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DECA Day at the State FairPosted on: Friday, October 07, 2011Tabb High School (THS) DECA, an association of marketing students, was the first DECA Chapter in the State to reach "Super Star Status" for membership this school year. The THS chapter attended DECA Day at the State Fair on October 4th. DECA members attending the fair could participate in role play scenarios as practice for the real events at the District and State level competitions. Information from the various exhibitors and vendors was collected to be used as resources for competitive event manuals. The day also included fun and food. Read more |
Long Distance Communications with a TwistPosted on: Friday, October 07, 2011The students in Sonia Mars’ Spanish classes at Tabb High School (THS) are exchanging letters with students in New York. The recipients of these letters are “English as Second Language” students. Tabb High students will practice their Spanish language letter writing skills and the students in New York will practice their English language letter writing skills. The letters will be exchanged electronically. This wonderful learning experience will be highlighted with a live Skype session between the teachers and students of both classes. Read more |
Traveling Back In TimePosted on: Friday, October 07, 2011Ruth Wiggans, 88 year-old grandmother of first grader Owen Wiggans, visited Trisha Mohrhusen's second grade class at Seaford Elementary School(SES). She brought many treasures from the past to share with the children, including a quilt, bell, camera and paper doll. The students have been studying the past, present, and future. Ms. Wiggans, a former pre-school teacher, enjoyed the opportunity to share with the students "living history". Read more |
1st Place at “An Occasion for the Arts” Goes to Queens Lake MiddlePosted on: Friday, October 07, 2011Congratulations to Queens Lake Middle School (QLMS) art students for winning a first place trophy in the middle school art division at “An Occasion for the Arts” in Williamsburg. Matt DeJager won an honorable mention for his contour drawing collage and the sixth grade color wheel drew a big crowd. Good job art students! Read more |
Blogging to Connect Students Around the WorldPosted on: Friday, October 07, 2011Yorktown Middle School (YMS) Middle Years Programme (MYP) eighth grade students are participating in a blogging project with students at Ssangmun ECC in Seoul, South Korea. Together, they are analyzing articles and videos in each of their core content areas and using their blog to build relationships. Read more |
Sibling Spirit at Seaford ElementaryPosted on: Friday, October 07, 2011Siblings, Parker Grace and Jackson Stratton, participated in Seaford Elementary School's (SES) Student Council Association (SCA) Spirit Week. Parker Grace, 4th grade, and Jackson, 1st grade, showed their spirit by participating in Hat Day. Read more |
Crazy Neck Tie Day at Seaford ElementaryPosted on: Friday, October 07, 2011Kimberly Stratton's 5th grade class at Seaford Elementary School (SES) showed their spirit on Crazy Neck Tie Day. October 3rd - 7th was School Spirit Week at SES. Spirit week was sponsored by the Student Council Association (SCA). Read more |
BYOT at Grafton MiddlePosted on: Friday, October 07, 2011Students at Grafton Middle School (GMS) in Jill Barnes' English class created a playlist of songs matching events from the short story "Amigo Brothers" with songs from their Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) iPods. Read more |
York County School Division Invited to Join White House Digital Promise InitiativePosted on: Thursday, September 29, 2011On Friday, September 16, at the invitation of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Eric Williams, Ed.D., superintendent of York County School Division (YCSD), attended the White House announcement of a national Digital Promise initiative to use technology to support learning. Digital Promise is a new national center created by Congress with bipartisan support to advance technologies that can transform teaching and learning. The initiative is being lead by a number of prominent leaders in education and technology. The Digital Promise initiative will focus on three key challenges: Identifying breakthrough technologies, Learning faster what’s working and what’s not and Transforming the market for learning technologies. Read more |
First Grade Statue of LibertiesPosted on: Thursday, September 29, 2011Sherri Mitchell’s first grade students at Coventry Elementary School learned all about the Statue of Liberty and her importance as a symbol of the United States of America. Read more |
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