Teachers and staff at Hermitage Elementary celebrated big news yesterday. The school had been named a 2014 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. Hermitage is one of 10 schools in Virginia to achieve the honor. It was the second year the school achieved this honor – Hermitage previously earned a Read More…
Awards & Accolades
Wellington earns Coach of the Year award
Wellington “Larry” Lee of Bayside Middle School was named the 2013-14 Virginia Beach Male Middle School Coach of the Year. The award recognizes Lee as bringing both the boys basketball and boys track teams to city championships for 2013-2014. He has coached boys’ basketball and track for the 17 years that he has been at Bayside Middle. Tell Read More…
Reinen named 2015 Region 2 Teacher of the Year
Bevin Reinen, a first-grade and special education inclusion teacher at Three Oaks Elementary School, has been named the 2015 Region 2 Teacher of the Year by the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE). Reinen received the honor during a surprise visit to her classroom Wednesday morning by Virginia Beach City Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Aaron Spence. Read More…
Marable pens award-winning thesis
Dr. Steve Marable was recently recognized by The International Society for Educational Planning (ISEP) for his dissertation, “Green Schools – The Implementation and Practices of Environmental Education in LEED and USED Green Ribbon Public Schools in Virginia.” His research study earned the 2014 Outstanding Dissertation Award. Each year, ISEP recognizes outstanding dissertations related to all aspects Read More…
Stewart earns prestigious credentials
The National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) has certified Diane Stewart as a Certified Supervisor of Pupil Transportation (CSPT). Stewart, a transportation area supervisor for Virginia Beach, was subject to an objective peer review of her education, career experience and achievement in the field of pupil transportation operations as well as a rigorous job-specific written examination that Read More…
Purchasing Services earns certification award
The Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) Office of Purchasing Services recently received the Universal Public Procurement Certification Council’s (UPPCC) Agency Certification Award. VBCPS won in the Small Agency category According to the UPPCC, the award was created to “recognize an agency’s commitment to the value of certification in the public sector.” Congratulations! Tell your friends! Read More…
Broglie named to iCivics Teacher Council
Marion Broglie, civics teacher at Lynnhaven Middle School, was named to the iCivics’s National Teacher Council. Broglie was one of 23 teachers selected for the honor, and, according to iCivics, will help developed ” a professional community in which educators dedicated to teaching civic knowledge and skills can help one another.” iCivics is the national Read More…
Timlin named to ASCD’s 2014 Class of Emerging Leaders
Meghan Timlin, an assistant principal at Independence Middle School, has been named to the 2014 Class of Emerging Leaders by ASCD (formerly known as theAssociation for Supervision and Curriculum Development). According to the ASCD press release, the Emerging Leaders program is designed to prepare a young, diverse group of educators for potential influence and ASCD Read More…
Hanzaker earns 2014 Virginia Business CFO Award
Farrell Hanzaker, chief financial officer (CFO) for Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS), has earned the prestigious 2014 Virginia Business CFO Award. Each year, the magazine honors the top CFOs across the state whose ingenuity and dedication have contributed to their entities’ financial success. The award is given to one person in five different categories. Read More…
French added to VHSL Hall of Fame
The Virginia High School League (VHSL) has announced that long-time Beach administrator, J. Wylie French, will be inducted into the VHSL Hall of Fame this year for his achievements in 45 years of service. French served as the principal at Frank W. Cox and Kempsville high schools, before going on to open both Green Run High School (in 1979) and Read More…
