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Celebrating Secretary's Day at Grafton Bethel Elementary

Posted on: Thursday, April 28, 2011

Grafton Bethel Elementary School's personal chauffeur provided transportation to the Awesome Cafe for a celebratory Secretary's Day lunch!

Grafton Bethel Elementary Students Walk to School to Celebrate Earth Day

Posted on: Thursday, April 28, 2011

Carol Bauer, joined neighborhood students as they walked to school to celebrate Earth Day. Walk on, Carol, and save that gas!

Grafton Middle’s Builders Club Helps with Tornado Relief in Gloucester

Posted on: Thursday, April 28, 2011

Members of the Grafton Middle School (GMS) Builders Club went to work quickly to help out after a tornado hit in nearby Gloucester County destroying Page Middle School there. In just two days, GMS Builders collected a pick-up truck-load of school supplies for Page Middle students to use for the rest of the school year. The supplies were delivered on April 26, and their collection is continuing. GMS Builders Club is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Grafton.

Tabb Elementary’s CHROME Breaks Eggs

Posted on: Thursday, April 28, 2011

Members of the CHROME Club at Tabb Elementary School (TES) were excited to participate in an egg drop contest. Symadore Young and Jennifer McClain, engineers from Newport News Shipbuilding, explained engineering principles and challenged our teams to design a capsule to protect their eggs. The teams needed to work together to develop a design and earn points for not cracking their egg and staying within their given budget.

Olive Garden's Pasta for Pennies Luncheon

Posted on: Thursday, April 28, 2011

Grafton Middle School (GMS) raised $1,000 for Olive Garden's "Pasta for Pennies" program. The program supports the fight against Leukemia and Lymphoma. Each year, schools choose a three-week period when students fill collection jars in their classrooms with donations of spare change. The class collecting the most money at each school is awarded a pasta party delivered to their classroom by their local Olive Garden restaurant. Nellie Williams' 6th grade class won the pasta party at Grafton Middle School this year.

Grafton Middle School Marshmallow Challenge

Posted on: Thursday, April 28, 2011

Grafton Middle School (GMS) students in science classes undertook the Marshmallow Challenge. This challenge, which has been given to college students, kindergarteners as well as corporate executives, is simple. Given 18 minutes and the following material, 20 strands of spaghetti, 3 feet of tape, 3 feet of string and one large marshmallow, construct the tallest tower possible to uphold the marshmallow on top. Many teams produced a tall tower, only to see it crumple as they placed their marshmallow on top. Creativity, modeling and good teamwork at GMS produced a winning structure with a height of over 75 cm!

Key Club Helps Invisible Children

Posted on: Friday, April 22, 2011

Tabb High School’s (THS) Key Club, under the leadership of club sponsor Michael Martinez, has continued its sponsorship of the Invisible Children's Organization with its donut sale. Key Clubbers sold Krispy Kreme Doughnuts before and after school during the week of April 18th to raise money for this charitable organization.

Parachuting at Grafton Middle

Posted on: Friday, April 22, 2011

Theresa Zeytoonian's sixth grade science class experiments with gravitational potential and kinetic energy using parachutes.

Together We Can

Posted on: Friday, April 22, 2011

Grafton Middle School (GMS) students participated in the National PTA Reflections Program this year. The program is an arts recognition and achievement program for students. The Reflections Program provides opportunities for students to express themselves creatively and to receive positive recognition for original works of art inspired by a pre-selected theme.

Virginia Music Educators Blue Ribbon Music School Award for Tabb High

Posted on: Friday, April 22, 2011

On March 19, Tabb High School’s (THS) Girls Ensemble participated in the Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA) District 8 Choral Assessment. This is a state choral singing assessment that has choral students being adjudicated against a national standard.

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