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NASA Visits GBES KindergartenPosted on: Friday, March 01, 2013Director of Research, NASA Langley Research Center and Grafton Bethel parent Jill Marlowe visited Cathy Anderson's kindergarten class at Grafton Bethel. "National Engineers Week" is held each February. As part of this national effort, NASA asks its employees to serve for a "Day of Education" by visiting K-12 kids. Read more |
GBES Fifth Graders SkypePosted on: Friday, March 01, 2013After reading The Cay, fifth graders at Grafton Bethel (GBES) skyped with Jeremy Wheeler, WAVY-TV10's weatherman. He provided information on hurricanes related to their reading of The Cay. He also answered students' questions about local weather and types of storms. Jeremy gave a shoutout to GBES on Friday, February 22, 2013 during his local weather report! Read more |
Grafton Middle School Students Exploring the Revolutionary War Through TechnologyPosted on: Friday, March 01, 2013Mrs. Bull’s 6th grade classes at Grafton Middle School researched the Revolutionary War using BYOT then created posters based on their findings. Students are pictured here in front of a timeline exhibiting their work. QR codes on the posters linked to videos of students presenting. Read more |
Going Green at Grafton Bethel ElementaryPosted on: Friday, March 01, 2013Students in Mrs. Kimes’s class at Grafton Bethel Elementary School researched areas of the school that needed a recycling bin. They placed their hand-decorated "green" recycling box in the office and collected recycled items. A student suggested they graph the items to determine the most used location. Then they moved the box to the cafeteria, collected items and graphed. Their final location was the Teacher's Lounge which became the final resting place for the recycling box as that location (according to their graphs) produced the most amount of recycled items. Read more |
Seaford Students Helping StudentsPosted on: Friday, March 01, 2013Seaford Elementary fourth grade student, Nick Rumble, works with first grade students during their calendar time. He reviewed with students the days of the week and worked with students on telling time. Read more |
2013 PTA Reflections Winners from Tabb ElementaryPosted on: Friday, March 01, 2013These Tabb Elementary School students were recognized at the 2013 PTA Reflections Awards: Sydney Holbrook - Dance Choreography (Primary Division) - First Place District Christine Gyure - Musical Composition (Intermediate Division) - First Place District Lauren Holbrook - Dance Choreography (Intermediate Division) - Second Place District Victoria Scarbrough - Visual Arts (Primary Division) - Second Place County Sierra Pratzner - Literature (Primary Division) - Second Place County Nicholas Gu - Literature (Intermediate Division) - Second Place County Mia Sumera - Visual Arts (Intermediate Division) - Honorable Mention Lance Koontz - Photography (Primary Division) - Honorable Mention Logan Koontz - Photography (Intermediate Division) - Honorable Mention The two District First Place winners Read more |
Volunteer Readers at Seaford ElementaryPosted on: Friday, March 01, 2013Candi Skinner, Director of Elementary Instruction, volunteered to read at Seaford Elementary during Read Across America Month. She read The Giving Tree to Mrs. Mohrhusen's second grade class. The school welcomes volunteers from the community to come and read. Read more |
Seaford Skypes with SeaWorldPosted on: Friday, March 01, 2013Seaford Elementary first graders celebrated penguin week. Students studied animals and their adaptions for their environment. They enjoyed a unique experience of a Skype session with SeaWorld of San Antonio, Texas. Since the students do not get the opportunity to observe penguins, they took advantage of observing them at SeaWorld. Leo Reyes of SeaWorld San Antonio spoke with the children and explained the penguin activity, as well as their body covering and other adaptations. Read more |
Tabb Middle School Science Fair WinnersPosted on: Friday, February 22, 2013Please congratulate all of these Tabb Middle School students for participating in the York County Science Fair. All 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners are eligible to participate in the Tidewater Science Fair in March. Read more |
Flash Mob at Yorktown ElementaryPosted on: Friday, February 22, 2013The Yorktown Elementary School Student Council Association (SCA) conducted a Bully Prevention Performance for K-5 students for Bully Prevention Month. The SCA performed the book One by Kathryn Otsohi where the color Red bullied all of the other colors until One came along and stood up to Red. The SCA and Yorktown Elementary School staff then performed a flash mob to the song "What I am" by Sesame Street and Will.i.am as the performance grand finale. Read more |
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