High school students from Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools, as well as throughout the Peninsula and Hampton Roads regions, were invited to take part in the WJCC HBCU College Fair. Participants were offered informational sessions on the admissions and financial aid processes. Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) from VA, NC, MD and WV took part in this first-time event. The WJCC HBCU College Fair was co-sponsored by the Williamsburg chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority, Inc. and the WJCC Schools Foundation.
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HBCU College Fair Draws Students from Peninsula & Hampton Roads
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Senator John Miller Visits James River Elementary School
Fifth Grade Teacher Pat Chappell, Principal Michael Stutt, and State Senator John Miller are surrounded by James River Elementary fifth grade students and a collection of books donated by Senator Miller.
Senator John Miller, Delegate for District 1 in Virginia, traveled to James River Elementary School in the Williamsburg-James City County School Division on Wednesday, December 2, to present 25 new books for the school library.
Senator Miller, who has twice been given the Virginia State Reading Association “Friend of Literacy” distinction, has displayed his commitment to reading by donating thousands of dollars’ worth of books to elementary schools in his district.
Meeting with a group of fifth grade students, Senator Miller discussed his duties as a senator in Virginia, fielded questions, and allowed the students to examine the donated books prior to taking them to the school library.
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Middle & High School German Students Raise Money For Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation
WJCC German initiative/fundraiser “Get your pink on – Bratwurst for a cause” raised $1450 for the Virginia Breast Cancer foundation. All WJCC middle and high schools participated
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Lafayette High School Theatre One Act Team Wins State 4A Championship
The Lafayette High School Theatre One Act team became State 4A Champions with their one act ‘THE YELLOW BOAT’ in Charlottesville on Tuesday, Dec. 8th. The theatre team were also named Conference and Regional Champions.
Lafayette received 2 of the 4 State Actor Awards. Juniors, Jack Mills and Emma Rote received State Best Actor Awards for their role of ‘Benjamin’ and ‘Mother’.
Under the direction of Mrs. Suzan McCorry, this is the 9th year in a row for the LHS Theatre department taking their One Act to the VHSL State Competition Meet.
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Over 600 Students, Staff and Families Cross the Sentara Sleighbell 5K Finish Line
Saturday, December 12th was the 7th annual Sentara Sleighbell 5K. One thousand runners and walkers crossed the finish line with over 600 of those being WJCC students, staff and family members. For the second year in a row, all 15 schools plus Operations and Central Office participated in this year’s event.
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School Board Members Recognized for Their Service
At last night’s meeting, exiting School Board members, Ruth Larson, Elise Emanuel, Heather Cordasco and Jim Nickols were honored for their service & commitment to WJCC.
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Norge Elementary Participates in a “Hour of Code”
K-2 students are enjoying their hour of code. Students complete puzzles and mazes using computer programming logic. Students also learn to “pair program”, which means working with a partner. Students have to be encouraging and cooperative in order to be successful!
Below are links to the puzzles students are participating in:
- Pair Programming
- Kindergarten: Course 1 Puzzles
- First Grade: Course 1 Mazes
- Second Grade: Course 2 Mazes
Students in grades 3-5 will participate in the Hour of Code.
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10 Points of Pride
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WJCC School Board Members Sworn In
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School Board Accepting Letters of Interest for Powhatan District Seat
Residents of the Powhatan District of James City County who are interested in serving as an interim School Board member may submit a cover letter expressing interest and a resume to School Board Clerk Janet Cerza via email (janet.cerza@wjccschools.org), mail to P. O. Box 8783, Williamsburg, VA 23187, or personal delivery to the WJCC Central Office at 117 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg.
Letters and resumes must be received by the close of business Wednesday, January 27, 2016. On February 2, 2016, a special public hearing will be held to provide a forum for citizens and candidates to address the Board. James City County School Board members will appoint one candidate to serve the Powhatan District on the School Board until a special election is held in November 2016.
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Parent Academy: Career Exploration – Register Today
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WJCC Students named GSST Best in State winner of the Verizon Innovative App Challenge
Four WJCC students, as members of a Governors School for Science and Technology Programming team, have been named a Best in State winner of the Verizon Innovative App Challenge for developing an application concept called Math-IO. David Thames (JHS), Tim Felbinger (JHS), Noah Miller (LHS) and Josh Peterson (LHS) have won a $5,000 award for GSST and a 16G LG G Pad tablet for each team member.
In addition, the team is now in the running to be named a Best in Nation winner. Prizes for Best in Nation winners are an additional $15,000 award, in-person training from the MIT Master Trainers to turn their concept into a working app, and an all-expense-paid trip for each team member and a parent or guardian to the national Technology Student Association conference in Nashville this summer.
For the first time this year, Best in State winners are encouraged to compete for the Fan Favorite award. One team will be chosen through crowd voting to win all the same prizes as the Best in Nation winners.
