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May 17
 Advanced Placement Test
 IB Program Testing
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May 18
 Advanced Placement Test
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 PALS K-3
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May 21
 Benchmarks All grades not taking SOL
 IB Program Testing
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May 22
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 IB Program Testing
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 SOL EOC High School and Middle School
May 23
 Benchmarks All grades not taking SOL
 PALS K-3
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May 24
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 PALS K-3
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May 25
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 Early Close for Schools & Offices
 PALS K-3
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May 28
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 Schools & Offices Closed
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May 29
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May 30
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May 31
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June 1
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June 4
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 SOL Elementary & Middle Schools Grades
 SOL EOC Expedited Retakes
June 5
 SOL EOC Expedited Retakes
June 6
 SOL EOC Expedited Retakes
6:30pm
 School Board Meeting
June 7
 SOL EOC Expedited Retakes
June 8
 Early Release (Elem & Mid)
 High School Exam Schedule
June 11
 Early Release (Elem & Mid)
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June 12
 Early Release (Elem & Mid)
 High School Exam Schedule
June 13
 Early Release (Elem & Mid)
 End of 4th Nine Weeks (48 days)
 High School Exam Schedule
 Last Day of School
June 14
 Teacher Workday
7:00pm
 Kecoughtan Graduation
June 15
7:00pm
 Bethel Graduation
June 16
9:00am
 Hampton Graduation
1:30pm
 Phoebus Graduation
June 20
 Report Cards Mailed
June 21
 SOL EOC Extended Math


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    Phillips Elementary School faculty and staff members perform at the school's Talent Show.
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    Hampton University professor Uwe Hommerich helps Spratley Gifted Center 4th graders build and launch rockets.
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    Langley Elementary School students participate in the school's annual Civil War Fair. ("Field Hospital")
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    Davis Middle School students prepare apple turnovers in Family Consumer Science class.
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    Volunteers from Howmet Corporation help "spruce up" Aberdeen Elementary School.

 

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Hampton City Schools won First Place in the Virginia School Boards Association's (VSBA) "Hunger and Healthy Meals 2012 Competition"! The division received VSBA's highest honor - "Food For Thought Leaders" - in the area of Healthy School Meals.  Kudos to Julia Bryant, HCS Director of Food and Nutrition Services, for submitting the division's "Let's Grow Healthy" program, which proved to be the #1 winner in the Student Population 10,001 and Up category! 

 

Phoebus High School’s Valedictorian, Mia Knowles, has been named a Gates Millennium Scholar!  This is the second Gates Scholar to hail from Phoebus High School. The Bill Gates Scholarship Program provides winners with funds to attend any United States college or university…through graduate school!  

Chekesha White, a teacher at Jones Magnet Middle School, has been named the division's Teacher of the Year! Prior to receiving this outstanding honor, she was first named Middle School Teacher of the Year.  Jackie Denton of Merrimack won the Elementary Teacher of the Year title, with Joe Sweat of Bethel being named High School Teacher of the Year.


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Aberdeen

Rebecca Nagy

Andrews

Jan Marie VanDenheede

Armstrong

Tina Becouvarakis

Asbury

Dianne Congrove

Barron

Stephanie White

Bassette

Elizabeth Ricker

Bethel

Joseph Sweat

Booker

Kara Earley

Bridgeport

Regan McCauley

Bryan

Andrea Williams-Roots

Burbank

Rodrena Cooper-Gibbs

Cary

Robyn Gatling

Cooper

Jenna Flink

Davis

Michael Pannewitz

Eaton

Steven Weitlich

Forrest

Karen O. Sealey

Hampton

Jessica L. Ratigan

Jones

Chekesha White

Kecoughtan

Neill G. Warren

Kraft

Jessica K. Minter

Langley

Kimberly Gryszko

Lindsay

Emily Kelly

Machen

Michelle H. Jones

Merrimack

Jacqueline Denton

Moton

Linda Michelle Johnson

Phillips

Beth Berry

Phenix

Ashley Ide

Phoebus

Zarifa Jones

Smith

Irma C. Hardison

Spratley

Shawn Burns

Syms

Felecia B. Walker

Tarrant

Jennifer Arthur

Tucker-Capps

Mallory Hinshaw

Tyler

Opel Smalls

DAAE

Heather Brock


 

