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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.

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, 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

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

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.

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.

Date Location Agendas/Minutes
September 12, 2022 School Administration Building
Einstein Lab
2512 George Mason Dr
Virginia Beach, VA 23456

Virtual Option Join Link in Agenda
Minutes
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

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Agenda | Minutes
January 9, 2023 Pembroke Meadows Elementary
820 Cathedral Dr.
Virginia Beach, VA 23455

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Agenda | Minutes
February 6, 2023 Kempsville High
5194 Chief Trail
Virginia Beach, VA 23464

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Agenda | Minutes
March 6, 2023 Plaza Middle
3080 S. Lynnhaven Rd
Virginia Beach, VA 23452

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Agenda
April 3, 2023 Strawbridge Elementary
2553 Strawbridge Rd
Virginia Beach, VA 23456

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May 1, 2023 Bayside High
4960 Haygood Rd
Virginia Beach, VA 23455

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