YCSD FY13 Operating Budget Community Information Session (2012/2/3)

A second information session on the York County School Division's FY13 Operating Budget will be held on February 6 at 6 p.m. at Bruton High School. Superintendent Eric Williams, Ed.D., will provide parents and community members with the latest budget information at the session.

Yorktown Women's Club Art Competition (2012/2/3)

The following students were chosen to represent Queens Lake Middle School (QLMS) in the annual Yorktown Women's Club Art Competition: Lucy Smith, Caitlyn Shafer, Ashley Cordner and Aimee Nazario-Ovalle. They will be competing against other York County School Division artists. Winning this local competition can lead to wins at regional and state competitions.

Queens Lake Middle Spelling Bee (2012/2/3)

Queens Lake Middle School (QLMS) students that are participating in the 2nd Annual Spelling Bee, have been practicing all of January. The Spelling Bee will be held after school on Tuesday, February 7th. Come out and support these students.

Celebrate More Birthdays! (2012/2/3)

During the month of February Queens Lake Middle School (QLMS) will be selling cupcakes after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A cupcake cart will visit each after school activity. Cupcakes will be sold for $1.00 to benefit the American Cancer Society. "A World with less cancer is a World with more birthdays."

Students Have a "Cool" Time at the Snowman Party at Magruder Elementary! (2012/2/3)

Kindergarten through second grade students at Magruder Elementary School (MES) met after school to do fun reading activities centered around snowmen. They made a snowman luminary, played snowman games, read snowman books and made a snowman bagel sandwich for a snack. Everyone had a "cool" time at the Snowman Party at MES.

Grafton Middle School Celebrates Black History (2012/2/3)

Seventh grade students at Grafton Middle School (GMS) honored Martin Luther King Jr. in Jill Barnes' English class. Students utilized "Bring Your Own Technology" (BYOT) to summarize and draw visual representations of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech.

Grafton Middle: "NOT AT OUR SCHOOL" (2012/2/3)

Roman Alis' Writers Roundtable students are getting ready for their production illustrating repercussions of cyber-bullying at Grafton Middle School (GMS). Students wrote, cast and directed the production to boost awareness of cyber-bullying amongst their peers. Directors and writers of the final scripts included Mandy Riffe, Rachel Rhymer and Victoria Sumrell.

York County School Division 2021 Science Fair Winners Announced (2012/1/27)

The annual York County School Division (YCSD) Science Fair was held on January 19, 2012 at the Grafton School Complex. Secondary students from throughout the division competed in the science fair. The theme for this year's science fair was "Imagine, Create, Engineer the Future." Congratulations to all the winners and participants.

Grafton Bethel SCA Members are Civic-Minded with Kindergarteners (2012/1/27)

Grafton Bethel Elementary School (GBES) Student Council member, Devyn Wilder, is reading a booklet, I Am a Good Citizen , which was written by the members of the student council. GBES SCA was invited to come into each kindergarten class and read the "good citizen" booklet aloud to the students in hopes of encouraging good citizenship and acting as civic role-models. Each kindergarten student at GBES was given a booklet that was written and illustrated by an SCA member.

Coventry Elementary Celebrates 5th Annual All School Listens Program (2012/1/27)

Coventry Elementary School (CES) students enjoy a performance by magician, Stephen A. Somers. The mystery-themed performance kicked off the 5th Annual Coventry All-School Listens as part of the Read Aloud Virginia program. Read Aloud Virginia encourages families to read aloud together at home to increase students' vocabulary, reading comprehension and most of all to have fun together. CES will be listening to "The 100-Year-Old Secret" throughout the month of February.

Chinese Brush Painting at Grafton Middle (2012/1/27)

Eight grade students, Stephanie Nardi and Tea' Roland, of Grafton Middle School (GMS) practice Chinese Brush Painting in Vicky Layne's Introduction to Art class.

Guess Who Is Reading at Grafton Middle? (2012/1/27)

Grafton Middle School (GMS) students are standing in line to get the newest book titles. New titles go flying off the shelves as soon as students hear about them. Sixth graders Beatrice Tombs, Nicole Pitchford and AJ Garcia, from Bridget Ewell's english class, are excited to get their book selection. The Son of Neptune , The Hunger Games , and The Sea of Monsters are some of the most popular books at GMS.

Ft. Eustis TRADOC Band Woodwind Quintet Performs for YMS 6th Grade Band Students (2012/1/27)

The TRADOC Ft. Eustis Band Woodwind Quintet performed on January 20th for the 6th grade Band students at Yorktown Middle School (YMS).

Yorktown Middle Band Performs for the York County Retired Teachers Association (2012/1/27)

Four Yorktown Middle School (YMS) Band students performed for the January meeting of the York County Retired Teachers Association. They performed a trumpet and tuba duet and a snare drum duet.

YCSD FY13 Operating Budget Parent Information Sessions (2012/1/19)

York County School Division (YCSD) Superintendent Eric Williams will provide parents with the latest budget information at two Parent Information Sessions. The sessions will be held on February 1, 6 p.m. at Tabb High School and on February 6, 6 p.m. at Bruton High School.

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