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Red Mill ‘super’ staff comes to hungry families’ rescue

Red Mill Elementary School’s SCA sponsored a week long “Super Hero Food Drive” that ended with a Super Hero themed school Spirit Day. Red Mill staff and students (also known as the Red Mill Super Heroes) showed they “Have the Power to Fight Hunger” by collecting 2,793 nonperishable food items. Take a look at how…

Bayside’s bidding (and giving) spirit

Bayside Middle School recently held its silent auction. The event not only raised $1,500 for its holiday project, but also created friendly competitive bidding among the faculty. The Hospitality Committee will use the funds to buy clothes and Christmas gifts for needy families of Bayside Middle. Tell your friends! Follow us!

Askew earns VBPD distinction

Kempsville Elementary’s Moira Askew received a certificate of appreciation recently from the Virginia Beach Police Department. Askew, and her daughter Mariah Smith, a 2012 Kempsville High School graduate, started the organization Blankets for the Homeless Hampton Roads in October 2011 and have already distributed more than 40,000 blankets and hand-packed bagged lunches to people living…

Bayside High cheers on famous alum during Spirit Day

Bayside High School and Health Sciences Academy teachers showed their support for their former quarterback EJ Manuel at a recent spirit day. Manuel graduated from BHS in 2008 as an All-American quarterback. While there he participated in the SCA Mr. Bayside Pageant, was a member of the basketball team, ran Track and went on to quarterback…

Wiggins named Hampton Roads Hero

Pembroke Elementary School’s Judy Wiggins was named a Fox 43 Hampton Roads Hero, which is given in recognition of extraordinary effort and commitment to the Hampton Roads community. Wiggins, an ID teacher at the school, was nominated by one of her student’s parents for all of her work with students with disabilities. See the full story…

Lavender named Virginia Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year

Linda Lavender, Computer Network Administration instructor at the Advanced Technology Center, was named the Virginia Chapter Association of Career and Technical Education’s Teacher of the Year for Community Service. She was recognized for her volunteer activities including the creation, design and support of the ATC’s Parent Technology Academy, developing green and sustainable practices and incorporating…

Young, Freeman named ‘Trailblazing Teachers’ by Center for Green Schools

Kemps Landing Magnet School’s Jamie Young and Kellam High School’s Christopher Freeman have been named two “Trailblazing Teachers” by the United States Green Building Council’s Center for Green Schools. Ten teachers are selected twice each year from across the country, and both Young and Freeman made this fall’s list. According to the USGBC, in order…

New Kellam High School redefines the 21st century learning environment

This post was submitted from the VBCPS Office of Facilities Planning and Construction, which is overseen by Tony Arnold, director. On Jan. 27, 2014, more than 2,000 students and staff will report to the new 349,350 square-foot Kellam High School, located at 2665 West Neck Rd. Since 1998 VBCPS has constructed twenty nine facilities at…

Preventing arc flash

This post was submitted from the VBCPS Office of School Plant Services, which is overseen by Brian Baxter, director. With safety in our facilities being our number one goal, it is important to discuss a situation called arc flash, which is governed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Fire Protection…

The role of the VBCPS Transporation Crash Review Board

This post was submitted from the VBCPS Office of Safety and Loss Control, which is overseen by Richard Ponti, director. A significant expense for almost any school division is the cost of commercial automobile insurance. One way of maintaining or lowering this expense is to prevent or minimize motor vehicle crashes. Virginia Beach City Public…

Cleaning, sanitizing and targeted disinfecting in the classroom

This post was submitted from the VBCPS Office of Custodial Services, which is overseen by Larry Ames, director. Every day dozens of students and staff move in and out of our classrooms, making these environments uniquely prone to the spread of infectious diseases – such as colds and the flu. The presence of frequently touched…

Focus on energy management

This post was submitted from the VBCPS Office of School Plant Services, which is overseen by Brian Baxter, director. Virginia Beach City Public Schools has realized substantial energy savings and cost avoidances through numerous energy management initiatives that are managed by the Office of School Plant. As staff and schools are aware, energy management initiatives…

Supply Services hosted conference focusing on textbook; instructional materials accountability

This post was submitted from the VBCPS Office of Supply Services, which is overseen by Eric Woodhouse, director. The First Annual Hayes Software Systems TIPWeb-IM (Inventory Management) Conference for the State of Virginia was held last month. The event was sponsored by Hayes and hosted by Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) in the Supply…

School bus drivers and school administrators – A partnership in transporting children

This post was submitted from the VBCPS Office of Transportation Services, which is overseen by David Pace, director. One of the most important things school bus drivers and school administrators can do to help one another is to have a mutual respect and trust. As we look at the driver and the administrator it is…

Focus on food quality and appeal

This post was submitted from the VBCPS Office of Food Services, which is overseen by Dr. John Smith, director. On Jan.26, 2012, the USDA released its final rule for defining the new nutrition standards and meal pattern requirements for School Nutrition Programs. Overall, the regulations require all schools participating in the National School Lunch Program…

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!

Soccio and Walker earn VBRC honors

The Virginia Beach Reading Council (VBRC) have named their annual Teacher and Administrator of the Year for 2013-14. Congratulations to Glenwood Elementary’s Tammie Soccio, who has been named the 2013-14 Reading Teacher of the Year, and Sean R. Walker, principal at Alanton Elementary School, received the James D. Mullins Leadership Award as Administrator of the…

Bring your dad to work day at Corporate Landing Middle

Students in Corey Wiles’ seventh-grade class have the benefit of some additional instruction. Richard Harris is a financial planner, and for the past six years has found time to visit Wiles’ classes to help cover a number of topics. For example, last month, when the class was studying positive and negative integers, Harris used his…

Headlines 2013-14: Virginia Beach staff in the news

Check out the following staff members who have authored or been featured in recent publications: Ed Gibbs, a fifth-grade teacher at Three Oaks Elementary, wrote a column for the News and Features section of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) web site. The ARRL is the national organization of ham radio operators. Gibbs is the…

VB’s GRTs take over Alligator River Refuge

While on a weekend retreat to plan upcoming units, GRTs Amy Furlich (Corporate Landing), Terri Darnell (Thoroughgood), Terri Hawley (Trantwood) and Karen Reidelbach (Windsor Oaks) visited the Alligator River Wildlife Refuge as part of preparation for the third-grade Structures in Nature’s PBL, Red Wolf. They took lots of pictures and studied the exhibit. The ranger…