U.S. News & World Report recently ranked Kingston Elementary and Old Donation School as the No. 1 elementary and middle schools in Virginia. Old Donation School, which has students in grades two through eight and is the home of the Edward E. Brickell Academy for Advanced Academics & Arts, was also ranked as the No. 2 elementary school in the state.
U.S. News & World Report recently ranked Kingston Elementary and Old Donation School as the No. 1 elementary and middle schools in Virginia. Old Donation School, which has students in grades two through eight and is the home of the Edward E. Brickell Academy for Advanced Academics & Arts, was also ranked as the No. 2 elementary school in the state.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) and An Achievable Dream (AAD) have expanded their partnership with the opening of a new addition at Lynnhaven Middle School. The 25,000-square-foot addition is the home to the Lynnhaven AAD High School Program. The program currently services ninth through 11th graders and will expand to 12th grade next year.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) has continued to maintain record levels with respect to the On-Time Graduation (OTG) rate, which stands at 95.3% for the 2023 cohort year, and a low dropout rate of 2.8%. VBCPS also outperformed Virginia's rates of 91.9% for OTG and 5.4% for dropouts.
Elementary students in grades kindergarten through five will receive free copies of the book “EllRay Jakes is Magic!” this week, thanks to an exciting literacy program called All District Reads. Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) encourages student to read the book aloud and discuss the story with their families, classmates and community.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) is proud to announce the opening of the Renewable Energy program for students at the Advanced Technology Center. A specially equipped classroom will help students explore emerging technologies in solar, offshore wind and electric vehicles.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) and Mid-Atlantic clean energy company Sun Tribe have announced that 67 of the district’s high school students received scholarships for dual-enrollment technical courses at Tidewater Community College (TCC) for the 2023-2024 school year.
All of Virginia Beach City Public Schools' (VBCPS) 82 testing sites are projected to earn state accreditation again for 2023-2024, following today's release of Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) Standards of Learning (SOL) test scores and school quality indicators data.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools will host a Back-to-School Care Fair on Aug. 12 to help families connect with valuable resources in the division and community. Due to the tremendous popularity of this event, this year's care fair will be at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. VBCPS is also arranging bus transportation to the event for several communities.
The school division's 2023 Summer School programming will offer opportunities for elementary, middle and high school levels.
At their June 12, 2023, meeting, the School Board of the City of Virginia Beach voted to name Dr. Donald Robertson as acting superintendent.
The President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) is the premier volunteer awards program, encouraging citizens to live a life of service through presidential gratitude and national recognition.
Hours are measured over a 12-month period (May 1-mid-April each year) and awards are designated based on cumulative hours. The awards are offered in multiple levels and are designed to recognize each milestone of your service achievement. Levels include bronze, silver, and gold.
| Age | Bronze | Silver | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kids (5-10) | 26 - 49 hours | 50 - 74 hours | 75+ hours |
| Teens (11-15) | 50 - 74 hours | 75 - 99 hours | 100+ hours |
At Old Donation School, service is at the heart of our Plan for Continuous Improvement. Each year, it is our goal that the percentage of students in grades (2-5) and (6-8) reporting volunteer hours for community service projects will increase by 10 percentage points or more as measured by data collected through the President's Volunteer Service Award program. Ultimately, we encourage all students to participate.
Students can now start documenting service hours for next school year. Our recognition cycle runs May 1st to mid-April each year. Students are to submit their "Volunteer Service Log" to the school three times each year by the established dates. The dates for the 2022-23 school year are:
Please use the Volunteer Service Log Sheet to record your hours. You must include:
Logs may be emailed directly to Sara Wade or given to her in the main office. If emailed, please send as a .PDF and not in .JPEG or other picture format.
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