Three of Virginia Beach’s schools are earning accolades for their sustainable designs and construction. Both Great Neck Middle School and College Park Elementary School earned Honor Awards in the Sustainable Development category for the 2012 Virginia Beach Planning Commission Design Awards. Earlier this year, College Park also earned a Special Recognition Award from the Planning Read More…

The 2012 Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE) Teacher of the Year is Norene Skiles, the library media specialist at Windsor Oaks Elementary. The Teacher of the Year award recognizes and honors one Virginia teacher who has demonstrated outstanding achievement and leadership in implementing technology to improve education. Congratulations! Tell your friends! Follow us! Read More…

Candice Cheshire, a library media assistant at Green Run High School, has been awarded a $2,000 ING Unsung Heroes grant for her program “READERZ”. Cheshire is one of only 100 winners–and 1,300 applicants– nationwide to receive the grant money. The money will be used to bring her “READERZ” program to life. The “READERZ” program consists Read More…

The following teachers have been selected as Reading Teachers of the Year. Congratulations on this honor and thank you for all you do for our students! Alanton Elementary – Brianne Nelson Arrowhead Elementary – Felicia Bailey Bayside Elementary – Joyann Drumm Centerville Elementary – Jeanne Dodd College Park Elementary – Tammie Huff Creeds Elementary – Read More…

Kellam High School’s Mark Clemente and Kempsville High School’s Bridget Mariano were honored at the Governor’s Modeling and Simulation Reception held last month in Suffolk, Va. Clemente and Mariano co-authored a chapter in the Flexbook, “CK-12 Modeling and Simulation for High School Teachers: Principles, Problems, and Lesson Plans.” The Flexbook was a collaborative effort between Read More…

Five teachers are Corporate Landing Middle School have earned grants to use on special projects inside the classroom. Sherry Kelly and Joyce Hinson received a 2013 Building Futures Grant for their “Diversity in the Creek: A Populations Study” project where the students study oyster population and local ecosystems. Rhonda Tuck and Sherry Kelly received a Read More…

Green Run Elementary’s Kathi McGovern and Luxford Elementary’s Michelle Kirkpatrick were both recipients of OfficeMax’s A Day Made Better award. McGovern is a fifth-grade teacher at Green Run, and Kirkpatrick is a third-grade teacher at Luxford. As winners, teh teachers received a box full of $1,000 in supplies and equipment for her classroom, donated by Read More…

John B. Nelson, Advanced Technology Center (ATC) Cisco Networking Academy instructor was recognized and received a plaque for ten years of service from Cisco alumni. This certification is the highest credential one can achieve in Cisco Systems. ABS Technology Architects has hired approximately 25 ATC students/alumni over the past ten years. Congratulations John!     Read More…

College Park Elementary School has earned a Special Recognition Award in the 2012 City of Virginia Beach Planning Commission Design Awards Program. According to the city website, the Planning Commission Design Awards “showcase outstanding quality and innovative design solutions in the built environment, which have furthered the design principles of the City’s various design guidelines Read More…

Congratulations also go out tonight to Coach Leo Anthony at First Colonial High School. Currently the golf coach at F-C, Anthony racked up his 1000th win as a coach last week when the Patriots defeated the Salem Sundevils. Anthony has coached golf for 42 years, but it’s not his only sport. He was also a Read More…