Let’s Move! Active Schools announced that Red Mill Elementary School is one of five schools in Virginia and 544 schools nationwide to receive the 2016 Let’s Move! Active Schools National Award. The organization, part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move initiative, recognizes outstanding efforts in creating active school environments, including providing students with at least Read More…
What’s Cool in the Schools
LPES student featured in national Down syndrome awareness video
On Saturday, Sept. 17, Linkhorn Park Elementary School student James Grunwald will be a star on the Times Square jumbotron in New York City. A photo of him holding a book he wrote and illustrated as a first-grader last spring entitled, “I Can,” will appear in the National Down Syndrome Society’s (NDSS) annual Times Square video Read More…
Green Schools National Network blog features VBCPS submission
Kudos to Marie Culver, gifted resource teacher at Seatack Elementary, An Achievable Dream Academy, for her feature published on the Green Schools National Network blog. Her submission, “Growing a Greener and Cleaner World with Ocean Friendly Gardens,” describes the efforts of school staff, students, parents and community members last year to create the first Ocean Friendly Read More…
Kingston prepares to help students make their mark
“Make Your Mark” is what Kingston Elementary School staff will be encouraging students to do this year. Kingston’s administrators brought the theme to life for teachers by challenging them to make their own mark with activities in the school’s new makerspace lab and with a scavenger hunt based on focus initiatives for the school year. The Read More…
Diamond Springs teachers go along for the ride
The first weeks of school are an important time for students, especially new kindergartners and first-graders, to get comfortable with new routines, bus transportation and more. When your school has 600 kindergartners and first-graders, as Diamond Springs Elementary School (DSES) does, dismissal time is a time for all hands on deck – and on the buses. DSES Read More…
Staff members spin support for Bayside leadership workshop
Car washes. Concession stands. Cookie sales. All are methods schools used by schools to raise money to support student activities and athletics. Bayside High School (BHS) teacher and SCA adviser Ashley Williamson put out the call for a more active way to support the school’s annual leadership workshop – spin class. The BHS SCA hosted Read More…
The Week in Photos: Sept. 5-9
What a great opening week of school! Welcoming signs. Welcoming staff. Caring community partners. Engaged parents and families. And, did we mention the Blue Angels? Take a look at some photos captured by school media liaisons and school division staff. We hope next week is just as amazing! Many schools took staff photos to mark the Read More…
Shelton Park encourages students to make PAWSitive choices
Sitting outside the school principal’s office is often associated with student misbehavior. This year, at Shelton Park Elementary School (SPES), sitting outside the principal’s office means a student is sitting in the “I’m Proud of My Selfie” chair and is waiting to share good news. According to SPES Principal Tara Brewer, the positive reinforcement for good Read More…
New academy celebrates opening with ribbon cutting ceremony
The Entrepreneurship and Business Academy (EBA) at Kempsville High School celebrated its opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony Sept. 6, the first day of the new school year. The academy’s first class of ninth-grade students were introduced to parents, community members and Kempsville staff members in the audience. “I know I speak for my fellow Read More…
Hermitage Elementary shines a light on learning
Hermitage Elementary School is ‘Shining a Light on Learning’ this school year. The school theme is depicted with images of lighthouses on welcome banners and classroom signs. However the most meaningful messages are found on an actual lighthouse placed in the center of the school’s main hallway. Hermitage staff describe their hopes for students this year Read More…
