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Holocaust Writing Competition

Posted on: Friday, May 20, 2011

Grafton Middle School (GMS) is proud of their five winners from the United Jewish Community's Tenth Annual Holocaust Writing Competition. Jill Barnes, seventh grade English teacher, commented: "One of the primary goals of this writing competition is to encourage young people to apply the lessons of history to the moral decisions they make today. Through studying the Holocaust, students explore the issues of moral courage as well as the dangers of prejudice, peer pressure, unthinking obedience to authority, and indifference. This competition provides students an opportunity to think and express themselves creatively about what they have learned."

Idioms in My Life

Posted on: Friday, May 20, 2011

Patricia Campbell's sixth grade students at Grafton Middle School (GMS) select an Idiom; explain its meaning and how it could apply in their daily life. They created a "Foldable" to demonstrate their knowledge of Idioms.

Waller Mill Students bid for Heritage Humane Society

Posted on: Friday, May 20, 2011

Waller Mill Elementary School's (WMES) Bayport Credit Union grant sponsored project came to an end on Friday, May 13. Second grade students earned pretend money as part of an economics unit in their classroom to bid on pet supplies for the Heritage Humane Society. The auction ended on Thursday, May 5 and the Humane Society joined us on Friday with a visitor. The students personally donated the item(s) that they won in the auction to the animals at the Heritage Humane Society.

Waller Mill Students Get K-Mart Smart about Economics in the Community

Posted on: Friday, May 20, 2011

Waller Mill Elementary School (WMES) second grade students took a walking field trip to K-Mart to learn more about services in the community and the different kinds of goods that are wants and needs. Students brought $2.00 spending money to make an economic choice to either spend it or save it. While on the field trip, students were given a tour and practiced adding money by writing down pretend purchases as well.

York County School Division Announces Teachers of the Year

Posted on: Friday, May 20, 2011

The York County School Division in conjunction with the York Foundation for Public Education, Inc. and TowneBank embarked on the Teacher of the Year prize patrol cruise around the county last week to surprise those teachers who were selected as the level teachers of the year for the York County School Division. Karen Ellard at Tabb Elementary School (TES) was named the Elementary level Teacher of the Year. Melanie Lovelace at Yorktown Middle School (YMS) was named the Middle School Teacher of the Year. Diane Brodel from Tabb High School (THS) was named the High School Teacher of the Year and also awarded the honor of being the Division Teacher of the year.