Division News
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Congratulations to the Hickory High School Indoor Percussion Ensemble! |
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They were recently named the champions of the Winter Guard International - Percussion Scholastic Concert Open Class.
The award is considered a world class championship, as competitors from the U.S., Europe and Japan participated.
Winter Guard International is the leading organization promoting indoor color guard and percussion ensemble competitions.
Kudos to these students for an exceptional honor!
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Cheapeake Public Schools Educational Foundation's 7th Annual Golf Tournament |
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Thursday, June, 21, 2012
Cahoon Plantation, Chesapeake
Registration: 8:00a.m.
Shotgun Start: 9:00a.m.
Lunch: 2:00p.m.
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Congratulations to Karen Settles, Reading Specialist at Oscar Smith Middle! |
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Mrs. Settles was selected as the Stage B Outstanding Educator of the Year for Scholastic.
She will receive her award at the READ 180 National Summer Institute in New Orleans. |
Congratulations to Michelle Prescott, Chesapeake School Nurse of the Year! |
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Michelle Prescott, RN, BSN, NCSN, is the school nurse at Rena B. Wright Primary School.
Chesapeake Public Schools is very proud of her! |
Congratulations to these Chesapeake Public Schools students for winning the Annual Elie Wiesel Writing Competition and the 2012 Elie Wiesel Writing and Visual Arts Competition! |
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Four students in the Pre-International Baccalaureate program, along with their teacher, Marianne McMillin at Oscar Smith High School, have placed in the Annual Elie Wiesel Writing Competition sponsored by the Holocaust Commission of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater. Sophomores Payton Baril and Hannah Habeeb placed first and second respectively in the Senior Essay Division, and sophomores Akiya Soni and Luis Parrales placed first and third respectively in the Senior Poetry Division. The competition was open to all students from private and public schools in the Tidewater area to
commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and to promote peace and social justice. The students were recently honored at a special ceremony at Temple Beth El.
Matthew Lowry and Andy Zheng, 8th graders at Crestwood Middle School, took 1st place in the Junior Multimedia Competition. Stephen Greiling, an 8th grade student from Western Branch Middle, won Honorable Mention in the Junior Poetry Division.
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| Torey Fletcher took 2nd place and Jessica Hadaway received an Honorable Mention in the Senior Visual Arts Division. Both are from Grassfield High School and are pictured with their teacher Mrs. Meg Childers. |
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The Overall Teacher
of the Year is Mrs. Kathy Galford, a sixth-grade English teacher
from Greenbrier Middle School. Mrs. Galford received her
bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Old Dominion
University. Mrs. Galford has served as a writer of the school
division’s gifted education curriculum and was featured
in a training video on differentiated instruction for Chesapeake
Public Schools. Mrs. Galford has twenty-three years of experience,
all of which have been in Chesapeake. |
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Selected as the Elementary Teacher of the Year
is Mrs. Cherri D. Wilson, a fifth-grade teacher from E. W. Chittum
Elementary School. Mrs. Wilson received both her
bachelor’s and master’s degrees from James Madison
University. She has fifteen years of teaching experience,
all of which have been in Chesapeake.
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The Middle School
Teacher of the Year is Ms. Kristen M. McInerney from Great
Bridge Middle School. She received her bachelor’s
degree from Niagara University in New York and her master’s
degree from The George Washington University. Ms. McInerney,
an eighth-grade Spanish teacher, has five years of teaching
experience, all of which have been in Chesapeake. |
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The High School Teacher of the Year is Mrs. Monica Agudelo from Grassfield
High School. She received her bachelor’s degree
from Mary Washington College and is currently working on her
master’s degree from Virginia Tech. She is an earth
science teacher with eight years of experience, all of which
have been in Chesapeake. |
TDAP Immunization Requirements for School Entrance |
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TDAP is a requirement
for rising 6th graders and all newly enrolled 7th, 8th, 9th,
10th and 11th graders.
View
the Immunization Policy.
View
School Entrance/Health Forms. |
New Student Registration for the 2012-2013 School Year |
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The Chesapeake Public
Schools are accepting registrations for the new school year.
Click here for more information. |
Chesapeake Public Schools Offers MyPaymentsPlus |
Chesapeake Public Schools offers MyPaymentsPlus,
a state-of-the art online service that provides you the convenience
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