Hermitage Elementary School is ‘Shining a Light on Learning’ this school year. The school theme is depicted with images of lighthouses on welcome banners and classroom signs. However the most meaningful messages are found on an actual lighthouse placed in the center of the school’s main hallway. Hermitage staff describe their hopes for students this year Read More…
Author: Kaleidoscope
The Week in Photos: Aug. 29-Sept. 2
Back-to-school bulletin boards, breakfasts, neighborhoods visits and even yoga were just some of the images shared by school media liaisons and staff members this week to highlight VBCPS employees’ work and fun as they prepared for the first day of school. Woodstock Elementary School teachers are stepping into the new school year with “pencil shoes.” Teachers Read More…
ICYMI: Summer 2016 highlights
The dismissal of students June 17 didn’t mean all school division activity stopped for the summer. Celebrations, workshops, recognitions and learning for students and staff continued throughout the weeks and months that followed. In case you missed it, here are some highlights from summer 2016 with links to more coverage. CELEBRATIONS Commencement week for the Class of 2016 concluded Saturday, June 18, Read More…
VBCPS staff prepare to fly with Blue Angels
Brad Ward and Bevin Reinen are preparing for the flight of their lives. When the Blue Angels visit Virginia Beach for the NAS Oceana Air Show Sept. 9-11, the two VBCPS employees will take backseat rides in F/A 18 Hornets as part of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps flight demonstration squadron’s guest flight program. Read More…
Employees required to sign up for 2017 benefits
In order to receive benefits in 2017, benefits-eligible employees must sign up during this year’s mandatory Open Enrollment, which is scheduled to occur from Oct. 3 – Nov. 4 for full-time and full-time equivalent school employees. According to the summer edition of the Open Enrollment Guide mailed home and emailed to employees, benefits will not automatically Read More…
Distribution Services dazzles during summer months
Talk in the school division’s Office of Distribution Services is in terms of pallets, boxes and orders. Forty pallets of computer carts. Fifteen pallets of toilet paper. Fifty boxes of drum sets. Thirty orders from schools. Boxes of elementary school recorders – 8,100 recorders to be exact. Deliveries are accepted, sorted and distributed to schools Read More…
Williams celebrates full accreditation with flag-raising ceremony
“We did some special things here last year; we really did,” Bettie F. Williams Elementary School Principal Tim Sullivan told his staff. “And I really, really appreciate everything you’ve done.” Staff members gathered in the cafeteria for the first day of teacher in-service week to enjoy breakfast and reminiscing about their summer. Photos of weddings, Read More…
Students wish all staff a ‘Happy New (School) Year’
All VBCPS staff members return to work this week to prepare for the new school year and the arrival of students Tuesday, Sept. 6. Students welcome back all staff with this “Happy New (School) Year” video message. Tell your friends! Follow us!
Brandon Middle distributes school supplies in community
Brandon Middle School has collected school supplies over time from various organizations and churches to share with students who may need extra materials. Rather than wait for students to return to school to provide supplies, Brandon staff members went into the community Friday, Aug. 26, to deliver supplies. They visited Brookwood Apartments to provide bags, notebooks, Read More…
Summer programs support student transitions to middle and high school
Eighth graders admitted to feeling nervous on their first day of middle school. High school seniors remember being uncertain about what to expect as freshmen. These experienced students are now sharing lessons learned with rising sixth-graders and ninth-graders in transition programs hosted by the division’s secondary schools before the new school year begins. The programs Read More…
