Thinking of a degree, certification program or maybe just a class or two? Wondering what programs are out there to meet your needs or interests? Stop wondering. The Office of Professional Growth and Innovation (PGI) will host the first College and Continuing Education Information Program for VBCPS employees. This event will be held Thursday, June Read More…
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Register for VBEF Educator’s Golf Challenge by June 18
School division employees have until June 18 to register teams for the Virginia Beach Education Foundation’s (VBEF) 16th Annual Educator’s Golf Challenge. The event will be held Tuesday, June 28, at the Heron Ridge Golf Club with a shotgun start at 7:30 a.m. Teams are registered on a first come, first serve basis. The registration Read More…
14 VBCPS schools named to Virginia Index of Performance (VIP) list
Governor Terry McAuliffe and the state Board of Education announced the 2016 Virginia Index of Performance (VIP) award winners Tuesday. This year, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) had 14 schools earn a VIP award. Kemps Landing/Old Donation School, Kingston Elementary, Strawbridge Elementary and Thoroughgood Elementary all received 2016 Board of Education Excellence Awards. According Read More…
Long receives 2016 Esther Goldman Teacher Award
Virginia Beach Middle School eighth-grade English teacher Mary Long is the recipient of the 2016 Esther Goldman Teacher Award. The award includes a full scholarship for the 2016 Alexander Lebenstein Teacher Education Institute at the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond, Virginia this summer. In addition, she was awarded $200 for her exemplary teaching strategies of Read More…
Virginia Lottery surprises Super Teacher Maurice Cullen with honor
This was no SOL pep rally. Dr. Sandi Brown wasted no time in owning up to her deceit. After a quick cheer from the Virginia Beach Middle School cheerleading squad, Brown made her way to the podium on the brightly decorated stage and came clean. It was all a ruse. Though she had convened the Read More…
Congratulations to the Teacher Assistants of the Year
Congratulations to the VBCPS Teacher Assistants of the Year! Tonya Snow, Adult Learning Center Sandra Willie, Alanton Elementary School Susan Brewington, Arrowhead Elementary School Jennifer Greiner, B. F. Williams Elementary School Eve Stocks, Bayside Elementary School Michele Parker, Bayside High School Melvin Francis, Bayside Middle School Carol Wilson, Bayside Sixth Grade Campus Gail Hinson, Birdneck Read More…
Stark earns top Horizons honor
Andrew Stark, a third grade teacher at Seatack Elementary: An Achievable Dream Academy received the Horizons Lyn McNaught National Teacher of the Year Award. Stark was honored for his participation with Horizons Hampton Roads, which is a six-week summer educational enrichment program for low-income K-8 grade public school students in Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach. McNaught, Read More…
Rosemont Forest students ‘Teach it Forward’
Fifth-grader Jace Thrasher asked the small group of kindergarteners to open their eyes and share “in a whisper voice” their guesses of what was in the shoebox. On the count of three, the Rosemont Forest Elementary School (RFES) students quietly responded together, “Feathers.” They explained the mystery items were soft to the touch, one of Read More…
Nurse at Pembroke Meadows awarded the 2015-16 School Nurse of the Year award
Representatives from the Virginia Beach School Nurses Association (VBSNA) presented the 2015-2016 School Nurse of the Year award to Robin Latchford, RN at Pembroke Meadows Elementary. Congratulations! Tell your friends! Follow us!
Drivers test skills in school bus roadeo
On a recent Saturday, an overcast sky and occasional falling mist failed to dampen the enthusiasm of nearly two dozen school bus drivers as they tested their skills at the annual School Bus Roadeo on an obstacle course set up at Birdneck Elementary. Each driver begins the day by taking two written tests grading general Read More…
