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Third Graders at GBES Organize Holiday Collection for the TroopsPosted on: Thursday, November 29, 2012As an outgrowth of a third grade social studies project on Veterans Day, students in third grade at Grafton Bethel organized a collection of seasonal items to send to the troops for the holidays. Seventeen boxes are being shipped to the Support2theTroops organization. Items collected included holiday candy, cards, gift wrap, bows, videos, cards made by the students, stockings, holiday decorations, and a huge handcrafted flag. Read more |
Queens Lake Middle School VolunteersPosted on: Thursday, November 29, 2012Students from Queens Lake Middle School volunteered with The Arc of Greater Williamsburg, an organization that serves people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It was a fun filled day for all. Read more |
Classroom Winners in the GBES Spell-a-thonPosted on: Thursday, November 29, 2012Mrs. Machie's third grade class was the top fundraiser in the 8th annual Grafton Bethel Spell-a-thon. Zanecia Patrick, a second grader, was the top individual fundraiser. Students at GBES participated by taking their spelling test and collecting pledges based on their scores. Students raised over $20,000 which will support many programs and events sponsored by the PTA. Read more |
Author John Stephens VisitsPosted on: Thursday, November 29, 2012On Monday, November 19, John Stephens, author of The Emerald Atlas and The Fire Chronicle visited with students at Tabb Middle School and Grafton Bethel Elementary School to share his experiences that led to creating his novels. Afterwards, Mr. Stephens signed copies of his book. Read more |
Seaford SCA Hosts Canned Food DrivePosted on: Thursday, November 29, 2012Seaford Elementary hosted their annual canned food drive reaching out to all students and staff to donate canned food. This year 1,927 items were collected and donated to the York County Food Bank. Read more |
Grafton High Students Placed 1st and 2nd at Stock Market ChallengePosted on: Thursday, November 29, 2012Grafton High School teams competed against 5 other schools and a total of 27 teams at the recent Virginia Stock Market Challenge. At the event, teams of four are issued $500,000 in mock trading dollars that they use to purchase fictitious stock prior to the opening bell. Once the event has begun, every 80 seconds is a new day on the stock-trading floor! There are 60 days of trading in total. Teams must track their stocks. They must then act accordingly, purchasing or selling stocks by attracting a "floor trader". The "traders" roam the room with hand held computers that automatically send teams orders via wireless transmissions instantly into the system. Trades are reflected immediately on the three large projection screens, which track stock prices, leading teams and graphical depictions Read more |
Jamestown Visits Seaford ElementaryPosted on: Thursday, November 29, 2012Iris Otey from the Jamestown Outreach Program came to speak with Seaford second graders. Read more |
Seaford's Chrome Club Designs with MarshmallowsPosted on: Thursday, November 29, 2012Seaford's Chrome club explored engineering. The students are working on building the tallest building using marshmallows and toothpicks. Read more |
Fourth Graders Support Our VeteransPosted on: Thursday, November 29, 2012Fourth graders at Grafton Bethel Elementary School showed their support for our Veterans by "hand-crafting" an American flag with their greetings. This flag will be sent to our troops through our "Support The Troops" collection spearheaded by our third graders. Read more |
Yorktown Middle School Citizens of the MonthPosted on: Friday, November 16, 2012Yorktown Middle School (YMS) recognizes students each month during the school year who have shown exemplary behavior or outstanding character for that month. Congratulations to the following students who were chosen as YMS Citizens of the Month for October: Darcy France, Andrew Jamerson, Daniel Hodges, Zion Rowe, Jarrett Medford, Matthew Nettleton, Jillian Honig, Cale Overstreet, Noah Beach, Tajalek Brown, Sincere Lyon, Caleb Taylor, and Johnny Turbeville. Read more |
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