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Second Graders Visit Jamestown SettlementPosted on: Friday, December 09, 2011Second graders from Magruder Elementary School (MES) recently visited Jamestown Settlement. On their field trip, students learned about the Powahatan Indians and English settlers through hands-on experiences. Read more |
Sounds of the SeasonPosted on: Friday, December 09, 2011The York High School (YHS) chorus visited the York County School Division School Board Office on Thursday, December 8 where they performed a variety of holiday selections. Staff members gathered to enjoy the sounds of the season as performed by Tres Jolie and Voices In Perfection. Chorus members filled the lobby of the school board office and sang under the direction of the YHS chorus director, Tiffany Temple. The school board office was just one of many stops for the YHS Winter Chorus Tour throughout the school division. Read more |
Gargoyles at Grafton MiddlePosted on: Friday, December 09, 2011Grafton Middle School (GMS) students Eden Owens, seventh grade, and Paul Noble, eighth grade, proudly display their gargoyle drawings in Vicki Layne’s Introduction to Art class. Students had to demonstrate value (shading) and Chiaroscuro (dramatic lighting) in their pencil or gray tone pastel drawings. The students used gargoyles as their subject matter. Read more |
Winners of the Queens Lake Middle Science Fair AnnouncedPosted on: Friday, December 09, 2011Congratulations to the winners of the Queens Lake Middle School (QLMS) Science Fair for the 2011-2012 school year. Read more |
Stock Market Challenge WinnersPosted on: Friday, December 09, 2011Tabb High School (THS) was one of five area high schools that participated in The Stock Market Challenge sponsored by Junior Achievement at the Hampton Convention Center on December 7th. Career and Technical Education (CTE) teacher Gina Mancuso-Sidhu’s first block Economics and Personal Finance class participated in the day long competition. Of the 27 teams participating, Tabb High came away with a third place team! Read more |
Third Grade Buddies Work with KindergartnersPosted on: Friday, December 02, 2011Two classes teamed up at Grafton Bethel Elementary School (GBES). Melinda Sumner's third graders buddied up with Shannon Levister's kindergarten students to make "coffee filter" feathers for their turkeys. Third graders helped to model following directions and being responsible to their younger buddies. Both classes had a great time working together. Read more |
Grafton Middle School Food DrivePosted on: Friday, December 02, 2011The Builders Club of Grafton Middle School (GMS) sponsored a canned food drive. Students collected 1,867 items for the food drive. The sixth grade won the contest by collecting an amazing 1,215 items to donate. Read more |
York County School Division Board Members to Take OathPosted on: Friday, December 02, 2011The York County School Division Board members, along with Superintendent Eric Williams, Ed.D., will take the oath of office on December 12th at 4 p.m. at the York County Courthouse. Read more |
Congratulations Gina Mancuso-SidhuPosted on: Friday, December 02, 2011Tabb High School's (THS) Career and Technical Education teacher Gina Mancuso-Sidhu received the 2011-2012 Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation Whole School Improvement Grant in the amount of $1,875.00 for Financial Literacy for High Schools. The York Foundation for Public Education, Inc. prize patrol presented Gina with Whole School Initiative Grant in her classroom on November 21. She will use the grant money to purchase access to an online financial literacy simulation that will allow students to participate in an interactive real time simulation that develops money managing skills in a safe environment. Read more |
500 Cans Collected from Neighborhood for YMS Food DrivePosted on: Friday, December 02, 2011Four Yorktown Middle School (YMS) students, Sam Wash, Stephen Hume, Rebekkah Warhol, and Alisa Wash, initiated a canned food drive in their neighborhood in support of the school-wide food drive. The food drive is being sponsored by the YMS Builders Club, YMS SCA and YMS CLASSICS. The four students collected nearly 500 cans, which were brought to YMS on Thursday for donation. Read more |
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