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BMES Page Turners Promote ReadingPosted on: Friday, December 05, 2014Page Turners, an after school club for fourth and fifth graders at Bethel Manor Elementary School (BMES), is working hard to create shelf talkers to promote books to all students in our school. Our Page Turners summarize favorite books, illustrate them, and include call numbers, so other students can quickly locate the books. Once their shelf talker is added to the shelf, that Page Turner adopts another shelf in the library. Page Turners is also celebrating a love of books with 12 Days of Reading! Each day during the school’s morning show, a Page Turner introduces a favorite picture book, and draws a name of a Lucky Listener. Following announcements, Page Turners go to their Lucky Listener's classroom and share that book with another student. We are building a community of readers, on |
SES New Addition OpensPosted on: Thursday, December 04, 2014Students and staff at Seaford Elementary School (SES) are enjoying the six new classrooms that have been added to the building as part of the division’s Capital Improvements Program. York County School Board Chair Mark Medford, Division Superintendent Victor Shandor, Ed.D., York County Board of Supervisor Chair Don Wiggins and Principal Christina Head were joined by student representatives for the official ribbon-cutting. The new addition houses fourth grade classrooms along with classrooms for reading and speech. It also created room in the building for the art and music classrooms to be relocated into the main building from mobile units on campus. An enclosed breezeway from the classrooms to the gymnasium, which improves student safety, was also added to the building during the |
TMS First Lego League Team Receives Judges AwardPosted on: Friday, November 21, 2014Tabb Middle School’s (TMS) First Lego League (FLL) Team "Tigers A.I." received the Judges Award at the FLL VA-DC regional tournament in Newport News on November 8, recognizing the team for fantastic cooperation, gracious professionalism and all around positive spirit towards their project and robotic missions. The team spent eight weeks developing a question and solution for this year's topic "World Class." They decided to find out why people develop misconceptions like, "...all GMO's cause cancer..." or "...you catch a cold from being cold". They also created a "Validity Test" for anyone to use when encountering confusing information that should be further researched. Both the Project and Robot Missions were rigorous and rewarding. |
Tabb High Forensics ChampsPosted on: Friday, November 21, 2014Tabb High School forensics team, coached by Ms. Carrie Shemann, placed first at the Peninsula Forensics League Tournament hosted by New Kent High School on Tuesday, November 18. Congratulations to the winners. |
YHS Sweeps Regional Stock Market ChallengePosted on: Friday, November 21, 2014Mrs. Mancuso-Sidhu's Economics & Personal Finance students at York High School (YHS) recently competed in the 10th Annual Regional Stock Market Challenge in Norfolk. YHS students competed against four other high schools and 28 teams in all. YHS students placed first, second, third, fourth, and fifth place! |
BMES Celebrates Charlotte's WebPosted on: Friday, November 21, 2014More than 200 Bethel Manor Elementary School (BMES) families participated in the school-wide read of Charlotte's Web. This event encouraged parents and students to read and develop vocabulary, increase the ability of comprehending text, and allowed parents to be role models for their children. Families also participated in discussion questions, an optional project, and are invited to the family movie night showing Charlotte's Web sponsored by the PTA in December. |
MVES Mustang NightPosted on: Friday, November 21, 2014Fifth grade students at Mt. Vernon Elementary School (MVES) enjoyed the photo booth during Mustang Night. Mustang Night offers families the opportunity to come together for arts and crafts, games, food, and friendship. |
Spreading the Green Thumb at DESPosted on: Friday, November 21, 2014Trysta Cassidy, a York High School junior, presented her Gold Level project for Girl Scouts to Mrs. Reames' first grade class at Dare Elementary School (DES). Trysta chose her project to educate the importance of going green to elementary students. She is re-planting trees by the Colonial Parkway that were illegally cut down, and is planning to care for them for the next two years. |
TMS Faculty Awarded GrantPosted on: Friday, November 21, 2014Tabb Middle School (TMS) Reading Specialist, Trudi Reynolds, and Media Center Specialist, Nanci Diggs, were recently awarded an Innovative Instructional Grant from the York Foundation for Public Education, Inc. Their project, “Playaways to Strengthen Reading Comprehension at School and at Home,” supports reading for all students. |
Parent University at GMSPosted on: Friday, November 21, 2014Grafton Middle School (GMS) counselors held a Parent University to share tips on study skills, time management, and strategies for staying organized. School counselor, Tiffany Grant, encouraged parents to create a weekly schedule each Sunday. When creating the schedule, students and parents work together to put in scheduled appointments. Students then plan time for homework, which includes studying, and organizing material. This is a great visual for students to see that they can dedicate time to school work and still have plenty of free time left for fun activities they enjoy! Blank copies of the weekly schedule are available on the GMS School Counseling website under Resources. |
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