After competing (and winning) a spot on the Virginian-Pilot’s Dream Team of Bakers, Computer Resource Specialist Deana Hubbell took first place at the State Fair of Virginia. Her baklava won in the Honey Cookery’s Bar and Brownie Category. Hubbell’s recipe will soon be published in the local newspaper. Independence Middle School is proud of its two-time Read More…
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Spence celebrates with staff at Saturday picnic
Hundreds of staff members and their families came out to Green Run High School this Saturday to meet the new VBCPS superintendent, Dr. Aaron Spence. The Virginia Beach School Board invited all Virginia Beach staff members and their families to this special picnic event. Throughout the day, there were bounce houses for children, cornhole games, Read More…
Building the team at Princess Anne
Princess Anne High School staff members had the option of attending the new Adventure Park ropes course, located near the Virginia Aquarium. The faculty was led through a variety of team building activities, which provided an excellent opportunity to meet new staff, and work with members of other departments in an interesting way. After Read More…
You are invited to a welcome celebration for Dr. Spence
The Virginia Beach School Board is inviting all Virginia Beach staff members and their families to come meet our new superintendent, Dr. Aaron Spence, at a special picnic event Saturday, Sept. 27 from 12 to 2 p.m. at Green Run High School. Tell your friends! Follow us!
Tallwood Elementary throws down the ice bucket challenge
Tallwood Elementary threw down the ice gauntlet, as it were, when staff members took part in the popular Ice Bucket Challenge, raising money for ALS research. The school challenged staff members from Tallwood High, Three Oaks Elementary and Centerville Elementary to follow suit. See the chilly start of the challenge here! Tallwood High School took Read More…
UPDATE: Walker’s walk on the wild side
UPDATE: She’s back! Lenore Walker again took a globe-trotting vacation this summer and this year visited the Galapagos Islands. Check out her pictures below – as well as the others from her past two summers below. July 10, 2013 Talk about a summer vacation! The Adult Learning Center’s Lenore Walker spent three weeks this summer Read More…
Ben’s Books turns grief into giving
January 30 is a hard day for Amanda Tatum. For the past 11 years, the day has been filled with tears, empty memories and the pangs of loss that only those in grief can understand. It was on that day, more than a decade ago, her little brother, Ben, was killed in a car accident. Read More…
Kempsville Meadows’s Rimarski gets big surprise
It was a mission weeks in the making: Edward Rimarski was going to get his mom back. For the past two years, Edward had been stationed in Germany and was inundated with emails from his mom, Amy, a kindergarten teacher at Kempsville Meadows Elementary, about when he was going to get back home. When Edward Read More…
Windsor Oaks signs up for mud run
VBCPS was well-represented at the Virginia Beach 5k Mud Run! Pictured here are Windsor Oaks staff members (front row) Sally Benjumea, (second row) Kim Crowell, Tish Rendon, Deana Hubbell, Kim Daniels, (back row) Katy Sanson and Cassandra Griffin. Tell your friends! Follow us!
Have a good meal and a night at the rink to support the VBEF
There are two easy ways you can support your school division in the next 30 days. Through the Virginia Beach Education Foundation (VBEF), two events will raise money for grants given to VBCPS teachers for innovative projects; Jan. 30 Eat at Jake’s Smokehouse BBQ restaurant and 15% of your receipt will be donated to VBEF Read More…
