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WatchDOG Dad and Mom Welcome GBES StudentsPosted on: Thursday, September 16, 2010Sabrina and Cyrus Edlow, parents of 5th Grade student Zaria Edlow, prepared to welcome Grafton Bethel Elementary students on their first day of school. Mr. Edlow is the Top DOG in the WatchDOG program at GBES. Read more |
Grafton Bethel Teachers Participate in Staff DevelopmentPosted on: Thursday, September 16, 2010Teachers at Grafton Bethel Elementary School participated in an interactive session on the topic of engaging students in rigorous and relevant instruction. Teachers used the Quizdom system to respond to questions on the topic. Read more |
School Supplies Donated to Grafton BethelPosted on: Thursday, September 16, 2010The General Dynamics Corporation recently donated 12 backpacks full of school supplies to students in need at Grafton Bethel Elementary School. This year is the second year that General Dynamics has made a donation of school supplies to GBES. Read more |
Old Oak Outdoor Learning Center DedicationPosted on: Thursday, September 16, 2010For more than 40 years, Dare Elementary School children, parents and teachers have gathered, played and learned under the branches of the enormous live oak tree that graces the entry to the school. This tree, loved by many, was the inspiration for the creation of the Old Oak Outdoor Learning Center. In 2009, Kathryn Callaway, a second grade teacher and Earth Kids Leader at Dare, applied for and received a Lowes' Outdoor Education Grant. With help from volunteers, Earth Kids’, Dare PTA and staff members, the Old Oak Outdoor Learning Center has become a reality complete with benches, picnic tables, planters, bird feeders, bird bath and a birdhouse. DES held a dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony on September 9. Principal Dick Carter cut the ribbon. Read more |
Grafton Middle School's First Day of SchoolPosted on: Thursday, September 16, 2010Grafton Middle School students were excited to return to school and look forward to a great year. Read more |
GMS Thanks York County First Responders!Posted on: Thursday, September 16, 2010To help remember the importance of September 11th, students at Grafton Middle School commemorated the event by signing a banner to say "Thank You to our York County First Responders." Over two hundred signatures were included on the banner. Read more |
WMES Teachers Bring Back Children's LiteraturePosted on: Friday, September 10, 2010Waller Mill Elementary School Instructional Trainers, Robyn O'Neal and Michelle Ballin, spent a portion of their summer attending Shenandoah University's 25th Annual Children's Literature Conference from June 28 to July 2. They returned to school with wonderful literature from the conference to share with the Waller Mill staff. O'Neal and Ballin provided teachers with a list of area libraries that own copies of the literature that was shared and sources for using pictures books in the classroom. Read more |
Good-bye to SummerPosted on: Friday, September 10, 2010Teachers at Waller Mill Elementary Fine Arts Magnet School wave good-bye to summer and hello to a new school year at a PTA hosted lunch. Read more |
York River AcademyPosted on: Friday, September 10, 2010York River Academy officially opened their new building on the campus of Yorktown Middle School with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 1. York River Academy was previously located in trailers on the York High campus, and, thanks to a partnership with the Boys & Girls Club, the new facility will provide a permanent home for the division’s only charter high school. Read more |
GBES Honored as a National Blue Ribbon SchoolPosted on: Friday, September 10, 2010Mindy Sumner’s third grade class joins Grafton Bethel Elementary School principal Karen Grass and assistant principal Kristin Carroll in celebrating being named a national Blue Ribbon School. The school is one of only 304 schools nationwide to be awarded the US Department of Education’s Blue Ribbon this year. The award honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools whose students achieve at very high levels or have made significant progress and helped close gaps in achievement especially among disadvantaged and minority students. Read more |
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