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Holocaust Writing ContestPosted on: Friday, March 22, 2013For the 4th year in a row, 7th grade Grafton Middle School (GMS) Advanced English students from Mrs. Barnes' classes have winning entries for the local Holocaust Writing Competition. This year students competed against 700 entries. Read more |
BMES Second Grade Music PerformancePosted on: Friday, March 22, 2013Bethel Manor 2nd grade students appeared in a program entitled "Positive: A Celebration of Happy Thoughts" on Thursday, March 7, 2013. This program was presented in conjunction with the Eagle Chorus Spring Concert. Read more |
THS Students Shine in District VIII Choral AssessmentPosted on: Friday, March 22, 2013The Tabb High School Girls Ensemble participated in the District VIII Choral Assessment on Friday, March 15, 2013. This assessment, sponsored by the Virginia Music Educators Association, is the vocal performing equivalent to a state SOL test. The students scored all “1's” on their stage performance as well as getting a perfect score in the sight reading room. They scored a 248 out of a possible 260 points. This would be equivalent to a pass advanced for an SOL test. Read more |
YCSD Students Win Big at Regional Science FairPosted on: Friday, March 22, 2013Students from all York County School Division middle and high schools represented the division in the Tidewater Regional Science Fair on Saturday, March 16, 2013, with 49 entries earning awards ranging from First Place to Honorable Mention. YCSD students competed against students from school divisions throughout the Hampton Roads region, bringing home top honors in 14 categories. Students also claimed more than $2,000 in cash prizes all together. Katie Webb, a Tabb High School student, not only earned First Place in the Senior Division Earth and Planetary Science category, she also earned the overall First Grand Prize. Shijia Wang, a York High School student, earned Second Grand Prize in addition to her First Place honors in the Senior Division Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical Read more |
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 |
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