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Coast Guard Contest Winners at Yorktown Elementary

Posted on: Friday, April 12, 2013

Yorktown Elementary Art students combined engineering skills with art to create amazing posters of innovative future ships. Students were asked to design a ship that transports goods more environmentally friendly; or uses an alternative fuel in the International Coast Guard/Jason Project, Let's Make Ships Greener Art Contest open to K-12 grades. Six 1st place winners were chosen from K-5; and six were chosen from 6-12 grades. Matthew Petrie was selected as the Grand prize winner of the contest. Krupa Patel, Maanov Patel and Caroline Allmon were chosen as first prize winners.

Yorktown Middle "Reads to Feed"

Posted on: Friday, April 12, 2013

As part of Yorktown Middle School's annual Read Across America celebration, the English Department challenged students to read on behalf of Heifer International, a nonprofit organization that seeks to end world hunger. Students read from March 1 to March 22 and collected $2,298.80 through the Read to Feed program. They purchased two heifers, one water buffalo, three llama, one goat, one sheep, and an assortment of trees, bees, rabbits, chicks and ducks.

TES Reads Across America

Posted on: Friday, April 12, 2013

In honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday and "Read Across America" month in March, parents, family and community volunteers were invited to read to students in host classrooms. Captain David Outten, a firefighter for York County Fire Department for 30+ years, read a Dr. Seuss book to Carol Gratton's second graders at Tabb Elementary School.

YMS BoB Team Takes Third Place!

Posted on: Friday, April 12, 2013

For the second year, Yorktown Middle School placed third out of all the participating middle schools from Hampton, Newport News and Williamsburg at the regional Battle of the Books competition held at the Williamsburg Regional Library in March.

Grafton Bethel 4th Graders Stage Silent Protest

Posted on: Friday, April 12, 2013

Students in Mrs. McKisson's fourth grade literature group at Grafton Bethel Elementary School staged a protest after reading Kids Discover-Civil Rights. After creating posters to state their argument, students paraded through the school in a silent protest.

YES Book Fair at Barnes and Noble

Posted on: Friday, April 12, 2013

Yorktown Elementary School (YES) enjoyed a special book fair at Barnes and Noble in March. The evening was filled with a robotics demonstration, storytime with YES teachers, Cookie and Cocoa Party in the cafe, Readers' Theatre Performance by second graders, math and science demonstrations, chess games, YES art exhibit, and a special table filled with student-author books on display.

YCSD Employee Earns Regional Honor

Posted on: Friday, March 29, 2013

Congratulations to Brendina Tobias, School Social Worker for the York County School Division, for being named as the recipient of the 2013 Volunteer Service Award through the Mid-Atlantic District Conference of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club. This award reflects her commitment to community service and her impact as a volunteer. The Mid-Atlantic District is comprised of clubs from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia.

Tabb High Titanic Projects

Posted on: Friday, March 29, 2013

AP English 11 students at Tabb High School have been researching the sinking of the Titanic and creating podcasts to report their findings. The students will have their work reviewed and judged by staff from NPR and the Mariners’ Museum, with the winners being announced at a formal ceremony at the Museum on Saturday, April 13, 2013. The founder and voice of “A Moment in Time,” Dan Roberts, will be attending the event to award the top three group.

YCSD Blue Ribbon Artists

Posted on: Friday, March 29, 2013

Four York County School Division students recently took top honors at the Tidewater District Women’s Club Art Show. The students were entered into the District event after taking Best-in-Show honors at the Yorktown Woman's Club annual art show in January.

Seaford Students Present Famous Americans

Posted on: Friday, March 29, 2013

First grade students at Seaford Elementary School participated in a transformative learning project about famous Americans. As part of their unit of study, first graders concentrate on five famous Americans: Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington Carver and Eleanor Roosevelt. The different first grade classes each studied and become an expert on their one assigned famous American. Students were given a choice on how they planned to present their famous American to the other classes in order to share the essential knowledge. Some classes assembled a power point, while others performed plays, songs and even a puppet show. Props, which focused on symbols relative to their American, were assembled in the classroom.

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