The National Association of Music Merchants Foundation has named Hampton City Schools a "Best Community" for music education, based on the results of its 13th annual Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) survey.  The survey is a nationwide search for communities that provide access to music education as an essential part of a complete education and exemplify commitment and support for music education. The BCME survey is designed and implemented in collaboration with The Institute for Educational Research and Public Services of Lawrence, Kansas, an affiliate of the University of Kansas.  Only 176 communities nationwide (166 School Districts and 10 Schools) achieved this prestigious designation.

The School Board unanimously passed the Superintendent's Recommended Budget on Wednesday, March 28.  That budget now goes to the City Council for deliberation and discussion.  As you may be aware, the Superintendent’s budget requests level funding from our city, which would require an adjustment to our tax rate. Therefore the City Council has some very difficult decisions to make.  So as a citizen, if you are so inclined, please let our city leaders know your willingness to support specific adjustments to the rate, as requested in the Superintendent's budget. 


Kecoughtan High School senior Victoria Worrals has been named a National Merit Finalist while KHS senior, Terry (T.J) Stokes, has been named a National Achievement Finalist!


All four of Hampton’s high schools reached full accreditation in all 5 areas, including the newly added graduation index!! The benchmark set for this indicator is 85%.  Bethel High School reached 93%, Kecoughtan High School and  Hampton High School both  reached 91%, and Phoebus High School reached 87%. This represents a significant increase for each high school and echoes the commitment HCS has to....Every Child, Every Day!


The Hampton school division has made significant gains in increasing the graduation rates of its students!  This year the division showed a graduation rate of 84.8% compared to a rate of 79% a year ago!  Also of importance is the fact that the division's dropout rate fell from 8% in 2010 to 4.8% in 2011!! Executive Director for Secondary Education, Dr. Donna Woods, stated that these impressive gains in our graduation rate and the dramatic decrease in our dropout rate were both due to the "extensive work by our team to keep all students on track toward graduation, as well as our major push in recovering those students who had previously dropped out." 


Twelve new teachers have been added to the growing list of National Board Certified Teachers in the Hampton School Division, with another being re-certified!  This brings us to a total of 105 National Board Certified teachers currently teaching in the system, with HCS having more than any other district in the region! National Board Certification is authorized through NBPTS (National Board for Professional Teaching Standards), which requires applicants to complete an extensive portfolio and take a very detailed assessment in the area of the certification they are seeking. The portfolio process itself takes 150-300 hours to complete, and teachers must demonstrate how they stimulate student learning.

New NBC Teachers in HCS

Michael Evans  - Phoebus High School   

Danielle Peters – Barron Elementary School

Tamara Cunningham - Armstrong School for the Arts

Kathryn Kilgore - Langley Elementary School

Catherine Schaefer - Jones Magnet Middle School 

Jeffrey Weigel - Eaton Middle School

Heather Courtney Worrell - Phenix PreK-8 

Joyce Buchanan - Tarrant Elementary School

Lori Clarke – Bethel High School

Katherine Johnson - Spratley Gifted Center

Sandra Taylor - Asbury Elementary School

Anthony Townes - Kecoughtan High School

NOTE: Kelly Dee (Teacher Specialist for Fine Arts) has been re-certified for another 10 years.


Lindsay Middle School and Hampton High School have received official Middle Years Programme (MYP) certification from the International Baccalaureate (IB) in Geneva, Switzerland, and are now designated “IB World Schools!” Only 900 schools worldwideoffer IB MYP. The Middle Years Programme is a program of international education, designed for students ages 11 to 16. Now Hampton has a complete K-12 International Baccalaureate pipeline, with Burbank Elementary offering the IB Primary Years Programme, Lindsay and Hampton offering the MYP, and Hampton High offering the IB diploma program.