What do you do when you want to recognize the dedication and commitment of school partnership coordinators tasked with actively engaging the community to support student achievement? If you are Chili’s, a Partner in Education (PIE) with 33 schools in the division, you invite all 110 school coordinators to a PIE Appreciation Night in their Read More…
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VB staff’s firsthand account of Leaders to Sea
Two Virginia Beach teachers, Carl Peake and Angela German, were able to take part in the U.S. Navy’s Leaders to Sea program. According to the U.S. Navy, the Leaders to Sea program gives key leaders from all sectors – corporate, civic, government, education, non-profit – the opportunity to embark on a Navy ship and meet Read More…
Landstown’s Stewart becomes Scuba Santa
Jeff Stewart, a science teacher at Landstown High School, had the chance to wear a new hat…and boots and air tank…this holiday season. Stewart represented the school system at the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center as “Scuba Santa.” Stewart will reprise his role Dec 21. Tell your friends! Follow us!
Independence staff spares an afternoon for outing
Independence Middle School staff got the chance to unwind at a recent after school bowling party sponsored by the school’s Staff Welfare Committee. Check out the pictures below: Tell your friends! Follow us!
Newland named Library of Congress Teacher in Residence
It started with a summer session for professional development, and it ended with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Last year, Rebecca Newland – library media specialist for Kemps Landing Magnet School – attended a Summer Teacher Institute in Washington DC. The weeklong workshop trained teachers on how to provide and/or use primary sources for their students. One Read More…
Transportation’s turtles
The Transportation Services facility on Harpers Road was designed and built to meet the Platinum LEED standards. This included 100 percent rainwater runoff into “rain gardens.” These gardens are depressed areas with native trees, shrubs, grasses and wetland plants. This was done to help restore the surrounding land to its natural habitat. One sign of Read More…
ATC teacher travels to Europe for international competition
Lee Troxell, digital design instructor and ATC SkillsUSA lead advisor, traveled to Leipzig, Germany this summer to serve as the United States Expert in Graphic Design at the WorldSkills International competition. It’s the second such trip for Troxell: Last year, he traveled to Brazil, also representing the United States. Troxell was selected to train and Read More…
Teachers take the colonial road less traveled
This summer served up a giant step back in time for some of Virginia Beach’s teachers. Several teachers throughout the division took the opportunity to be a part of the Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute, a weeklong program that gives elementary and middle school teachers hands-on, fully-immersive experiences to take back to their classrooms. As part Read More…
VISTA gives VB teachers a new view on science
Over the summer, a group of Virginia Beach teachers were selected to take part in the Virginia Initiative for Science Teaching and Achievement (VISTA) program. For Virginia Beach staff, that meant taking part in a four-week Elementary Science Institute held at the College of William & Mary. Irene Sclafani and Corinne Wolfe-Cornwell from Windsor Oaks Read More…
75 years young
March 14 was a special day in the halls of Fairfield Elementary: Ms. Vaughan was turning 75. Vaughan, who has been with Virginia Beach Schools for 34 years and who has two daughters in education (Jennifer Thorpe, a second-grade teacher at Kempsville Elementary and Kimberly Ritter, a media specialist at Young Park Elementary in Norfolk) Read More…
