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Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Night May 7

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Make your voice heard in new strategic plan survey

Every day, at your job, you see up close the needs of our students and staff. Now, it is time to share your experiences and take part in the online survey developed to guide the creation of the next strategic plan for Virginia Beach City Public Schools. This survey was developed with the feedback received…

Supporting Youth Art Month

Renaissance Academy Art teachers, Nancy Habit and Susan Owens along with Assistant Principal Michael Vanterpool enjoyed the grand opening of the Youth Art Month Show at the MOCA. Tell your friends! Follow us!

Salem Elementary boasts ‘mighty minds’

Salem Elementary School teachers recently participated in the Mighty Minds music program for third-graders. See how Tabitha Pearman, Gwen Mahwhinney, Melissa Miles, Caroline Altman, Ashley Polychroni, Micah Harris and Caroline Thietje help get into character for the show. Tell your friends! Follow us!

Sprague selected to attend national math and science teaching academy

Linkhorn Park Elementary School’s Aubrey Sprague has been selected by the National Council of Teachers in Mathematics (NCTM) and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) to attend the 2014 Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy. According to the NCTM and NSTA, Sprague is one of just 150 teachers selected from more than 1,100 applicants nationwide to take…

Newtown’s celebration of success

Recently, the staff at Newtown Elementary School took some time to celebrate. The school had earned Distinguished Title I School Status by the Virginia Department of Education. The title was bestowed on just 55 of the Commonwealth’s more than 700 Title 1 schools. To earn the honor, schools had to meet all state and federal…

FC teachers defy expectations (and gravity) for student project

There is no questioning the sacrifices teachers make day in, day out for students: the long hours of grading papers, the afterschool tutoring, serving as coaches, mentors, advisors. The list goes on and on. However, even the most zealous of staff members would probably agree two First Colonial High School teachers took their devotion to…

Renaissance’s differentiating workshop

Middle school teachers at Renaissance Academy recently enjoyed participating in activities during a workshop on differentiating instruction. At the workshop, staff learned more on differentiating instruction for individual student needs by taking part in various hands-on activities. These “experiments” were to help staff see how things aren’t always as they seem and to encourage team…

Point O’View staff go back in time for school talent show

Check out these moves! Staff members at Point O’View Elementary School took part in a special throwback dance number at the school’s Blast From the Past talent show. After students took the stage with a number of dance and song routines, it was the staff’s turn. See some of the pictures here: Tell your friends!…

Matney named Virginia Student Councils Association Administrator of the Year

Dr. Brian Matney, principal of Landstown High School, has been named the Virginia Student Councils Association Administrator of the Year for 2013 – 2014. This decision was made by the Advisory Committee of the Virginia Student Councils Association (VSCA), upon the recommendation of the VSCA Awards and Elections Subcommittee. The official awarding of this distinction will take…

Newtown’s collaborative lesson planning

Newtown third-grade teachers and math coaches collaborated on how to create impactful fraction activities using manipulatives and ActivTables. Tell your friends! Follow us!

Kilczewski earns National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks Workshop position

Congratulations to Kemps Landing Magnet School English teacher Lisa Kilczewski, who has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks Workshop position this summer. Kilczewski will receive a stipend to study Emily Dickinson’s poetry in Amherst, Mass., at the Emily Dickinson museum and at Amherst college. Out of 260 national applicants, 80 K-12 teachers were selected.…

Ferebee earns VIAAA Distinguished Service Award

Congratulations to Green Run High School’s Ronnie Ferebee, who received the Virginia Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (VIAAA) Distinguished Service Award last month. According to the VIAAA, this award is presented to an individual outside the field of interscholastic athletic administration in recognition of their service to interscholastic athletics. Tell your friends! Follow us!

Bayside Middle’s strategy sharing session

Teachers at Bayside Middle School used one PLP lesson to share some of their best strategies. Instructors in each discipline and grade level made a display of a lesson they had incorporated in their class, complete with student samples. At the after-school PLP meeting in the library, teachers collected ideas and could share insight on…

Best All Around award nominations due April 4

It’s that time again. The city of VIrginia Bach is seeking nominations for its annual Best All Around Awards. If you work with, work for or simply know those in Virginia Beach who are deserving of this award, the Nomination Forms to all the Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) for staff and students can…

Purple Up! For Military Kids scheduled for April 2

VBCPS joins the Department of Defense, the DoDEA, Operation Military Kids, and the military community in celebrating April as the Month of the Military Child. Military children face many challenges unique to their situation, such as having a parent deployed for extended periods of time and moving frequently. Deployments and family separations can be stressful…

Next national speaker series session scheduled for April 21

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Spedden named Mideast Sectional Coach of the Year

Ocean Lakes High School baseball coach Gary Spedden has been named the National Federation of State High School (NFHS) Coaches Association 2013 Mideast Sectional Coach of the Year. The NFHS Mideast section includes Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, D.C., Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio and Pennsylvania. According to the NFHS website, the organization has been recognizing coaches…

John B Dey celebrates with dear friends

In lieu of a holiday luncheon, staff held a winter luncheon earlier this year. The special lunch was provided by principal Beth Bianchi and assistant principal Valerie Cason-Williamston and it was prepared by cafeteria manager Debbie Cathey. To further celebrate the event, Bianchi invited two special guests to join the John B. Dey staff: Former…

VBRC’s Spring Membership Drive is here

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