To vote, text mathio2 to 22333.
View winning Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOU6XeuCc38
Fan Favorite Voting:
http://appchallenge.tsaweb.org/vote/6345
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Norge First Grade Learns Fire Safety
Norge first graders enjoyed a visit from the Toano Station Fire Department to learn about fire safety. Students had a chance to look at the gear the firefighters wear and also learn many of the features of a fire truck! Students even had a chance to walk through the front of a fire truck to see inside.
One of the main things students learned was to “Get out and stay out!”. This emphasized that if they see fire or smoke, they need to evacuate and stay out. Students also learned about the different tools firefighters use, as well as the different jobs they have such as chief and driver. They learned that all of the jobs have to work together as a team to put out a fire.
Thank you Toano Station Firefighters!
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PTA Reflections Award Winners Announced
Wednesday, January 6th, PTA Council celebrated the students achievements in the arts at the PTA Reflections Awards Ceremony. The following students will proceed to the Peninsula District Level:
Visual Arts:
- Primary, Landry Kailan – Matoaka Elementary School
- Intermediate, Elijah Barrett – Rawls Byrd Elementary School
- Jessica Shi – Hornsby Middle School
- AJ Shostak – Jamestown High School
Film:
- Heather Herrick – Hornsby Middle School
Literature:
- Primary, Mariana Gaten – Stonehouse Elementary School
- Intermediate, Anneliese Bush – Matthew Whaley Elementary School
- Grace Galindo – Hornsby Middle School
- Megan Holcomb – Jamestown High School
Photography:
- Primary, Laura Ellen Hicks – Stonehouse Elementary School
- Intermediate, Quinn Greenspan – Matthew Whaley Elementary School
- Ryan DeGaraff – Berkeley Middle School
- Grayson Arthur – Jamestown High School
Music:
- Primary, Ludie Morrissette – Stonehouse Elementary School
- Intermediate, Nina Longo – Matoaka Elementary School
- Anna Zhang – Berkeley Middle School
Dance:
- Primary, Emma Whyte – Clara Byrd Baker Elementary School
- Interrmediate, Hannah Alexander – Matoaka Elementary School
- Jamie LaFever – Toano Middle School
- Amelia Jacobs – Warhill High School
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WJCC Schools Foundation Surprises Teachers with Innovative Learning Grants
Bright Beginnings at Clara Byrd Baker, Matoaka and Matthew Whaley Elementary schools and Lafayette High School
Title: Ready Bodies, Learning Minds
Description: A program created to support the developmental, motor, sensory and academic growth of all students
Value: $2,000
Recipients: Kristi McVey, Tracey Dumphy
Jamestown High School
Title: Blended Algebra Two
Description: Grant will fund 5 iPads to use in Algebra 2 classrooms to allow for differentiated lessons and a variety of engaging activities in the classroom.
Value: $2,000
Recipient: Debbie McDowell
Title: Probewear Matters
Description: Grant will provide tools similar to those used at the college level and in scientific careers. Students will engage in meaningful cooperative learning during lab activities and allow them to operate technology; provide real-time data collection and graphic displays.
Value: $1,998
Recipients: Courtney Gonzalez-Vega, Kristin Cosby
Title: Theatre Gets Technical
Description: This grant will add 2 HP Pro Book laptops, Adobe Premiere 14 software and “Green Screen” supplies to make acting and producing digital media part of theater studies.
Value: $2,000
Recipient: J. Harvey Stone
Title: Las Conexiones
Description: This multi-cultural language program will connect Matoaka Elementary School third-graders and Jamestown High School students. High School students will plan and prepare interactive lessons to expose third-graders to Spanish language and culture. Students will demonstrate their language to parents during a culminating lunch at a Mexican Restaurant.
Value: $545
Recipient: Alisa Smith
Lafayette High School
Title: 3D in MC
Description: 3D printing for the media center to enhance classroom curricular projects, individual exploration and creative design. Enhance higher level learning and prepares students for 21st century careers
Value: $1,578
Recipients: Monica Schauffler, Amy Wallisch
Warhill High School
Title: Maker Modeling
Description: 3D printer will be used to create physical items to support classroom content. Will be used for anatomy class study and geometry modeling of 2- and 3-dimensional objects.
Value: $935
Recipients: Lois Wine, Sharon Carter, Isabelle Johnson, Rose Roberts
Berkeley Middle School
Title: Minecraft in WJCC
Description: Institute a Minecraft program to increase student engagement. Platform can be used for math teachers to teach geometry, English teachers can use it to re-enact scenes from stories and books, science teachers can use it to teach biomes, weather and basic coding. And social studies teachers can have students walk through virtual sites or create them from research.
Value: $2,000
Recipient: Paul Cosby
Toano Middle School
Title: The World Language Traveling Gallery
Description: Funding traveling exhibits of the most famous works of significant foreign language artists. Each of the four successive exhibits will last one week in February 2016 during World Language Month. Students will study artists lives and cultures.
