Dancing with the Gifted Dance Stars
Friday, January 22, 2016 Salem Middle School 6:00 pm $5.00 Boys & 8th Grader’s Concert Friday, March 18, 2016 Salem Middle School 7:00-8:15 Free Spring Concert Saturday, May 7, 2016 Concert A 3:00-4:15 Free Concert B 6:00-7:15 Free The Internet is a household resource for most people. From checking the news and researching information to connecting through social media, many parents and students are online every day. Join Parent Connection, members of the VBCPS Technology Department and the Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney for a FREE workshop “Internet Safety and Technology Resources for Parents.” The workshop is being held in the Landstown High School auditorium Thursday, Nov. 5, 6:30 – 8 p.m. Parents will learn how to login to the VBCPS Parental Portal to access student grades, discuss technology resources available to parents from home and gain a better understanding of the division’s Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) plan. Participants will also get tips for protecting their personal information while browsing websites and receive FREE software to install a “Computer Cop” at home. This Parent Connection Workshop is free and open to all families. Click here to register or call the Office of Community Engagement at 757-263-1936. I am a big believer in helping others, particularly children. As a small token of admiration for being an active citizen, I would love to post pictures of Kingston students participating in the Fill a Bag, Feed a Child program, or other worthy causes.
The highest, and most beneficial level of community service learning is direct service. This level involves our children interacting with others to improve a situation or place by tutoring, assisting, building, painting, raising oysters for Lynnhaven River Now, participating in Clean the Bay Day, or cleaning up an area in need on any day are on this level. We most often perform the 2nd level of community service in schools. Schools often collect PJs, host canned food drives, collect PJs, set up an Angel tree, or support the Feed a Bag program below. Our children do not see the recipients, but they may learn about the need and help to alleviate the problem. While both levels are beneficial to our children and community, children learn more about how vital their actions are by direct contact. Service organizations are often begging for helping hands and there is no shortage of worthy causes. I highly recommend Destination Imagination's service learning challenge ( See challenge previews at: http://www.destinationimagination.org/what-we-do/challenge-program )if you'd be willing to manage a team of students who will astound you with their efforts to make a difference. Please help me recognize and applaud our student citizens by sending digital pictures of your child in action to [email protected]. Please be mindful of others' privacy and send pictures of only your child(ren) in action. It is a terrible thing to be a hungry child, and then to be expected to learn and care about passing SOL tests is asking a lot. It is no surprise that well nourished children succeed in school at a much greater rate than hungry children. Two years ago one of my Destination Imagination teams studied the issue of hunger and developed a slogan for their community service project: Feed them knowledge."
Below is an opportunity to allow your child to help other children in need of food. It is a win-win situation for all. If your child participates, I'd love to post pictures on this site. June 22 – June 26, 2015
Camp Invention celebrates its 25th season in 2015 — that’s right, we’ve been spreading an innovative spirit to 1st - 6th graders for a quarter of a century! We inspire girls and boys to think BIG and imagine how they can change the world for the better one day! This one-of-a-kind weeklong experience connects science, technology, engineering and math through fun hands-on activities. The program allows students to learn about creative problem solving (and so much more!) in teams grouped by roughly by age. Discounts: · New participants save $25 if registered by Friday, March 20, 2015. Returning participants save $25 when registering between February 16 and March 20 · Campers registering March 21, 2015 through May 12, 2015 save $15 when using the promo code SPRING · For those registering two siblings, a $25 discount is valid all season long. Families with 3 or more siblings taking part in the program save $50 per child To Register: http://inventnow-web.ungerboeck.com/programsearch/moreinfo.aspx?event=12918 Children currently in grades K-5 are welcome from all over! Please help spread the word and invite friends, relatives, visiting cousins, home schoolers – any lover of math and science and fun! The Power of Mindset
April 21st 6:30-7:30 Princess Anne Elementary Library Research has uncovered a powerful influence on student success. The process starts with a student’s personal beliefs about success and failure. Carefully conducted experiments (including brain studies) clearly demonstrate how these beliefs have a remarkably powerful effect on a child’s attitude about meeting challenges. And, that attitude can make all the difference between accomplishment and quitting. The presenter, Jill Reid, is a gifted resource teacher for Virginia Beach Schools who has put this research into practice in classrooms, trained educators on the research, and helped parents understand how to apply the research to the best advantage for their own children. We encourage everyone to learn about this important research. If you cannot attend the presentation in person, you are welcome to join the meeting through Adobe Connect. The following website will be opened 15 minutes before the start of the meeting for those who want to attend online: http://vbschools.adobeconnect.com/vbsmindset/ If you choose to join the meeting online, please email Dr. William Goff at [email protected]. For those who do, we will email a few tips on using the website by April 17. We hope you can join us on April 21st, in person or online. We are looking forward to having you join us at the Motivation Presentation on March 31. You can enter the conversation by opening the following URL: http://vbschools.adobeconnect.com/letstalkmotivation/ The meeting is from 6:00 p.m. till 7:00 p.m. The site will be open 15 minutes early and close 15 minutes after the meeting ends. We recommend that you open the site early to make sure you can get in without glitches. Unfortunately, we will not be able to provide technical assistance during the meeting. We hope you find the information useful and are able to use it to start a meaningful conversation about motivation with your children. Motivation is an ongoing process so the conversation must be an ongoing one. |
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