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Virginia Beach high schools to compete in interscholastic lacrosse for first time this spring
Virginia Beach high schools to compete in interscholastic lacrosse for first time this spring

For the very first time, Virginia Beach high schools will be playing lacrosse interscholastically starting this spring. With the Beach District season recently underway, each high school is fielding a varsity boys and a varsity girls team. On Tuesday, March 28, Kempsville and Ocean Lakes will play in a girls/boys doubleheader at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex (2044 Landstown Centre Way, Virginia Beach, VA 23456.) The Beach District schedule for all VBCPS schools begins on April 4.

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Virginia Beach high schools to compete in interscholastic lacrosse for first time this spring
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For the very first time, Virginia Beach high schools will be playing lacrosse interscholastically starting this spring. With the Beach District season recently underway, each high school is fielding a varsity boys and a varsity girls team. On Tuesday, March 28, Kempsville and Ocean Lakes will play in a girls/boys doubleheader at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex (2044 Landstown Centre Way, Virginia Beach, VA 23456.) The Beach District schedule for all VBCPS schools begins on April 4.

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Community Listening Sessions Scheduled March 25 – April 3 ​​​​​​​ to Gain Resident Input on Future Election System

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (March 13, 2023) – The City of Virginia Beach, in partnership with the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia, will hold a series of community listening sessions between March 25 and April 3. Residents will have an opportunity to provide their input on the City’s election system and how they elect their representatives. Feedback will be captured by the event moderators and provided to City Council in a final report.

Two Virginia Beach schools recognized as national models for college and career readiness
Two Virginia Beach schools recognized as national models for college and career readiness (opens in new window/tab)

Great Neck and Salem Middle schools in Virginia Beach have once again received distinction as AVID National Demonstration Schools. This elite designation has been awarded to only 200 of 8,000 AVID schools in the United States and around the world. AVID National Demonstration Schools exhibit a college and career readiness culture through rigor and high expectations for all students throughout the school.

Students with "EllRay Jakes is Magic!" book
VBCPS plans a magical month of reading with All District Reads (opens in new window/tab)

Ask any Virginia Beach fifth grader what they’re reading in March, and they’ll all answer the same thing — “EllRay Jakes is Magic!” That’s because Virginia Beach City Public Schools is participating in an exciting literacy program called All District Reads, which puts a free book into the hands of every fifth grader and encourages them to read aloud and discuss the story with their families, classmates and community.

Appeals Process

Parents or guardians may appeal the decision of an academy or advanced academic program selection committee when there is pertinent information that was not submitted with the original application. Appeals must be submitted to the coordinator (middle and high school programs) or principal (elementary programs) of the academy or advanced academic program in writing via letter or electronic communication and must include the additional pertinent information.

Deadline Dates for Appeals

  • March 10, 2023: All high school academy programs and advanced academic programs
  • March 27, 2023: Middle Years Program at Plaza Middle School

All data initially gathered in the application process will be reviewed by the appeals committee and may not be revised, updated, or in any other way modified. This includes, but is not limited to student applications and recommendations, testing, auditions, and portfolios. If any portion of the original student application was not included in the application, it may not be added at the time of appeal. The coordinator of middle and high academy or advanced academic programs or principal of elementary academy programs will form an appeals committee. At the meeting of the appeals committee, all application data that has been collected in the application process, including additional, pertinent information submitted in the appeal will be reviewed.

The committee's decision regarding a student not selected for the program and not placed on the waiting list may include one of the following:

  • Uphold the original decision of the selection committee
  • Reverse the decision of the selection committee moving the student to the accepted list of students
  • Reverse the decision of the selection committee moving the student to the waiting list of students

The committee's decision regarding a student not selected for the program, but placed on the waiting list may include one of the following:

  • Uphold the original decision of the selection committee
  • Reverse the decision of the selection committee moving the student from the waiting list to the list of accepted student

The parents or guardians will be informed of the appeals committee’s decision by letter. If the parents/guardians do not agree with this decision, they may submit an additional appeal to the Executive Director of Secondary Teaching and Learning within 5 business days of the receipt of the appeals committee’s decision letter.