Kevin Beardsley, the school division’s director of purchasing has been honored with the Virginia Association of Governmental Purchasing (VAGP) Distinguished Service Award. “Kevin is the consummate professional. Kevin is an out-of-the box thinker, an excellent problem solver, and is always searching for ways to improve our procurement processes and gain quality products and services at Read More…
Awards & Accolades
Skiles named Innovative Educator
Windsor Oaks Elementary’s Norene Skiles has been given the Innovative Educator (TIE) award by Tech4Learning. According to the Tech4Learning website, the Tech4Learning Innovative Educator program is designed to recognize the work that exceptional classroom teachers, trainers, aides, community organizations, principals and more are doing with Tech4Learning products. Skiles is in good company. Last year, Strawbridge Read More…
Thompson places in Pilot art contest
Diamond Springs is proud of kindergarten teacher, Brandon Thompson, who won third place in the Virginian Pilot Newspaper Box art contest. Ten artists decorated and transformed newspaper boxes to commemorate 150 years of the newspaper. Thompson used the same creative talents that capture the minds of kindergarteners to transform his newspaper box into a colorful Read More…
Great Neck named 2015 Blue Ribbon School
For the second time in two years, VBCPS has a National Blue Ribbon School. Great Neck Middle School was one of just seven public schools in Virginia named a 2015 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. The school, which was nominated by the Virginia Department of Education, earned the honor by Read More…
Matney elected chair of state advisory board
Dr. Brian Matney, principal of Landstown High School: Governor’s STEM & Technology Academy, was recently elected as chair of the State Board of Education’s Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure (ABTEL). ABTEL, created by action of the Virginia General Assembly in 1990, regularly advises the State Board, as its name implies, on issues related Read More…
Sutton featured in Virginia Living
First Colonial Teacher John Sutton is featured in Virginia Living’s annual education issue. Sutton, who has created the school’s Foreign Policy Work Group, is highlighted for his work in connecting his students to national leaders in defense strategy and foreign affairs. Virginia Living State of Education, a special bound-in supplement to Virginia Living’s October 2015 issue, celebrates excellence Read More…
Hermitage teacher wins extreme classroom makeover
It’s a rite of late summer; teachers spending their first week back from break setting up their classroom for the new school year. But Hermitage Elementary School second-grade teacher Isabel Perez watched someone else work on hers. Providing the labor was the WTKR News Channel 3 morning team. “Over the summer, we asked our viewers Read More…
Two VB teachers selected as state finalists for Presidential Math & Science Teaching Award
Robert Carroll, from Plaza Middle School, and Camila Walck, from Princess Anne High School, are two of just five finalists in Virginia for the 2015 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. According to the Virginia Department of Education, the award is regarded as the nation’s top honor for mathematics and science teachers Read More…
Carpenter earns top biology teacher in Virginia honor
Princess Anne High School’s Jamie Carpenter has been selected as the 2015 Outstanding Biology Teacher for Virginia. This award, which was created by the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT), identifies the best biology and life science teacher in each of the 50 states, Washington DC as well as each Canadian province, Puerto Rico and Read More…
Brumm, Johnson named 2015 Instructional Leaders of the Year
At this year’s Administrators’ Conference, VBCPS Superintendent Dr. Aaron Spence instituted a new award, honoring the instructional leadership at both the elementary and secondary levels. For elementary schools, Bayside Elementary School Principal Catherine Brumm was selected as the recipient for the inaugural award. At the secondary level, Bayside Middle School Principal Dr. Paula Johnson was Read More…
