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Minter Inducted into Hall of FamePosted on: Monday, June 08, 2015York County School Board Member Page Minter was inducted into the Virginia Career and Technical Education Hall of Fame on June 11. This award honors government and education agency staff, business members, and elected officials. Past inductees include Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. Mr. Minter has served as the District 4 representative on the York County School Board since 1996. He has also served on the Board of Trustees for New Horizons Regional Education for more than 14 years. Congratulations Mr. Minter on this fantastic and well deserved honor! |
Schools Earn VIP DistinctionPosted on: Friday, May 22, 2015Governor Terry McAuliffe and the Board of Education announced that three York County School Division (YCSD) schools earned 2015 Virginia Index of Performance (VIP) awards for advanced learning and achievement. Coventry Elementary School earned the Board of Education Excellence Award, while Mt. Vernon Elementary School and Tabb Elementary School earned the Distinguished Achievement Award. The VIP award program recognizes schools and divisions that exceed minimum state and federal accountability standards and achieve excellence goals established by the governor and the board. |
7th Annual Fashion Show for a Cause, Summer Road Trip StylePosted on: Friday, May 15, 2015The Fashion Marketing Department at Tabb High School (THS) will present the 7th Annual Fashion Show for a Cause, Summer Road Trip Style! At 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 27, in the THS auditorium. In the last three years, the show has raised more than $7,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in honor of 2013 Tabb graduate, Amanda Varnes, who battles this disease daily. Tickets are $4 and door prizes will be offered throughout the evening. All proceeds from this year’s show will again benefit the CFF to help find a cure. |
Seaford Elementary’s Fourth Grade Quiz Bowl WinnersPosted on: Friday, May 15, 2015Quiz Bowl is a competition where teams from each fourth grade class competes against each other, answering Virginia Studies questions. The fourth grade students watch each other, as well as participate, and use the Quiz Bowl as a means for preparing for the SOL. |
Big Winners within YCSD: Superintendent’s Award and Spirit of EducationPosted on: Friday, May 15, 2015Congratulations to the 2015 York County School Division (YCSD) Employee Recognition Program recipients! The Superintendent’s Award recognizes employees who have made a particularly meaningful contribution to the school and/or community. Christina Majka, a Tabb High School teacher, received the award in recognition of her dedication to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. She was also recently recognized by the Virginia Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Karen Neal-Shafer, a first grade teacher at Waller Mill Elementary School, was honored with the Spirit of Education Award. This award recognizes employees who symbolize the essence of public education. She is known for going above and beyond for her students as well as her colleagues. From her collaborative and team approach to the |
A Study of HistoryPosted on: Friday, May 08, 2015French II students from Yorktown Middle School (YMS) will be presenting school projects at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown on May 9 at 10 a.m. These students have worked all year on a project called: All Is Relative, also known as Tout Est Relatif, about the bias of history based on whose point of view it is presented. The students have been fortunate to work with volunteers from the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation and several teachers at YMS. The students make up six teams of several students and each team selected their own major Revolutionary Actor to show case and present. They were given voice and choice to accomplish how they would present them from both the French and American points of view and in both languages. |
Learning About Character at WMESPosted on: Friday, May 08, 2015Author and illustrator, Kathryn Otoshi visited Waller Mill Elementary School (WMES) to talk about character. |
Tabb DECA Is Hats Off for Ellie's Hats CampaignPosted on: Friday, May 08, 2015In the spring of 2013, a little girl named Ellie was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. By the time she started kindergarten in the fall, she had lost most of her hair and was wearing hats to school every day. Ellie's Hats was born after one of her teachers noticed how much cheer and individuality the hats brought to Ellie. He wanted to share that feeling with other children who suffered from childhood cancer and to also raise awareness. This year's Virginia DECA State Community Service Campaign is the support of the Ellie's Hats. Tabb High School DECA took up the cause this spring after attending Virginia DECA State Leadership Conference and discovering that many organizations provide support during the fall and winter months but few lend a hand during the spring and summer. |
Earth Science Classes Reuse Rather Than RecyclePosted on: Friday, May 08, 2015Mr. Howell's earth science classes at Tabb High School took a different approach to help the environment. As a third quarter project, items that were typically recycled were instead repurposed. Containers gathered from the cafeteria and empty water bottles from recycling bins were combined with chicken manure, compost and sand to create planting containers, which are essentially self-maintained. The class plans on auctioning the plants and containers to help raise funds for future science department projects. |
Student Artwork on DisplayPosted on: Friday, May 08, 2015Students in Najoua Benothmane’s French classes at York High School (YHS) have a special reason to look forward to the Hermione’s arrival in Yorktown in June. The Hermione, an exact replica of General Lafayette’s 18th-century ship, set sail from France to the United States in April. The tall ship’s first destination will be Yorktown, and special events have been planned leading up to the festivities the first weekend in June. YHS students have donated their artistic talents in the form of two pieces of art. Students studies images of the ship to develop sketches, using grids to maintain scale and perspectives. Finally, the students began the detailed painting, though most had never painted before. These collaborative paintings are now on display at the Yorktown Library and the Mariner’s |
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