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YCSD 2015 Teachers of the YearPosted on: Friday, April 18, 2014The York County School Division (YCSD) is pleased to announce Mr. Doug Roper as the 2015 Teacher of the Year. Dr. Eric Williams, Division Superintendent, led a “prize patrol” to surprise the Tabb High School history teacher, the YCSD High School Teacher of the Year, in his classroom on school spirit day. A graduate of Elon College, Mr. Roper has spent 36 years educating students in York County. In addition to his teaching duties, he has also coached multiple athletic teams throughout his career. “Doug’s commitment to his students, his school, and our community serves as an inspiration to his fellow educators,” stated Dr. Williams. “From the school-level to the division-level, each of our Teacher of the Year recipients demonstrate a commitment to education that is clearly recognized by all |
Reading Week CelebrationsPosted on: Friday, April 04, 2014The Mt. Vernon Elementary School (MVES) staff dressed up for a word definition to celebrate Reading Month. The fourth grade teachers selected the word "decade" with each teacher dressed as a different decade! |
Tristan Gerth Named Young AFCEAN of the MonthPosted on: Friday, April 04, 2014Congratulations to Tabb Middle School (TMS) student Tristan Gerth who was named young AFCEAN (Tidewater Chapter) of the Month. He was treated to lunch and presented with a plaque at the AFCEA Luncheon held at the Langley Bayview Commonwealth Center on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. |
SES Kindergarten Class Visits the Local Fire StationPosted on: Friday, April 04, 2014Mrs. Elder's kindergarten class took a field trip from Seaford Elementary School (SES) to Fire Station 6 in Seaford recently. The students learned all about what firefighters do for our community. Students had the opportunity to get inside an ambulance, a fire truck and a fire rescue bus. They were also able to see where firefighters sleep, eat and learn. The firefighters also demonstrated what they would look and sound like in his or her equipment so the students would be more comfortable during an emergency. |
YCSD Odyssey of the Mind ChampionsPosted on: Friday, April 04, 2014Three York County School Division (YCSD) teams took First Place in the Peninsula Region Odyssey of the Mind competition on Saturday, March 29. In all, eight YCSD student teams placed in the top three in their respective categories and divisions. |
TMS Students Read to TES StudentsPosted on: Friday, March 28, 2014Every year, sixth and seventh graders from Tabb Middle School (TMS) visit Tabb Elementary School (TES) to read to the students as part of Read Across America. This year 89 students from TMS visited the TES classrooms. The sixth and seventh graders worked in groups of three or four to revise Readers Theater scripts to share with the elementary students. This event was part of York County School Division's initiative for Transformative Project Based Learning in which students publish their learning to others in the community. |
GSST Team Selected as Finalist in NASA ChallengePosted on: Friday, March 28, 2014Congratulations to the Governor’s School for Science and Technology! The GSST Team, which includes three York County School Division students, has been selected as one of the top five finalists in the NASA Exploration Design Challenge (EDC)! The goal of the Exploration Design Challenge is for students to research and design ways to protect astronauts from space radiation. NASA and Lockheed Martin are developing the Orion spacecraft that will carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit and on to an asteroid or Mars. Protecting astronauts from radiation on these distant travels is an important -- and very real -- problem that needs solving. |
Holocaust Writing ContestPosted on: Friday, March 28, 2014For the 5th year in a row, seventh grade Grafton Middle School (GMS) Advanced English students from Mrs. Barnes' classes have winning entries for the local Holocaust Writing Competition. |
Storytelling with SkypePosted on: Friday, March 28, 2014First grade students in Mrs. Donna Nichols' class at Grafton Bethel Elementary School (GBES) celebrated Read Across America by skyping with Ms. Yedlock's ninth grade class from Tabb High School. |
YMS Student Headed to State CompetitionPosted on: Friday, March 28, 2014Suparnamaaya Prasad, an eighth grade student at Yorktown Middle School (YMS), is headed to the state level of the National Geographic Bee. As the winner of the school-level competition earlier this school year, Prasad took a written test to qualify for the state Bee to be held April 4, 2014. The National Geographic Society will provide an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., for state champions and teacher-escorts to participate in the national competition in May. The first-place national winner will receive a $25,000 college scholarship, a lifetime membership in the Society, and a trip to the Galapagos Islands courtesy of Lindblad Expeditions and the National Geographic Society. |
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