Let’s Move! Active Schools announced that Red Mill Elementary School is one of five schools in Virginia and 544 schools nationwide to receive the 2016 Let’s Move! Active Schools National Award. The organization, part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move initiative, recognizes outstanding efforts in creating active school environments, including providing students with at least Read More…
Awards & Accolades
LPES student featured in national Down syndrome awareness video
On Saturday, Sept. 17, Linkhorn Park Elementary School student James Grunwald will be a star on the Times Square jumbotron in New York City. A photo of him holding a book he wrote and illustrated as a first-grader last spring entitled, “I Can,” will appear in the National Down Syndrome Society’s (NDSS) annual Times Square video Read More…
Green Schools National Network blog features VBCPS submission
Kudos to Marie Culver, gifted resource teacher at Seatack Elementary, An Achievable Dream Academy, for her feature published on the Green Schools National Network blog. Her submission, “Growing a Greener and Cleaner World with Ocean Friendly Gardens,” describes the efforts of school staff, students, parents and community members last year to create the first Ocean Friendly 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…
Tallwood and Kempsville high schools earn Energy Star certification
Tallwood and Kempsville high schools recently earned Energy Star Certification from the Environmental Protection Agency, bringing the school division’s total certifications to 30 buildings compared to only six buildings six years ago. These two new certifications also give Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) the largest inventory of Energy Star facilities in Hampton Roads, helping Read More…
Walck receives Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching
Princess Anne High School science teacher Dr. Camilla Walck is among 213 mathematics and science teachers named by President Obama as recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). In a press release issued by the White House Aug. 22, President Obama said, “The recipients of this award are integral Read More…
Freeman receives Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators
Chris Freeman, AP environmental science teacher at Kellam High School, has been selected to receive the 2016 Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (PIAEE). The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) administers the award in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to recognize outstanding teachers and students in grades K-12 who employ Read More…
School division earns national sustainability award
Beginning in September 2008, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) has collected recycling material in each of its schools. Since then, VBCPS has diverted 8,900 tons from the waste stream. That is the equivalent to more than one and one-half million trees. For its innovative sustainability practices and effective environmental education, VBCPS was named a 2016 Read More…
Smith, White named Instructional Leaders of the Year
At the close of the 2016 Administrators’ Conference, Superintendent Dr. Aaron Spence gave away the conference’s highest honors, the Elementary and Secondary Instructional Leader of the Year awards. At the elementary level, College Park Elementary School’s Dr. Sterling White was named the Instructional Leader of the Year. Salem Middle School Principal Dr. Jim Smith was Read More…
First Colonial High School educator named gifted association teacher of the year
Growing up, there was no way that Missy Sullivan would ever become a teacher. Her parents were both educators and her childhood dream was to become a flight attendant. But one day in college while walking by an elementary school the life of this now-First Colonial High School gifted teacher changed. “I’m a big believer Read More…
