out to AfghanistanPosted on: Thursday, January 28, 2010The focus of the Grafton Middle School Explorer's club is “Waste and Conservation in America." This year GMS students are collecting shoes for the people of Afghanistan as part of an outreach program. The Explorer's Club have collected and sanitized over 150 pairs of shoes. |
Pennies for PatientsPosted on: Friday, January 22, 2010Grafton Bethel Elementary School (GBES) raised $2,060.92 for "Pennies for Patients", a campaign sponsored by the GBES K-Kids to support adolescent leukemia patients. Sandra Cherry's fourth grade class was the grand prize winner; raising $464.43. |
Yorktown Middle Student Wins Geography BeePosted on: Friday, January 22, 2010Lilly Grella, an eighth grade student at Yorktown Middle School, won the school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee in January and a chance at a $25,000 college scholarship. Second place went to eighth grader John Adams, and third place was secured by eighth grader Christian Cox. The school-level Bee, at which students answered oral questions on geography, was the first round in the 22nd annual National Geographic Bee. The Bee is sponsored by the National Geographic Society. According to Laura Sanlorenzo, Yorktown Middle School teacher, the winners will now take a written test; up to 100 of the top scorers in each state will be eligible to compete in their state Bee in April 2010. The National Geographic Society will provide an all-expenses-paid trip to... |
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