Windsor Oaks Elementary’s Norene Skiles has been given the Innovative Educator (TIE) award by Tech4Learning. According to the Tech4Learning website, the Tech4Learning Innovative Educator program is designed to recognize the work that exceptional classroom teachers, trainers, aides, community organizations, principals and more are doing with Tech4Learning products. Skiles is in good company. Last year, Strawbridge Read More…
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Asbestos (AHERA) Management Plans Available
The Environmental Protection Agency, as required by the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) of October 1986, requires all school facilities to have an inspection for asbestos-containing building materials and to have a detailed management plan identifying these materials. The AHERA Management Plans are available in each school’s main office for review by parents, teachers Read More…
Thompson places in Pilot art contest
Diamond Springs is proud of kindergarten teacher, Brandon Thompson, who won third place in the Virginian Pilot Newspaper Box art contest. Ten artists decorated and transformed newspaper boxes to commemorate 150 years of the newspaper. Thompson used the same creative talents that capture the minds of kindergarteners to transform his newspaper box into a colorful Read More…
VBEF to showcase employee artwork
The Virginia Beach Education Foundation (VBEF) invites VBCPS employees to submit their original artwork to support the foundation in two ways – the “Taste of Art” Silent Auction and the 2016 Commemorative Print contest. The silent auction will be held during the VBEF’s annual TGIF Celebration (Teacher Grants Improve Futures) Nov. 10 at the Sandler Read More…
Great Neck named 2015 Blue Ribbon School
For the second time in two years, VBCPS has a National Blue Ribbon School. Great Neck Middle School was one of just seven public schools in Virginia named a 2015 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. The school, which was nominated by the Virginia Department of Education, earned the honor by Read More…
VBCPS staff take part in Governor’s Roundtable
Gov. Terry McAuliffe was at Kellam High School yesterday afternoon, and he was there for one reason: to hear what teachers had to say about education in Virginia. It was the governor’s sixth education roundtable event held this year, and two of the teachers in attendance were Rosemont Forest’s Bradley Ward and Landstown High School’s Read More…
Bayside Middle staff heads to Operation Smile
The Bayside Middle School Instructional Leadership Team recently took part in an off-site retreat at the Operation Smile headquarters. The team spent the day getting to know one another and analyzing testing data. After lunch, the team was treated to an informational tour of the facility where they learned about the Operation Smile mission and the ways students across Read More…
SEAC, CAC meeting scheduled
The Virginia Beach Special Education Advisory Committee will meet Oct. 5, at 9 a.m. at the Special Education Annex, 1413 Laskin Road, Room 25. For more information, call 757-263-2066. The Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) is appointed by the local School Board. The membership includes parents of children with disabilities, individuals with disabilities, local school Read More…
Matney elected chair of state advisory board
Dr. Brian Matney, principal of Landstown High School: Governor’s STEM & Technology Academy, was recently elected as chair of the State Board of Education’s Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure (ABTEL). ABTEL, created by action of the Virginia General Assembly in 1990, regularly advises the State Board, as its name implies, on issues related Read More…
Parkway is rallying up a great start of the year
The Parkway Elementrary School Panthers kicked off the school year with a Back to School Pep Rally. Students and staff members showed their school spirit by cheering, singing, and dancing to show they are “Wild About Parkway!” Check out some of the staff members’ best dance moves below: Tell your friends! Follow us!
