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Grafton High Blood DrivePosted on: Friday, January 22, 2010The SCA-sponsored Red Cross Blood Drive at Grafton High School collected 66 pints of blood. The school exceeded its goal by eight pints. Over 100 Grafton High students donated blood. The drive was organized and staffed by 27 student volunteers and four faculty/staff volunteers. |
Grafton High Oyster Restoration ProjectPosted on: Friday, January 22, 2010The marine biology students at Grafton High School are raising 4,000 oysters this year in Back Creek. Twice a month, students leave school for two hours to perform water quality tests and monitor oyster growth. At the site, students take quantitative measurements of dissolved oxygen, turbidity, pH, salinity and water temperature. After completing the water quality tests, students remove the oysters from the two Taylor rafts and then clean the rafts. The oysters are rinsed several times to remove sediment and pseudofeces. One hundred random oysters are measured and recorded. Back at school the students determine average size of the oysters and compare the abiotic data to the data from the previous trip. Students enjoy learning outside the classroom and helping the bay's ecology. |
York High Egg DropPosted on: Friday, January 22, 2010York High School's annual egg drop competition took place in Cynthia Hardesty's physics class in January. Students were challenged with the task of creating a vehicle to help their egg survive two drops, first from the bottom and then from the top of the football field's bleachers while meeting mass and materials restrictions in the project. Winning projects were based on three criteria: egg survival, lightest mass & closest distance to the target. Overall winners were Andrew Watt, Brian Mucklow and Zach Warthan. |
YCSD Student Shares Winning Essay on KIDTALKPosted on: Friday, January 22, 2010York County School Division’s (YCSD) Destini Canion, fifth grade student at Bethel Manor Elementary School, placed second in the Martin Luther King Essay Contest sponsored by WAVY TV and KIDTALK. Nearly 400 entries were submitted for the contest. Newport News students, Kaila Lemons and Tyana Scott placed first and third place. The group of nine winners were featured on the January KIDTALK episode honoring Dr. King. |
Middle Year Programme Talking TurkeyPosted on: Friday, January 22, 2010Students in the Yorktown Middle School Middle Years Programme (MYP), an International Baccalaureate (IB) school, are using their letter-writing skills and history skills to communicate with MYP students at the Irmak School in Istanbul, Turkey. Students in both grades 6 and 7 gathered in Drew Maloney's MYP Humanities class to open the letters and respond to their peers across the “pond”. This project reinforces elements of the IB Learner Profile, encouraging students to be caring communicators, in addition to supporting the course curriculum. |
Yorktown Middle Begins Recycling ProgramPosted on: Thursday, January 14, 2010Students at Yorktown Middle School (YMS) gathered to decorate and distribute boxes for a school-wide recycling program. Art instructor, Danielle Vallino is working with the Middle Years Programme area of Interaction: Community & Service, encouraged students to serve their school community while also having an impact on the environment of the world-wide community. YMS, an International Baccalaureate candidate school looks forward to expanding service activities throughout the local area. |
Virginia Board of Education Awards York County SchoolsPosted on: Thursday, January 14, 2010The Virginia Board of Education awarded seven York County School Division schools the 2010 Virginia Index of Performance (VIP) incentive program that encourages advanced learning and achievement in public schools. Bethel Manor Elementary, Coventry Elementary, Grafton Bethel Elementary, Mount Vernon Elementary, Tabb Elementary, Tabb High and Waller Mill Elementary Schools were among 288 schools from 15 school divisions that earned the award. The board also awarded four York County School Division schools the 2010 Virginia Board of Education’s Competence to Excellence Award. The schools are recognized for having met all state and federal benchmarks for at least two consecutive years and are making progress toward the goals of the governor and the board. |
Seaford Elementary Citizens of the MonthPosted on: Thursday, January 14, 2010Seaford Elementary School formally recognized students from each class for the month of January. After nominations from staff and consideration, the students chosen are those who naturally demonstrate a caring, helpful attitude toward others and their school environment. This month's winners are as follows: Kindergarten: Robert Cunningham, Atharv Achurya, Micaela Brown, and Dylan Hunter. 1st Grade: Haley Humphries, Emily Eastwood, Savannah Reed, James Kuykendall and Cam Edwards. 2nd Grade: Hayden Head, Marco Rivero, Logan Kirkwood and Olivia Russell. 3rd Grade: Jake Verry, Ben Wagner, Jack Weidman and Cameron Dunbar. 4th Grade: Jacob Shelhorse, Justine Collier, Reid Winer, Jordan Usselman and Claire Harris. 5th Grade: Joey Shematek, Colton Young, Ryan Grimmett and Adia Wyatt. |
Edible MapsPosted on: Thursday, January 14, 2010To enhance mapping skills, first grade students created edible maps in class at Seaford Elementary School. The maps were made on a tortilla, with chocolate chips as mountains, a Hershey bar as the school building, blue icing as the pond, raisins as houses and broccoli as trees. Students made their maps on a board in whole groups and then placed the items on the tortilla using the directions of north, south, east and west. |
Congratulations to the winners of the Council Reflections AwardsPosted on: Thursday, January 14, 20101st Place Jenna Baker, Dance Choreography 2nd Place Ariannah Kubli, Film/Video Production 2nd Place Madeline Walters, Musical Composition 2nd Place Katherine Cho, Literature 2nd Place Kylie Griffin, Photography 3rd Place Zane Cabrera, Visual Arts The recipients will be honored at an awards ceremony at York Middle School in February. |
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