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Each year, teachers at Ettrick Elementary School submit student poems for inclusion in a National Poetry Anthology. Many are accepted for publication annually. All Ettrick third-graders submitted poems. Forty-four student poems have been chosen for inclusion in the May 2016 edition of “A Celebration of Poets,” a national poetry anthology. This annual distinction is bestowed upon less than half of all students nationally. Ettrick Elementary has been designated a Poetic Honor School because of the high quality of poems they had published. The hard cover book is a source of pride for students and parents.
Rhonda Bailey-Clarke, a fifth grade teacher at Curtis, was recently named the Chesterfield County Gifted Teacher of the Year. Just last week, she was named the Region 1 Outstanding Teacher of the Gifted for the state of Virginia. Picture from the morning’s celebration is Bailey-Clarke with Susan Pereira, principal, Curtis Elementary and Susan Albaugh.
Rising Thomas Dale High School junior Luke Fields loves languages. With a personal goal to learn and speak several languages – Spanish, French, German and Russian – Fields is completing his second year with Japanese classes at Thomas Dale earning high honors. Good grades and motivation earned him a spot for intensive study into the language this summer during the 29th Annual Virginia Governor’s Japanese Academy at Randolph-Macon College, sponsored by the Virginia Department of Education. Nominated by his Japanese instructor Tadao Uchisawa, Fields was selected through a statewide competition from 600 applicants. He will be one of 38 Virginia…
Students in grades four and five were given an opportunity to acknowledge older adults who have had positive impacts on their lives through an essay contest that was open to all Chesterfield County Public School students. Essays were received from 262 students at 12 elementary schools. The Board of Supervisors recognized Lia Green, a student at Winterpock Elementary School, as the grand-prize winner of the annual essay contest for Older Americans Month at their meeting on April 27. Green received a copy of the resolution and a $25 gift card to Barnes & Noble. Green wrote about her great-grandma, whom…
Gov. Terry McAuliffe and the Virginia Board of Education recently honored 11 Chesterfield County schools with 2016 Virginia Index of Performance awards for advanced learning and achievement. Midlothian Middle was one of just eight schools across the state and the only school in central Virginia to earn the Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence (GAEE). To earn this top award, schools must meet all state and federal achievement benchmarks and achieve all applicable excellence goals for elementary reading, enrollment in Algebra I by the eighth grade, enrollment in college-level courses, high school graduation, attainment of advanced diplomas, increased attainment of career…
More than 4,300 Chesterfield students will receive their high school diplomas during graduation ceremonies June 9 through June 13 at VCU’s Siegel Center, 1200 W. Broad St. Graduates and their families are invited to share their best graduation photos via Facebook and Twitter with Chesterfield County Public Schools. Just use the hashtag #ccps16 when you post or tweet and be sure to include the name of your high school. This will be the last Chesterfield County Public Schools graduation for Superintendent Marcus Newsome, who will become Petersburg’s superintendent on July 1. This is also the final graduation for two retiring…
Each year, Special Olympics Virginia recognizes one school or school district in the state that has embraced the philosophy of a unified community and the Special Olympics mission and that has demonstrated a superior commitment to inclusion, acceptance, respect and dignity for all. This year’s honoree is Gates Elementary School. Here is how Val Reinford, who is vice president of local program services for Special Olympics Virginia, describes Gates Elementary School: “Gates Elementary has embraced Unified Strategies for Schools at all grade levels and in every classroom. [Unified Strategies for Schools uses sports to develop school communities where youth are…
MEGA Mentors held their 2016 Excellence Awards and Recognition Celebration Thursday May 26 at the Thomas Fulghum Center. With educational headliners as retiring School Superintendent Dr. Marcus Newsome, School Board Vice Chair Carrie Conyers, and Foundation Executive Director Jean Cauble in supporting roles, the event was quite rewarding for over 200 students, parents, and guests. Judge Cressondra Brown Conyers of the the 9th Judicial District was the guest speaking. She strongly stressed to the students to stay in school, avoid drugs, and not show up in her courtroom. As she closed, she encouraged the students not only to leave a…