Value: $1,426
Recipient: Anne Mapp, Enid Reed, Avory Harman
Title: Stimulate Student Learning with Probewear
Description: Probeware will be used by students in small groups to design and conduct investigations relating to photosynthesis and cellular respiration
Value: $1,943
Recipient: Kathryn Chall
J.B. Blayton Elementary School
Title: The SMART Project
Description: Students with identified Special Education needs will use a variety of resources to plan, research and develop interactive books that can be shared and used by other students with more significant cognitive disabilities within the school and district.
Value: $1,993
Recipient: Julia Henderson
Clara Byrd Baker Elementary School
Title: Gemini Discrete Video Modeling Program
Description: Video modeling is the most effective way to teach speech and language. Students who can make vocalizations and mimicking mouth movements are viewing the videos 3 times per day for 15 minutes each time
Value: $1,176
Recipient: Diane Howell
D.J. Montague Elementary School
Title: Summer Reading Program
Description: Identified students will be given Summer Literacy Bags to provide parents with appropriate materials to support their child’s reading and writing over the summer. Teachers will follow-up in the fall. Need expressed at parental involvement meetings.
Value: $750
Recipients: Maureen Jacobs, Cherie Lee
Title: Books on Bikes Williamsburg
Description: Books on Bikes is a community literacy program modeled after a program in Charlottesville. Teachers will deliver books to students at their homes to help reduce literacy loss during the summer.
Value: $800
Recipients: Sarah Wood
Matoaka Elementary School
Titles: Victories with Versa Tiles and Mathematics Menagerie
Description: Versa Tiles provide a challenging puzzle with the purposeful practice of an activity book. It will reinforce skill-specific math activities allowing teachers to differentiate their classrooms. Mathematics Menagerie will enable purchasing research-based Classroom Learning Center Game Set for each third-grade classroom to provide engaging innovative math skills practice and allow the teacher to provide small group direct instruction.
Values: $820 and $489
Recipient: Rose Burwell
Title: STEM Tub Materials
Description: Students will be given a challenging question or picture of a real-world problem to open up discussion for learning. Students will be grouped into teams to use a myriad of items to engineer a solution and then draw conclusions about the activity by addressing the materials they used and how those materials impacted their design.
Value: $500
Recipient: Ashley Campbell
Title: Las Conexiones
Description: This multi-cultural language program will connect Matoaka Elementary School third graders and Jamestown High School students. High School students will plan and prepare interactive lessons to expose third graders to Spanish language and culture. Students will demonstrate their language to parents during a culminating lunch at a Mexican Restaurant.
Value: $545
Recipient: Kimberly Holloway
Rawls Byrd Elementary School
Title: See It, Picture It, Show It, Know it
Description: A camera in the hands of a child gives them the opportunity to capture real-life examples, sequences, effects, problems and solutions. Pictures become each child’s own personal learning materials. Provides durable digital cameras for students with special needs.
Value: $965
Recipients: Helen McClain, Carolyn Miller, Mary McGillvray
Title: Let’s Get Coding
Description: Students will use an iPad app called Macrolab to program a Sphero Ball to move, draw geometric shapes, travel specific time and distance, change colors, light up in specific patterns and Morse code. Learning objectives include problem solving, geometry, computation, percentages, time, measurement, mean, median, mode and calculation of data sets.
Value: $1,652
Recipient: Kristy Haight
Title: Lights, Camera, Read!
Description: Project pairs a traditional take-home reading program with technology using a portable video studio to create a video collection of books read aloud by WJCC students, staff, parents and community members. Videos will be uploaded to You Tube Library linked to school’s website for off-site access. Videos will be paired with books for students to take home and listen to/read along with the videos.
Value: $1,693
Recipients: Lisa Smith and Kelly LaPointe
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Clara Byrd Baker Shows Appreciation for Military Families
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WATCH: WJCC School Board Budget Retreat
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2016-17 School Year Calendar Input
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WJCC Public Schools Closed to All Students and Staff Friday, January 22, 2016
WJCC Public Schools will be closed to all students and staff Friday, January 22, 2016, due to predicted snow and ice.
Based on the most recent weather forecasts, snow will begin Friday morning followed by ice and then potentially more snow. The National Weather Service winter storm warning states that roads will become snow and ice covered and hazardous Friday morning, substantially impacting travel.
End-of-course high school SOL retakes will be rescheduled. Middle and high school exams will be administered as previously scheduled beginning Tuesday, January 26. And, following the school year calendar, Monday will be a “B” day.
SERT staff should check with their supervisors for additional information.
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S.A.T. Cancellation for January 23, 2016 at Lafayette High School
The S.A.T. administration for January 23, 2016 at Lafayette High School has been cancelled. The tentative make-up date Is scheduled for February 20, 2016. College Board will contact students by email.
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