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Seaford Elementary School SCA Sponsors Spirit Week

Posted on: Thursday, October 28, 2010

Seaford Elementary School Student Council Association (SCA) sponsored spirit week October 25th-29th. On Monday the students and staff kicked off Spirit Week by celebrating hat day. Participants wore crazy hats to show their spirit.


Bethel Manor Students Recognize Red Ribbon Week!

Posted on: Thursday, October 28, 2010

Each student at Bethel Manor Elementary School placed a red plastic cup in the chain link fence on the school grounds to spell out a very important message. The message read "We Are Drug Free!" for the community to see.


First Grade Fairy Tales

Posted on: Thursday, October 28, 2010

Do you believe in Fairy Tales? Lilly Wiedemann, first grader at Seaford Elementary School, contemplates if her frog will turn into a prince. The pumpkin was decorated as the "Frog Prince" for Seaford Elementary's Pasta and Pumpkins night.


Seaford's Second Grade gets Batty

Posted on: Thursday, October 28, 2010

Second graders at Seaford Elementary School (SES) celebrated bat week. This was the culminating activity for their unit of study on bats and the storybook “Stellaluna”. The students made bat t-shirts and hats and participated in bat-themed centers and activities throughout the day.


Seaford Students Walk with a Purpose

Posted on: Thursday, October 28, 2010

The Seaford Elementary School (SES) Parent Teacher Association (PTA) sponsored its first annual Walk-A-Thon fundraiser. The Walk-A-Thon promotes fitness while also raising money for the PTA. The PTA provides volunteer support to the students and staff as well as raises money to help support their programs and activities. The event was held on October 11th, during the school day allowing all students the opportunity to participate. Many families came to the school to join the students for the walk.


Watch D.O.G.S.' Pizza Night

Posted on: Thursday, October 28, 2010

The Yorktown Elementary School (YES) Watch D.O.G.S. recently hosted a pizza night for dads and kids. Dads, Uncles, Grandfathers, and other father figures enjoyed dinner with their students and signed up to volunteer at the school. Watch D.O.G.S. volunteers spend at least one day a year at the school where they participate in small group instruction, chaperoning field trips and participating in experiments and activities throughout the school. "WATCH D.O.G.S.® is the father involvement initiative of the NATIONAL CENTER FOR FATHERING that was founded by Jim Moore, a concerned father who chose to take action in response to a 1998 middle-school shooting in Jonesboro, AR." This is the third year that Watch D.O.G.S. have volunteered at YES and the response has been tremendous.


BHS Visit to Local Fire Station on 9/11

Posted on: Thursday, October 28, 2010

Bruton High School (BHS) students and staff delivered a basket of cookies and five boxes of cookies and crackers from Pepperidge Farms to the Fire station. The gift included a card expressing thanks from the "Faculty, Staff, and Students of Bruton High School and the Upper York County Community".


BHS Works With Home Depot to Beautify School

Posted on: Thursday, October 28, 2010

Bruton High School staff and parents teamed up with Home Depot to beautify the front of the school.


BHS Supports the American Heart Association

Posted on: Thursday, October 28, 2010

Bruton High School (BHS) staff members and alumni participated in the American Heart Association Walk held in Newport News Park on October 9, 2010. The BHS staff and students raised just over $400 to support the American Heart Association.


Tabb Teachers Attend Social Studies Conference

Posted on: Thursday, October 28, 2010

Members of the Tabb High School Social Studies Department attended the Virginia Council for the Social Studies annual conference this past weekend at the Williamsburg, Virginia Marriott Hotel. Melinda Sloan and Linnea Terndrup presented a workshop at the conference entitled "Acorns, Ghosts and Marbles: Equip, Engage and Enlighten Your A.P. Students." The workshop was designed to show strategies that can be used to prepare students for the rigors of Advanced Placement classes and the exams. Sloan and Terndrup will also be presenting at the National Council for the Social Studies' annual conference in Denver on November 12, 2010.


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