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.
Gifted Family and Community Involvement
Upcoming Webinar!
Gifted Parent Webinar #3 – March 21, 2022 - Gifted 101: Welcome to Gifted Services
Whether you are new to identification in Virginia Beach or just want a refresher course on what it means to be gifted, join us to learn more about what to expect at each level and how gifted services transition throughout a child's academic career.
Submit questions about perfectionism here until 3/16: https://forms.office.com/r/pR5i5ttvmJ
Join the Webinar here at 6:30 pm on March 21, 2023: https://vbschools.zoom.us/j/82682060798
Community Advisory Committee for Gifted Education (CAC)
The VBCPS Community Advisory Committee for Gifted Education (CAC) provides essential insights and information to the School Board regarding the academic, social, and emotional needs of all identified gifted students in the school division. The committee includes parents of gifted students and community members as voting members. Local school personnel and gifted students serve as ex-officio non-voting members. The duties of the CAC are comprised of the following roles and responsibilities:
- Review periodically the Local Plan for the Education of the Gifted, including revisions.
- Determine the extent to which local the plan for the previous year was implemented.
- Develop annual goals and recommendations.
- Represent the community of gifted learners and all related stakeholders.
- Encourage a collaborative relationship between school division staff and the community.
- Become knowledgeable about current programs, research, and best practices in gifted education and its relationships with general education.
- Focus attention on issues relative to improving the educational services for gifted students.
- Submit written recommendations of the Committee to the Superintendent and the School Board.
To contact the Gifted CAC, please email Jennifer McKendree, CAC Chairperson or contact the Office of K-12 and Gifted Programs at 757.263.1188.
All CAC meetings are open to the public. Guests are welcome to attend. Only members of the CAC may participate in any part of the meeting other than the public comment portion of the meeting. The CAC encourages all citizens to communicate with any member regarding matters related to gifted education and the work of the CAC. Due to the limited time scheduled to conduct business and the need to follow approved agenda items, the CAC Chairperson asks that guests seeking to ask questions or comment during the meeting may do so by contacting committee members through other methods of communication, including emailing the Committee Chairperson.
Gifted Community Advisory Committee Members
- Jennifer McKendree, Chairperson
- Kerwin Kolheffer, Co-Chairperson
- Tonya Rivers
- Brittany Horn
- Whitney Harding
- Kristina Laber
- Frances Thompson
- Morgan Morrison
- Rachel Copeland
- Rachel Preston
Voting members commit to a three-year term when applying to be on the Gifted Community Advisory Committee.
Gifted Community Advisory Committee Meeting Calendar 2022-2023
All meetings will be from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM and will offer a virtual joining option for those not able to attend the meeting in person which will be in the agenda that posted on this page a week in advance of the meeting.
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September 12, 2022 | School Administration Building Einstein Lab 2512 George Mason Dr Virginia Beach, VA 23456 Virtual Option Join Link in Agenda |
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October 3, 2022 | Due to school closures and inclement weather, the October CAC meeting has been cancelled. | Agenda |
November 14, 2022 | Salem Middle 2380 Lynnhaven Pkwy Virginia Beach, VA 23464 Virtual Option Join Link in Agenda |
Agenda | Minutes |
January 9, 2023 | Pembroke Meadows Elementary 820 Cathedral Dr. Virginia Beach, VA 23455 Virtual Option Join Link in Agenda |
Agenda | Minutes |
February 6, 2023 | Kempsville High 5194 Chief Trail Virginia Beach, VA 23464 Virtual Option Join Link in Agenda |
Agenda | Minutes |
March 6, 2023 | Plaza Middle 3080 S. Lynnhaven Rd Virginia Beach, VA 23452 Virtual Option Join Link in Agenda |
Agenda |
April 3, 2023 | Strawbridge Elementary 2553 Strawbridge Rd Virginia Beach, VA 23456 Virtual Option Join Link in Agenda |
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May 1, 2023 | Bayside High 4960 Haygood Rd Virginia Beach, VA 23455 Virtual Option Join Link in Agenda |