Each year, the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) and Virginia Community College System (VCCS) honor exemplary career and technical education programs and partnerships with Virginia Career and Technical Education Creating Excellence Awards. Awards are presented in three categories – advisory committee, business and industry partnership, and programs – and VBCPS was among the honorees recognized Read More…
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School division bids farewell to nearly 10,000 years of service
The year was 1965. The Vietnam War was escalating; the space race was in full swing; the Rolling Stones were performing on a world tour; and Muhammad Ali defeated Sonny Liston to claim the heavyweight championship of the world. That same year, Allen Johnson began working in the school division’s plumbing shop. Fast forward 51 Read More…
Custodians celebrate end of year at annual Custodian Appreciation Day
The message was clear to everyone in the packed Kellam cafeteria: No matter your official title with the school division, everyone working in Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) teaches. That was the heart of Superintendent Dr. Aaron Spence’s opening remarks shared at the 2016 Custodian Appreciation Day. This end-of-year celebration was held June 20 at Kellam Read More…
Students illustrate their appreciation for inspiring teachers
“Going to middle school was very hard,” reflected eighth-grader Abbey Urch. “Especially going to an academy away from a lot of my friends,” she added. “It took some time to get used to it, although I can always remember being excited to go to English.” According to Urch, being in Louise Jeffries’ English class in sixth Read More…
New name and new logo for Virginia Beach Digital Campus
When Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) created its online learning program about 12 years ago, it was named “Virtual Virginia Beach e-Learning.” Fast forward a few years later, and the state of Virginia unveiled a new online program, which would offer online Advanced Placement (AP), world language, core academic and elective courses to students Read More…
School Board approves final VRS transfer
At its meeting Tuesday night, the Virginia Beach School Board approved the final employee contribution to the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) for all employees. This means that all staff members in the division will be contributing five percent of their salaries to the VRS beginning July 1. This latest action is in addition to the Read More…
2015-16 Pearl School Award Winners named
Lynnhaven River Now has released the complete list of winners for the annual Pearl School Awards. VBCPS had 70 of its 86 schools and centers recognized for the honor, which is awarded for excellence in environmental education, stewardship and sustainability. The program started in 2006-2007 school year. Congratulations to the 2015-16 Pearl School award winners: Read More…
Building a culture of growth and excellence for all employee groups
More than 70 Virginia Beach City Public Schools custodians and cafeteria staff took part in leadership and management training this year through the Office of Professional Growth and Innovation (PGI). To be eligible for classes, interested staff submitted applications accompanied by recommendations from their building administrators. With more than 150 applicants, the first cohort rapidly Read More…
New partnership will benefit VBCPS and student teachers
Beginning in fall 2017, VBCPS and the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia are teaming up to roll out a new way to prepare and retain high quality teachers. The Curry Teaching Fellowship bridges the gap between teaching preparation at the university and teacher induction into our school division. VBCPS will hire Read More…
Harris, Reinen named to ASCD Future Leaders program
The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) selected 50 educators across the country to join its 2016 class of emerging leaders. Of these 50 educators, VBCPS had two staff members make the cut. Salem Elementary School Assistant Principal Micah Harris and Professional Learning Specialist Bevin Reinen have been named to the Emerging Leaders program. Read More…
