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Mt. Vernon Battle of the Books County BattlePosted on: Friday, March 04, 2016The Mt. Vernon Elementary School (MVES) Battle of the Books team won the county battle on March 2. This win marks the school’s third year as county champions. The MVES team will now move on to represent York County in the regional battle at 10:30 a.m., March 19, at the Williamsburg Regional Library. Read more |
Grafton Middle Readers Visit Coventry Elementary for Read Across AmericaPosted on: Friday, March 04, 2016Every year Coventry Elementary (CES) and Grafton Middle School (GMS) pair up to celebrate Read Across America by bringing GMS students to CES classrooms to read. The middle school students bring their favorite children’s book and read to kindergarten, first or second grade classes. They have discussions with the students about the book and encourage them to continue reading. Many of the GMS students are former CES students reading in their old classrooms. Read more |
Tabb Middle Student Donation DrivePosted on: Friday, March 04, 2016Sixth grade students at Tabb Middle School (TMS) read Ghost Dog Secrets by Peg Kehret as an introduction to their Action for Animal Awareness project. The novel centers around a boy who wants to rescue a dog that is being abused, while his class at school focuses on helping dogs rescued from a puppy mill. TMS students were inspired to hold their own donation drive to benefit the Peninsula SPCA. They collected many supplies to help shelter animals including food, toys, and towels. Read more |
Engineering Day at NNSPosted on: Friday, March 04, 2016A group of York High School students recently participated in the Engineering Career Day event hosted by Newport News Shipbuilding at the Apprentice School gym. The purpose of the Career Day is to support the annual National Engineers week. NASA Langley, Jefferson Labs, Newport News Shipbuilding Engineering and Peninsula Engineering Council (PEC) provided students with a half day of exploration in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) related career fields. Read more |
Project BeYOUtiful at Tabb Middle SchoolPosted on: Friday, March 04, 2016The Tabb Middle School Builder's Club has taken a new approach to help students replace destructive negative self-talk and with words of beauty and kindness. A wall of 4x4” canvases with phrases of common negative self-talk was displayed in the school. Over the course of a week, each student and staff member removed a canvas from the wall and wrote over the negative wording with a message of positivity, hope, or acceptance. Read more |
YHS Teacher Finalist for Prestigious AwardPosted on: Friday, March 04, 2016A York High School (YHS) teacher is being considered as a finalist for a Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award. Amy Insley, theater teacher at YHS, was nominated by her former student Meaghan Witten. The award, to be announced on March 22, 2016, recognizes teachers who had significant impact on an individual student. The teachers selected will receive a certificate, a check for $10,000, and their photo will be posted on the Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher website along with their nominator's photo and a story about the impact the teacher had on the nominator's life. Read more |
School Board Appreciation MonthPosted on: Friday, February 26, 2016Throughout the month of February, students and staff across the York County School Division have been showing York County School Board members how much they appreciate their service. The Virginia School Board Association designates each February as School Board Appreciation Month. Students and staff wrote cards and letters to all the members and shared “thank yous” at the February School Board meeting. Some, like Seaford Elementary School students, invited Board members to join them for a school lunch. Read more |
MES Students Embraced by Spring Arbor ResidentsPosted on: Friday, February 26, 2016Students at Magruder Elementary School are building what they hope is a long-lasting relationship with residents of the Spring Arbor Assisted Living facility. It all started when Sandi Murawski’s kindergarten class took a gingerbread house to Spring Arbor Assisted Living in December and visited with the residents. The residents were so tickled that they requested a chance to visit the class this month. On February 19, several residents joined Murawski’s class for a shared reading time and ice cream social with students. They were also invited to the students’ patriotic program in March. Read more |
Ginjer Clarke Author VisitPosted on: Friday, February 26, 2016Dare Elementary School students were excited to host famous non-fiction writer Ginjer Clarke and learn about the writing process. Clarke writes fun, fact-filled nonfiction science readers about wild, wonderful animals—especially extreme or unusual animals—which makes learning about nature entertaining and engaging. Students also had a chance to have their own books autographed by Clarke. Read more |
Seaford Elementary Second Grade Taxation DayPosted on: Friday, February 26, 2016Students in Trisha Mohrhusen's second grade class are studying famous Americans. They started their unit learning why settlers wanted to break away from England. To demonstrate why the colonists felt so strongly about the taxes being imposed on them, students paid taxes to the “queen of England.” Read more |
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