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VDOE School Report Card SurveyPosted on: Friday, March 15, 2013The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is partnering with the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) to redesign VDOE’s online School Report Cards for public schools, school divisions, and the state. The views of stakeholders and other report card users are critical to the success of this project. CIT is gathering feedback from stakeholders and users through an online survey that is open to all members of the public and may be accessed at the following address: https://survey.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1NwS0NSbsPVTLmd Read more |
Paper Line Art Sculptures at GMSPosted on: Friday, March 15, 2013Students at Grafton Middle School proudly display their Paper Line Art Sculptures. The middle school students worked in teams to design and create a three-dimensional paper sculpture. Project requirements included using paper and line to demonstrate the elements of art and principles of design such as shape, repetition, variety, pattern, contrast, and value. Read more |
Monarch Initiative at GBESPosted on: Friday, March 15, 2013Grafton Bethel Elementary School students worked with Mrs. Patty Ellison to select native plants for the Grizzly Getaway as part of the new Monarch Initiative sponsored by the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service and the Division of Game and Inland Fisheries. Read more |
School Board Member Celebrates Read Across AmericaPosted on: Friday, March 15, 2013YCSD School Board Member, Page Minter, read Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds to Mrs. Bauer's fourth grade class at Grafton Bethel Elementary School as part of the Read Across America celebrations. Read more |
GMS students read to GBES Second GradersPosted on: Friday, March 15, 2013Grafton Middle School students visited Grafton Bethel recently and read to classrooms to celebrate Read Across America. Read more |
YMS 6th Grade Studies Child Labor IssuesPosted on: Friday, March 15, 2013Students in Mrs. Marge Correll's 6th grade class at Yorktown Middle School extended their country research by exploring the issue of child labor. Students looked for data about the problem in various countries, information about the type of labor children are engaged in, and information about what is being done to correct the problem. The experience was an eye-opener for these 6th graders. The students collaboratively created a banner as a result of their research. Read more |
State PTA Reflections AwardsPosted on: Friday, March 15, 2013Congratulations to the following York County students who placed at the State level in the PTA Reflections Contest: Outstanding Interpretation in Music: Christine Gyure (Tabb Elementary), Award of Excellence in Film: Julia Hernandez (Bruton High), and Award of Merit in Dance: Sydney Holbrook (Tabb Elementary). Christine Gyure’s entry will move on to the National Level for judging. Congratulations to all of these students. Read more |
YCSD Elementary Schools Earn State AwardsPosted on: Friday, March 15, 2013Congratulations to Coventry Elementary School and Mt. Vernon Elementary School for being recognized by the Virginia Board of Education and Governor McDonnell in the 2013 Virginia Index of Performance (VIP) awards for advanced learning and achievement. Both schools earned the 2013 Virginia Board of Education Distinguished Achievement Award. The award was bestowed upon 98 schools that met all state and federal benchmarks for at least two consecutive years and made progress toward the goals of the governor and the board. Read more |
YCSD Featured in BookPosted on: Friday, March 08, 2013Futurist David Houle highlights the innovative uses of technology for learning by the York County School Division in his recently published book, Entering the Shift Age. Houle identifies and explains the dynamics and forces that have shaped our world and will continue to reshape it for the next twenty years. Houle refers to York County’s Bring Your Own Technology initiative, private cloud infrastructure and online learning initiatives and relates them to the trends of global connectivity, anytime/anywhere/any device learning, and personalization. Houle’s praise of the York County School Division follows the recognition by Microsoft of our schools as among the most innovative in the nation, as well as the invitation to serve as a charter member of the national League of Innovative Schools. Read more |
Tabb Middle School Raises Fund for the Police Unity TourPosted on: Friday, March 08, 2013On Friday, March 1, 2013, students and teachers at Tabb Middle School raised funds for the Police Unity Tour by wearing "Caps for Cops". The Tabb Middle School community raised over $250 for the tour which has a goal to raise awareness of Law Enforcement Officers who have died in the line of duty. Read more |
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