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Grafton Middle Goes Lavender for a DayPosted on: Friday, May 04, 2012Grafton Middle School (GMS) students and faculty renewed their stand against bullying and rudeness by recognizing the 13th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting on April 20. Shades of purple were seen throughout the school in remembrance of Rachel Scott and one of her favorite colors, lavender. Rachel was the first student killed at Columbine and is whom the program “Rachel’s Challenge” is named after. Read more |
VIMS Visits Grafton Middle Seventh GradersPosted on: Friday, May 04, 2012Students at Grafton Middle School (GMS) listened as Sarah McGuire explained the food chain of the Chesapeake Bay. Sarah, from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) brought preserved specimens of the fish so students could see the sizes of the different fish. Students were able to investigate different specimens such as the anatomy of an eel that can be found in the Chesapeake Bay. This activities, centered around the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem, was part of a presentation from VIMS during their visit to Kristin Thompson's seventh grade Life Science class at GMS to teach the students about our local ecosystem. Read more |
Coventry 4th Graders Visit Jamestown SettlementPosted on: Friday, May 04, 2012Kathy Swartwood's fourth grade class at Coventry Elementary School (CES) visited the Jamestown Settlement for a field trip. The students learned what life was like during the first days of the Jamestown colony. Read more |
Queens Lake Middle Donates Over $1,400 to the Leukemia and Lymphoma SocietyPosted on: Friday, May 04, 2012Thank you to the Queens Lake Middle School (QLMS) community for donating over $1,400 to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The following classes donated over 100 dollars: Susan O'Hare’s sixth grade class, Barbara Poland’s sixth grade class, Heather Stark’s eighth grade class, Jessica Vaillancourt’s eighth grade class, and Thomas Weidinger’s sixth grade class. In third place for the most money donated by an A Day homeroom class is Ms. O'Hare’s class with an average of $10.27 per student. In second place with the most money donated by the A Day homeroom is Mr. Weidinger’s class with an average of $12.06 per person. The first place A Day homeroom who donated the most money is Ms. Stark’s class. Ms. Stark’s class averaged $12.86 per person and raised a total of $334.57. Read more |
Grafton Bethel 4th Graders Visit RichmondPosted on: Friday, April 27, 2012The fourth grade classes from Grafton Bethel Elementary School (GBES), took a field trip to Richmond to learn about the capitol and the history the city holds. The students gathered on the front steps of the capitol for a group photo. Read more |
Coventry 5th Graders Celebrate Poetry MonthPosted on: Friday, April 27, 2012Fifth graders from Elizabeth Williams’ fifth grade class at Coventry Elementary School created free verse and concrete poems in honor of National Poetry Month. Read more |
Tabb SCA Can-StructionPosted on: Friday, April 27, 2012The Tabb High School (THS) SCA joined other local areal schools at Patrick Henry Mall in a "Can-Struction" competition. The SCA coordinated with many of the Tabb High clubs and organizations, including Key Club, DECA and National Honor Society, to hold a canned food drive that resulted in the over 700 cans. The cans were then used to construct a replica of the Taj Mahal. "Seven Wonders of the World" was this year's construction theme at Patrick Henry Mall on Saturday April 21st. Students gathered at 8am to construct the replica from the canned food. After the event, the canned food was donated to the Peninsula Food Bank. Read more |
Walk to School for Earth Day - A Little DelayedPosted on: Friday, April 27, 2012While Earth Day was Sunday, April 22nd, Carol Bauer, fourth grade teacher at Grafton Bethel Elementary School (GBES), organized a morning walk to school on Monday to celebrate. Read more |
Congratulations to Tabb High Band MembersPosted on: Friday, April 27, 2012Congratulations to two Tabb High School (THS) Band students, Senior clarinet player Kathleen Krist, and Junior alto saxophone player Daniel Deskins, who were selected via audition for the All State Virginia Band. Kathleen and Daniel qualified to audition at James Madison University last month after placing at the top of their sections at the local All District Festival in January. They are the first Tabb Students to successfully audition for the All State Band in 7 years. Additionally, congratulations to Bruton High School’s Erin Morrow. The All State performance will be held in April, in Richmond. Read more |
Grafton Bethel Elementary Clinic Gets a Facelift!Posted on: Friday, April 27, 2012Grafton Bethel Elementary School’s (GBES) clinic gets a facelift with two new murals by artist Kendra Gilpatrick and her daughters Kayla (senior at Grafton High School) and Hannah (3rd grade). Kendra is the PTA chairperson for the Labels committee at GBES. The PTA also paid for two new beds in the clinic. Read more |
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