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YES Students Explore Native American HeritagePosted on: Thursday, December 09, 2010Yorktown Elementary School (YES) second grade students explored Native American history by studying culture, dwellings, storytelling and food. Each student created a project and presented it to students and parents. Students wore vests and head dresses as part of the celebration and cooked traditional Potach stew. Teacher Lydia Lassalle had a teepee in her classroom to replicate a traditional Native American dwelling. |
Ethan Jones Wins YMS Geography BeePosted on: Thursday, December 09, 2010Ethan Jones, an 8th grade student at Yorktown Middle School (YMS), won the school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee on December 1st and a chance at a $25,000 college scholarship. Second place went to 6th grader Kevin Babu and third place was secured by 8th grader South Patterson. The school-level Bee, at which students answered oral questions on geography, was the first round in the 23rd annual National Geographic Bee which is sponsored by the National Geographic Society--one of the world's largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations founded in 1888 to |
LFCU Grant awarded to Seaford 5th GradePosted on: Thursday, December 09, 2010The 5th grade teachers at Seaford Elementary School (SES) were awarded a $250 financial literacy grant from Langley Federal Credit Union (LFCU). The grant proposed the use of money to start a financial program for students during the second semester. Students will earn money for certain things in the classroom and they will spend money for renting their desk space, etc. The students will develop a personal budget and have to manage their money for their expenditures and purchase their rewards. This grant will reach across the curriculum tying in reading, writing, math, and social studies. The students will be taught real world experiences involving money. |
National Junior Honor Society New Members at YMSPosted on: Thursday, December 09, 2010Thirteen additional 8th graders were inducted into the Yorktown Middle School (YMS) Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society on November 17th. These outstanding school citizens demonstrate high levels of scholarship, leadership, service, and character. |
YHS Students + CNU Math Competition = SuccessPosted on: Friday, December 03, 2010Students in the IB Diploma Programme at York High School (YHS) took part in the Christopher Newport University (CNU) Regional Math Competition held November 20th at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. Seniors Corrigan Blanchfield and Brian Xu joined with sophomore Abigail Chen and freshman Correy Xu to take first place in the AA Division. Additionally, Abigail Chen won the Highest Scoring Sophomore Award. |
YHS Leadership Students Help Clean Up the ParkwayPosted on: Friday, December 03, 2010York High School (YHS) students in Amy Holtschneider's Leadership class picked up trash on the colonial parkway on November 23rd. Students in the class participate in monthly service projects of their choosing. They collected over seven bags of trash in just one hour! |
YHS Operation Smile Club Holds Beanie Baby DrivePosted on: Friday, December 03, 2010The Operation Smile Club at York High School (YHS) recently collected over 200 beanie baby toys to help bring a smile to the faces of children across the world. These toys will be sent overseas as part of "smile bags" given to children following surgery to correct cleft lips and/or cleft palates. |
YHS National Merit Commended StudentsPosted on: Friday, December 03, 2010Congratulations to York High School's (YHS) National Merit Commended Students for the 2010-11 National Merit Program: Evan Pulley, Jessica Lee, Apoorva Iyer, and Sang Bum Cho. |
School of the Arts Scotland TripPosted on: Friday, December 03, 2010In August, students from the York County School of the Arts traveled to London, England, where they did some sightseeing and participated in a workshop at the Globe Theatre. They then went on to Scotland, where they performed the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Cinderella at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh as part of the American High School Theatre Festival. |
One Act Encore for FirefightersPosted on: Friday, December 03, 2010Members of the Tabb High School (THS) One Act "War at Home" cast honored the York County firefighters of Station 2 with a special presentation of their show in the Tabb High Auditorium on November 23rd. The firefighters, students and faculty enjoyed the encore performance directed by drama student, Krista Meyers. |
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