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Erika
Reed and John Sutton, both sixth-grade
social studies teachers, design and plant a garden to attract
butterflies at Bayside Middle School. The teachers
sponsor the Green Club at the school which educates the students
and staff about recycling and conservation. Recently the club
held a used cell phone collection drive to fund the garden. |
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Congratulations
to Princess Anne High School art teacher Betsy
DiJulio on having her student’s art work win the
top prize in the Congressional Art Competition sponsored by Congressman
Glenn Nye's office. The work – a portrait of the student's
grandfather eating a dumpling with chopsticks – will hang
at the capitol for a year. In addition, the student artist will
be honored at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. along with other winners
from across the country. NOTE: Betsy DiJulio is profiled as the
2010 Citywide Teacher of the Year in the lead article of this issue
of e-Kaleidoscope. |
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Matthew
Orebaugh, Diamond Springs Elementary physical
education teacher, receives an award from Delegate Bouchard congratulating
him on being selected as the school's 2008-2009 Teacher of the Year. |
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Pembroke
Elementary staff members who made donations for Relay for
Life had the privilege of wearing jeans and their favorite flip
flops on Flip Flop Day. Pictured left to right are music teacher
Stephanie Brown, third-grade teacher Jeanne
Shepard, physical education assistant Mary Olliges,
special education fifth-grade teacher Katie Kuhn,
special education teacher assistant for kindergarten and first-grade
teachers Sandee Maggi, and fifth-grade teacher
Stacy Sedory. |
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Delegate
Joe Bouchard presented Pembroke Elementary School speech
and language pathologist Pamela Roberts a Commendation
from the Virginia General Assembly in recognition of her being named
the schools 2010 Teacher of the Year. |
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Teachers
and administrators at Bayside Elementary School recently
attended the Virginia Beach Reading Council Spring Banquet honoring
Reading Teachers of the Year. Pictured are assistant principal Linda
Morrissey, Reading Teacher of the Year Linda Caldwell,
and principal Lori Hasher enjoying the festivities. |
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Second
graders at Bayside Elementary recently researched
animals and then created habitats. Pictured is second-grade teacher
Sarah Cooper demonstrating to students how to
put the finishing touches on their projects. |
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Newtown
Elementary third-grade teachers show their spirit for the
school's SOL Pep Rally. Pictured are (standing) Mary North,
Sharon Wood, Kelly Becker, Kimani Vaughan,
Maureen Fanelli, Amy Hardwick, Arlina Staton, Wendy Lyle, (kneeling)
Gwen Mawhinney, Katie Lewis, Kelly Whitley, Nicole Adams,
and (seated) Delores Simpson. |
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Congratulations
to Cooke Elementary on having its Pizza Patrol
featured in the May 2009 issue of District Administration Magazine
as a model of parental engagement. You may recall that this unique
initiative was featured in the February 2009 edition of e-Kaleidoscope.
Check out the original article by clicking
on this link. Scroll down to the fourth article. |
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City
traffic engineer Brian Proctor visited the classes of Ocean
Lakes Elementary fifth-grade teachers Jeanne Miesse
and Susan Sabine in May. Proctor discussed the
meaning of various signs and also reviewed the math formulas used
by traffic engineers in designing traffic flow at intersections.
Pictured are Brian Proctor and Jeanne Miesse. |
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Centerville
Elementary fifth-grade teacher Rick DeLugo
and security assistant Mary Bare volunteered their
Saturday to give the 25-year-old school yard a landscaping facelift. |
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Vickie Dean, seventh-grade English teacher, has
received the I Make a Difference award at Princess
Anne Middle School. Having worked at the school over nine
years, her abilities have served her well in teaching students over
multiple grade levels as well as in content areas of special education,
English or her favorite, social studies. |
