ITHACA, N.Y. – Little is known about the effect of physical education (PE) on child weight, but a new study from Cornell University finds that increasing the amount of time that elementary schoolchildren spent in gym class reduces the probability of obesity. The study represents some of the first evidence of a causal effect of [...]
Virginia Board of Education President David M. Foster continues his listening tour of state educational regions May 16-17 with a visit to Region 4, which comprises 19 school divisions in Northern Virginia. The tour is designed to provide an opportunity for parents, teachers, local school board members, administrators and interested citizens across the state to [...]
Nominations are now being sought for the annual Stewart Bell “Excellence in Teaching” Award. The award includes a cash honorarium given to an educator in the Winchester Public Schools. This year’s award recipient will be selected from Quarles Elementary School (QES). The award was established by former Winchester Mayor Stewart Bell, Jr. in 1985 with [...]
For those of you who had the opportunity to watch the Clarke County High School Marching Band and Guard in the Apple Blossom Parade, count yourselves lucky. These talented ambassadors from Clarke County made us proud to claim Clarke as our home. It speaks volumes to the quality of the program when all three band [...]
Nominations are now being sought for the annual Stewart Bell “Excellence in Teaching” Award. The award includes a cash honorarium given to an educator in the Winchester Public Schools. This year’s award recipient will be selected from Quarles Elementary School (QES). The award was established by former Winchester Mayor Stewart Bell, Jr. in 1985 with [...]
Exciting things are happening in the world of School Climate for Winchester Public Schools, in general, and specifically at DMMS and JHHS. For the first time ever, WPS will be utilizing a tool to evaluate the school climate to get WPS-specific data. We are utilizing the Comprehensive School Climate Inventory (CSCI) which is a nationally-recognized [...]
Leave campus in May with less junk and more money. The first-ever Student Life Mega Yard Sale begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 27, on the field in front of Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre along Millwood Avenue. All Shenandoah students can sign up for free table space via studentlife@su.edu, but the deadline to reserve a table [...]
Former New Hampshire Gov. John H. Sununu will speak at Shenandoah University’s 2013 Commencement ceremony on May 11. He will also receive an Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree during the ceremony. Sununu served as the 75th Governor of New Hampshire, over the course of three consecutive terms from 1983-88, before his appointment as White House [...]
A Rubbermaid Product Sale to benefit the United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley will be held from 3:00-6:00pm on April 25 at Zero Pak (537 N. Cameron Street). The sale will include donated products (returned goods, discontinued products, and slightly damaged items). Click HERE to view a list of available items. Come out and support [...]
Lord Fairfax Community College (LFCC) will hold its 42nd Commencement Exercises on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 1 p.m. The commencement will take place in the gymnasium of Skyline High School in Front Royal. The College will celebrate approximately 850 st…
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