Corporate Landing Middle School (CLMS) Reading Specialist Terri Fuciarelli was recently named the System 44 Teacher of the Year. System 44 is a reading intervention program from Scholastic. According to the Scholastic website, the program “supports educators with a comprehensive system of curriculum, instruction, and professional development, while providing students with personalized rigorous instruction for Read More…
Awards & Accolades
Lavender selected to attend GenCyber camp
Linda Lavender, Advanced Technology Center Network Administration and Cybersecurity instructor was one of just 20 teachers nationwide selected to attend the GenCyber Camp at James Madison University. According to JMU, the camp was “developed with the goal of facilitating cyber security education growth and attracting and recruiting college bound students to the field of cyber security.” Read More…
Caught Doing Good: Larkspur SRO Grant Wylie
Larkspur Middle’s School Resource Officer Grant Wylie has been the subject of a social media firestorm. Wylie, after serving traffic duty, pulled into a local gas station. There, he saw family was in need – asking for any donations people could provide. Wylie asked them to move their vehicle to the pump, and there he Read More…
Landstown orchestra teacher to have three pieces published
Landstown Middle School’s Orchestra Teacher Jeffrey Bailey is having three middle school orchestra pieces published by Kjos Music of San Diego. Congratulations! Tell your friends! Follow us!
Kenison surprised wth VFW honor
Retired Colonel Charles Kenison (fifth-grade teachers at Christopher Farms Elementary School), was presented with the honor of Veterans of Foreign War (VFW) District 2 Teacher of the Year. Principal Teri Breaux hosted the event with friends from Back Bay VFW and Kenison’s family attending as a surprise. Tell your friends! Follow us!
Medina-Ruiz named TCE Teacher of the Year
Renaissance Academy’s Ana Medina-Ruiz has been named the Technical and Career Education (TCE) Teacher of the Year. Medina-Ruiz, a culinary arts teacher at Renaissance, was nominated by a peer and supported by her administration and TCE staff. Specifically, Medina-Ruiz was praised for the work she has been doing with the Family and Consumer Sciences program Read More…
Schlossberg to study at RoboSTEM Teacher Institute
Congratulations to Elizabeth Schlossberg on her acceptance to the 2015 NASA RoboSTEM Teacher Institute this summer. She will be attending the institute from June 22 – 26 and get to preview the NEW Robotics Lab at VASC and experience 3D scanning and printing first hand alongside other teachers who have been accepted in the division. Read More…
Leonard named STEM Teacher of the Year
Keith Leonard, a physics teacher at the Governor’s STEM and Technology Academy at Landstown High School, was doubly honored as he was named 2015 local and statewide STEM Teacher of the Year in the Air Force Association’s (AFA) Aerospace Education Awards. “Growing up I was always asking how things work and was the kid who Read More…
Congratulations to the 2015 Teacher Assistants of the Year
Tonya Snow, Adult Learning Center Mary Wrenn, Alanton Elementary Karen Hayes, Arrowhead Elementary Carshena Watkins, Williams Elementary Yolanda Allen, Bayside Elementary Bylle Callahan, Bayside High Antoinette Mirabel, Bayside Middle Monica Evans, Bayside 6 Lora Willett, Birdneck Elementary Mark Bacon, Brandon Middle Tonya Barlow, Brookwood Elementary Patricia O’Brien, Centerville Elementary Marissa Wisotzkey, Christopher Farms Elementary Samaiyah Read More…
Stovall is the 2015 VBSNA Nurse of the Year
Today, May 6, is National School Nurse Day. In celebration, Shelton Park Elementary School’s Sharlene Stovall was named the Virginia Beach School Nurses Association School (VBSNA) Nurse of the Year. Sharlene Stovall, RN, BSN, has been with the school division for 11 years. Stovall was selected by the VBSNA nomination committee that received names of school Read More…
