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.
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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.
Below are our Bayside Middle School Partners in Education! Please support them when you have the opportunity.
| Company/Organization | Location | Point of Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Communities in Schools of Hampton Roads | Arlington | Ms. Hallie Baumgardner |
| Delight Restaurant Group (Wendy's) | Virginia Beach | Ms. Michala Schupp |
| Diamond Springs ES Reading Buddies | Virginia Beach | Ms. Amber Bush |
| Excellence Girls' Club, Inc. | Chesapeake | Ms. Vickie Madison |
| First Baptist Church - South Hill | Chesapeake | Rev. Dorteo Davis |
| iFLY VA Beach | Virginia Beach | Ms. Misty Curtis |
| NSU Student-Athlete Committee | Norfolk | Ms. Shelby DesChamps |
| Papa John's | Virginia Beach | Ms. Christina Pasterczyk |
| VA Aquarium & Marine Science Center | Virginia Beach | Ms. Rachel Clark |
| VA Beach Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta | Virginia Beach | Ms. Bernice Turner |
| Virginia Wesleyan University | Norfolk | Dr. Malcolm Lively |
| Wave City Care | Virginia Beach | Ms. Melanie Patino |
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