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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 |
YCSD Teacher of the Year SelectedPosted on: Friday, May 08, 2015The 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 TrackPosted on: Friday, May 01, 2015Seaford 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 HousePosted on: Friday, May 01, 2015Tabb 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. |
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