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Virginia Beach City Public Schools Music Education Program Receives National Recognition for 16th Year

For the 16th time, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation. Now in its 26th year, the Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement for providing music access and education to all students.

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Virginia Beach City Public Schools Music Education Program Receives National Recognition for 16th Year

For the 16th time, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation. Now in its 26th year, the Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement for providing music access and education to all students.

2025 Citywide Volunteers of the Year

Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) values and promotes active engagement of the community in all our schools. The Office of Family and Community Engagement coordinates many volunteer opportunities for community members to interact and contribute to the academic achievement of our students and the overall continuous improvement of VBCPS.

2025-26 federal grant information presented to Virginia Beach School Board

The Virginia Beach School Board received information about proposed federal grant applications at its May 13 meeting. For the 2025-26 school year, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) would receive approximately $21.6 million in formula grant funds through programs authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA).

Scholarship Resources

If you find that one of these websites is not working or have a useful site to share, please e-mail scholarships@vbschools.com.

Access College Foundation - accesscollege.org
Provides a college advisor for high school students and their parents to help with researching higher education opportunities and filing the FAFSA

American Indian Higher Education Censortium - aihec.org
Scholarships for high school students who are of American Indian descent

ASPIRA Association - aspira.org
Scholarships for high school students who are either Puerto Rican or Latino descent

INROADS - inroads.org
Scholarships for high School students that are African American, Hispanic American, or Native American interested in business and technology

NAACP - naacp.org
Scholarships for high school students who are African American

National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering - nacme.org
Scholarships for high school students who are minorities and are interested in engineering, technology, and math based careers

National Urban League - nul.org
Scholarships for high school students that are African American and economically disadvantaged

United Negro College Fund - uncf.org
Scholarships for high school students that plan to go to historically black colleges and universities

Mometrix Test Preparation - mometrix.com
How college funding works, the types of scholarships available, how to find them and how to apply for them.

ACT - act.org
Most comprehensive site with college, career, ACT test information, and Discover career exploration

Black Excel - Blackexcel.org
A most comprehensive scholarship list for Black students, a college help package, a reference guide to 143 historically black colleges, and a medical school help package

CollegeBoard - collegeboard.org
The College Board resource for colleges, careers, financial aid/loan information, and SAT question of the day

College Stats - collegestats.org
College search, college essay help, extensive information on financial aid and scholarships, FAFSA, virtual college tours, and more

collegexpress - collegexpress.com
Private college search, colleges also can search for you, financial aid, can enter personal information to get feedback in several categories

U.S. Department of Education - ed.gov
U.S. Department of Education - click on "College Financial target="_blank" Aid;" The Student Guide, Funding Your Education, and Looking for Student Aid

Embark - embark.com
CollegeEdge serves everyone involved in the transition to higher education

EssayEdge - essayedge.com
college application essay writing advice site on the Internet plus a free application essay help course and over 100 successful essays to see as examples

FAFSA - studentaid.gov
FAFSA on the Web (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)

fastweb - fastweb.com
One of the Internet's largest free scholarship searches

finaid - finaid.org
Student Guide to Financial Aid - one of the most complete financial aid sites on the Internet

IMDiversity - IMDiversity.com
Provides minority professionals with comprehensive job seeking and career management tools

National Association for College Admission Counseling - nacacnet.org
NACAC - Parent and student info;college admissions; on-line college fairs throughout the year

My College Guide - mycollegeguide.org
College search, the common application, questions and answers about college admissions and financial aid, and financial aid information

National Junior College Athletic Association - njcaa.org
NJCAA information on scholarships and academic eligibility requirements

sallie mae - salliemae.com
Understanding financial aid and loans, scholarship search

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia - schev.edu
State Council of higher Education for Virginia (Spanish language)

Universities - universities.com
National/international college database, scholarships and grants, FAFSA information and application

Wired Scholar - wiredscholar.com
This site, operated by Sallie Mae, the educational loan lender, is another good place to start.

U.S. Air Force - airforce.com
Air Force website

Navy - navy.com
Navy website

Marines - marines.com
Marine website

U.S. Army - goarmy.com
Army website

United States Coast Guard - uscg.mil
Coast Guard website

Virginia Department of Education - doe.virginia.gov/
Virginia Department of Education website