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Tabb High National Merit Commended ScholarsPosted on: Friday, March 20, 2015The following Tabb High School seniors were named 2015 National Merit Commended Scholars: Jingwei Song, Wendi Williams, Elissa Carpio, Nick Anselmo, Sean Aminali, Jacob McLaughlin, Megan Crow, and Julia Smith. The National Merit Commended Scholar title is based on a student’s performance on the PSAT, taken in the junior year. Approximately 1.5 million juniors take the test and roughly 34,000 are named as Commended Scholars. |
MES Student Named Future Chef Competition WinnerPosted on: Friday, March 20, 2015Eighteen finalists representing each of the York County School Division's (YCSD) elementary schools competed in the Sodexo Future Chefs Culinary Competition on March 19. This was the first round of a national competition involving school systems from across the country. The primary goal of the contest is to get kids thinking about healthy eating by creating healthy recipes. The YCSD finalists’ recipes were chosen from among more than 100 entries. The finalists were then invited to create their snacks for a panel of judges to taste and score. Hungry spectators were allowed to sample all the entries as well — a deliciously challenging and fulfilling job! |
YHS Student Wins Tidewater Science & Engineering FairPosted on: Friday, March 20, 2015On Saturday, March 14, dozens of York County students competed in the 64th Annual Tidewater Science and Engineering Fair at Old Dominion University. Students presented their scientific research to industry professionals from across the region. The 1st Place Overall Grand Prize was awarded to Suparnamaaya Prasad of York High School (YHS) for her project titled, “Nanotechnology-based Wrinkled Graphene for Flexible Electronics.” Suparnamaaya will receive an all-expense paid trip to the International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in May. Additionally, Everest Litchford of Grafton Middle School was awarded the Junior Division Second Award of Excellence for his physics project. |
Dark Side of the Internet Parent Seminars RescheduledPosted on: Thursday, March 19, 2015New dates have been set for the Digital Safety parent seminars that were canceled due to winter weather last month. These seminars, hosted by the York County PTA and the York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office, are designed to help parents navigate the dilemmas presented by the digital world our kids inhabit. Each seminar will provide an overview of current digital threats to children (cyberbullying, online predators, oversharing, sexting, and sextortion) along with digital safety information. |
YCSD Future Chefs CompetitionPosted on: Friday, March 13, 2015Twenty elementary students will compete in the initial phase of the Sodexo Future Chefs Culinary Competition from 4:30 to 7 p.m., Thursday, March 19, at York High School. The finalists will create and present their submissions for judging and sampling. Judges will consider taste, texture, presentation and use of featured ingredients. The winner will go on to a regional competition and then potentially the national competition. |
YCSD Students Win Regional Award in 2015 VSBA Art ContestPosted on: Friday, March 13, 2015Local school board members were treated to an impressive display of creativity and faced some tough decisions in selecting the 2015 winners of the Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA) York County Regional Art Contest on March 11. Student art from the elementary, middle and high school levels represented each school division in the competition, which was judged at the regional forum for area school board members. Art created by Aariq Hug, Andrew Fiocca and Montaye Pool from Mt. Vernon Elementary School was the first place elementary winner. The VSBA Regional Art Contest was started in 1989 to promote the artistic talents of Virginia's public school students. For each of the nine VSBA regions, a winner is chosen for the elementary, middle, and high school levels. The winning art is |
Tabb Middle Wins Battle of the BooksPosted on: Friday, March 13, 2015Tabb Middle School's (TMS) Battle of the Books team won the county battle held at the York County Public Library on March 11. TMS competed against Grafton Middle School and Yorktown Middle School (YMS), with YMS coming in as a close second. Tabb will compete in the regional battle at the Williamsburg Regional Library on Saturday, March 21. |
Mt. Vernon Elementary STEAM Club Wins Third Place at KidWind CompetitionPosted on: Friday, March 13, 2015The Mt. Vernon Elementary School (MVES) Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) Club recently participated in the annual KidWind Engineering Completion in Virginia Beach. The team placed third in the Wind Turbine category and earned an opportunity to compete in the regional competition in April at James Madison University. |
YHS Teacher Featured in MagazinePosted on: Friday, March 13, 2015Amy Insley, theater teacher at York High School (YHS), has been honored by Coastal Virginia Magazine as a top teacher in Hampton Roads. This is the second consecutive year Insley has been featured in the magazine. Teachers were nominated by students, peers and/or parents last summer with online voting taking place from in November and December. The ten individuals receiving the greatest number of votes are profiled in the February/March Education issue. Additionally, Farm Fresh has generously promised to award 5000 Bonus Points to each winning teacher as part of their Farm Fresh 1234 The Community, a program dedicated to supporting local schools and children. |
Queens Lake Middle School French Students Learn from Those AbroadPosted on: Friday, March 13, 2015This year, students at Queens Lake Middle School are exchanging letters, pictures, emails, and videos with students studying English in France. Each student enrolled in French I or French II has a pen pal or 'correspondent' in a middle school in Ville d'Avray, a suburb outside of Paris. Madame VanDyke's French students are currently busy writing letters in French and creating a virtual tour of their school for their new French friends. Some students are communicating with their 'corres' on Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram. |
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