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YCSD Teacher of the Year Selected

Posted on: Friday, May 08, 2015

The York County School Division is proud to announce that Tori Otstot, Bruton High School English teacher, has been selected as the division’s Teacher of the Year. Tori was one of three finalists for the honor and was surprised with the news by the Teacher of the Year prize patrol at a special faculty meeting. The Teacher of the Year prize patrol, sponsored by TowneBank, included Superintendent Victor Shandor, School Board member Barbara Haywood, Chief Academic Officer Stephanie Guy, Chief Operations Officer Carl James, Chief Human Resources Officer Jim Carroll, Education Foundation Liaison Peggy Myatt, and Education Foundation board member and Vice President of TowneBank Sandra Allen. As the division Teacher of the Year, Tori is now a candidate for the regional Teacher of the Year.

Seaford Elementary Girls on Track

Posted on: Friday, May 01, 2015

Seaford Elementary School's Girls on Track club participated in their first 5K at Tabb High School on Saturday, April 25.

A Poet at the White House

Posted on: Friday, May 01, 2015

Tabb High School junior Brock Johnson was selected to participate in a workshop for aspiring poets, held on Friday, April 24, at the White House in Washington D.C. Brock was nominated because of his "rap lyric" writing and performing talents. Upon completion of the interview process, he was selected to attend the workshop held as a part of a celebration of Poetry Month at the White House. Students attending the workshop demonstrated a variety of poetry genres including beat and rap, as well as more traditional styles. They were challenged with spontaneous writing which stretched their poetic boundaries.

Dare Elementary Hosts Dog "Paw"ty

Posted on: Friday, May 01, 2015

Students at Dare Elementary School had the opportunity to read to 4-H pet pals, which are trained companion dogs, at a dog "paw"ty after school recently. Students engaged in activities in various stations such as writing in dog journals, playing dog-themed reading games, and reading to the dogs.

VSBA Conference on Education

Posted on: Friday, April 24, 2015

Several YCSD employees have been selected to present a mini-workshop at the 2015 Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA) Conference on Education taking place on July 21, 2015 in Richmond. Dr. Vika Stephenson will present the topic, Developing a Division-wide Secondary Literacy Model; Laura Burton and Len Donvito will present on Building Teacher Capacity Using an On-Demand Format for Professional Development; and Lisa Ruffieux and Carrie Mokry will present the topic, Bedtime Stories and Beyond.

DARE Green Zone Gallery

Posted on: Friday, April 24, 2015

Second grade students at Dare Elementary School have been working hard to teach others about the importance of Green Zone behaviors. They created an art gallery of Green Zone feelings and scenarios. Families and other classes were invited to walk through and view the amazing masterpieces. The Zones approach is a color-coded outline of appropriate and inappropriate behavior. It also provides strategies that teach students to cultivate respectful, productive, civil behavior, and transform disrespectful, destructive behavior while improving their ability to problem solve conflicts.

Odyssey of the Mind State Tournament

Posted on: Friday, April 24, 2015

Five teams represented the York County School Division (YCSD) in the Virginia Odyssey of the Mind state competition on Saturday, April 19. All five teams placed in the top four for their selected problem and grade-level division. Two teams finished with second place rankings and will move on to compete in the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals at Michigan State University in May. Congratulations to Magruder Elementary (Experiencing Technical Difficulties – Division I) and Queens Lake Middle (Runaway Train – Division II)!

Stock Market Game Champions

Posted on: Friday, April 24, 2015

Yorktown Elementary School (YES) fourth and fifth grade students participated in the National Stock Market Game this school year. Competing against more than 400 elementary, middle and high school teams, one of the YES fourth grade teams finished the year-long game in first place in Virginia. Congratulations to the first place team members: Ava Flores, Haley Scarborough, Samara Washington, and Ava Worley, and their coach Kirsten McLeod!

YCSD Road-E-O

Posted on: Friday, April 17, 2015

The York County School Division School Bus Road-E-O will take place on Saturday, April 25 at the school bus garage located at 505 Cook Road, Yorktown. The event is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m., and will take place rain or shine. Approximately 40 drivers will compete in both conventional bus and transit bus competition. The first place contestants in both conventional and transit competition will represent York County in the Virginia School Bus Road-E-O which will be held in Norfolk at the Virginia Association for Pupil Transportation/VADOE Conference in June.

Dr. Shandor Presents Mrs. Leach with the YCSD Apple Award

Posted on: Friday, April 17, 2015

Fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Lindsey Leach, received the YCSD Apple Award by Dr. Victor Shandor, division superintendent, on April 15. She received this award for achievements and contributions to Seaford Elementary both in and beyond the classroom.

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