The Virginia Beach Association of Secondary School Principals (VBASSP) recently announced the following 2013-14 Administrators of the Year: VBASSP Assistant Principal of the Year:  Camille Harmon VBASSP Middle School Principal of the Year:  Matt Delaney VBASSP High School Principal of the Year:  Cheryl Woodhouse Congratulations! Tell your friends! Follow us!  

Corinne Cornwell, fifth-grade teacher at Windsor Oaks Elementary School, was presented Virginia Beach’s Best All Around Award at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. She was recognized for her inspirational work with children. In addition to teaching at the school, Cornwell sponsors the school’s Ecology Club and the SCA. Congratulations! Tell your friends! Follow us!  

Virginia Beach Middle School music teacher Richard Rigg has published his 21st musical work. Alfred Music, one of the largest publishers of educational music in the world, has published “Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 1,” an arrangement of Beethoven’s original work, intended for use by middle and high school string or full orchestra classes. This is one of Read More…

Ivy Wroton, principal of Landstown Elementary School, has been selected to serve as the Tidewater Zone Director for the Virginia Association of Elementary School Principals (VAESP).  In his role, Wroton will represent Virginia Beach City Public Schools on the VAESP Board of Directors. Congratulations! Tell your friends! Follow us!  

Each year, the Virginia Beach Education Association names the Teacher Assistants of the Year in Virginia Beach schools. An awards reception will be held May 12, where citywide winners from both the elementary and secondary level will be named. Congratulations to this year’s honorees: School Winner ADULT LEARNING CENTER Claudia Gurganus ALANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Mary Read More…

Linkhorn Park Elementary School’s Aubrey Sprague has been selected by the National Council of Teachers in Mathematics (NCTM) and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) to attend the 2014 Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy. According to the NCTM and NSTA, Sprague is one of just 150 teachers selected from more than 1,100 applicants nationwide to take Read More…

Dr. Brian Matney, principal of Landstown High School, has been named the Virginia Student Councils Association Administrator of the Year for 2013 – 2014.  This decision was made by the Advisory Committee of the Virginia Student Councils Association (VSCA), upon the recommendation of the VSCA Awards and Elections Subcommittee. The official awarding of this distinction will take Read More…

Congratulations to Kemps Landing Magnet School English teacher Lisa Kilczewski, who has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks Workshop position this summer. Kilczewski will receive a stipend to study Emily Dickinson’s poetry in Amherst, Mass., at the Emily Dickinson museum and at Amherst college.  Out of 260 national applicants, 80 K-12 teachers were selected. Read More…

Congratulations to Green Run High School’s Ronnie Ferebee, who received the Virginia Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (VIAAA) Distinguished Service Award last month. According to the VIAAA, this award is presented to an individual outside the field of interscholastic athletic administration in recognition of their service to interscholastic athletics. Tell your friends! Follow us!  

Ocean Lakes High School baseball coach Gary Spedden has been named the National Federation of State High School (NFHS) Coaches Association 2013 Mideast Sectional Coach of the Year. The NFHS Mideast section includes Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, D.C., Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio and Pennsylvania. According to the NFHS website, the organization has been recognizing coaches Read More…