NeighborhoodScout® has developed the first ever nationally comparable school ratings. The result? - neighborhood educational ratings that facilitate accurate comparison among schools, school districts, and neighborhoods in the same (or different) cities, and even between schools in different states. It is well known that the quality of education provided by public schools varies greatly from school district to school district, and from city to city. Still further, the quality of a child s education can vary significantly from neighborhood to neighborhood within any city or town…

Senior year is a time to celebrate your time at King William High School. Whether you re the proud parent or the accomplished senior, Jostens has all you need to commemorate high school achievements and memories. We partner with your school to help you announce your graduation to your neighbors, coaches, family and friends with classic graduation announcements or stand-out photo cards. In addition to helping you celebrate, Jostens offers a variety of small keepsakes to help you mark your big milestone! Create a personalized tribute to your success with a custom high school class…

Experienced, Kind, Flexible, Trustworthy, Dependable Caregiver With BUNDLES OF LOVE. — Virginia Beach, VA No matter the time that you need care, I will be there. I am flexible, dependable, and reliable. Children love me because I am attentive and interactive. I enjoy bringing my Mary Poppins Bag with activities to your child. I enjoy doing homework, especially with pre-k, kindergarten, and elementary students. I was as an EMT before I joined the Navy in 1978 (Retired). Thereafter, I was Certified as a In Home Child Care and was Registered, Licensed, and Military Certified for…

Lemme ask you something. Would you hand your 14-year-old daughter a limitless credit card and drop her off at the mall? Of course not. One mother told me that s essentially what the Virginia Beach public schools are doing when they allow students to charge food to online accounts, even if the parent provides the child with a nutritious homemade lunch every day, has intentionally put no money in the account and doesn t want their kid buying cafeteria fare. Misty Scanlon, a construction project manager, says she always packs a healthy lunch for her daughter and makes sure there…

Senior year is a time to celebrate your time at Stonewall Jackson High School. Whether you re the proud parent or the accomplished senior, Jostens has all you need to commemorate high school achievements and memories. We partner with your school to help you announce your graduation to your neighbors, coaches, family and friends with classic graduation announcements or stand-out photo cards. In addition to helping you celebrate, Jostens offers a variety of small keepsakes to help you mark your big milestone! Create a personalized tribute to your success with a custom high school…

We hope you find the information on the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (SOM) Office of Admissions website helpful. Our goal is to select the most capable students to attend our school by using AAMC Holistic Review Project E-A-M Model of evaluating Experiences, Attributes and Metrics to determine how the applicant might contribute to VCU School of Medicine learning environment as well as to the medical profession as a future physician. VCU School of Medicine is seeking to enroll and graduate a class representing many dimensions of diversity. Exposure to a…

Fairfax County Public Schools superintendent Karen Garza announced late Monday that she will resign her leadership of one of the nation’s largest school systems to accept a new role at an Ohio-based education nonprofit group. Garza’s departure will be effective Dec. 16 — three and a half years after she started in Fairfax — and she will move to Columbus to become president and chief executive of Battelle for Kids. Garza had recently signed a new contract extending her tenure as superintendent for another four years, but she said Monday that she had informed the school board…

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As you search around West Virginia and other states for a residential program, we invite you to look also at Wolf Creek Academy. Although not located in West Virginia, Wolf Creek Academy is committed to family restoration and putting teens back on track for a bright future. If our therapeutic boarding school does not suit your family, we can also help you find one that does. Believing Teens Can Reach their Full Potential Found in the beautiful mountains of western North Carolina, Wolf Creek Academy serves teenage boys and girls on different parts of its campus who have ongoing…

Students: 1, 439 Teachers: 114 Student-Teacher Ratio: 12.6 to 1 Lowest Grade in School: 09 Highest Grade in School: 13 Students by Grade Grade 9: 424 Grade 10: 391 Grade 11: 317 Grade 12: 304 Nearby Public Schools (within a 15-mile radius) Rolling Ridge Elem, VA ( Sterling Elem, VA ( Sterling Middle, VA (1.4 miles SSW) Sully Elem, VA (1.4 miles S) Guilford Elem, VA (1.4 miles SW) Dominion High, VA (1.4 miles ENE) Dranesville Elem, VA (1.4 miles SSE) Forest Grove Elem, VA (1.9 miles S) Meadowland Elem, VA (1.9 miles NE) Seneca Ridge Middle, VA (1.9 miles ENE) Nearby Private Schools…

BRISTOL, Va. — Bristol Virginia school officials are considering turning the vacant Bristol Mall into a career and technical school, Superintendent Keith Perrigan said Tuesday. “We are not in any type of negotiations, ” Perrigan told the Bristol Herald Courier. “Our School Board wants to improve the amount and types of career and technical offerings for our students, and in looking at those options, we have to consider a lot of things, but the mall would be a great consideration for us.” Perrigan has spoken with the mall owners, Sunstar Keshav LLC, a New Jersey-based real estate…

The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) has granted Accreditation-Continued status to the Eastern Virginia Medical School Physician Assistant Program sponsored by Eastern Virginia Medical School . Accreditation-Continued is an accreditation status granted when a currently accredited program is in compliance with the ARC-PA Standards. Accreditation remains in effect until the program closes or withdraws from the accreditation process or until accreditation is withdrawn for failure to comply with the Standards. The approximate date…

I moved to this school during the summer of my junior year. I was faced with hardships trying to accommodate to this school mainly because the educational standings were higher than my previous school. Plus, being the new kid, especially during junior year, is not easy. As time continued however, I was able to improve my grades and become more involved in the school. One specific teacher really helped me get through the school year, giving me support and advice when I first moved. The sense of not feeling alone allowed me to grow as both a student and a person. This school has…

Here are Some Precautions for Flu Season! For those of us who are in the schools this semester for practicum or internship, it is important to protect ourselves against air-born infections like influenza. Taking care of ourselves by getting a full night s sleep, exercising and eating a healthy balanced diet are great preventative strategies. However, when the flu reaches epidemic levels as it has in many school across the state, we need to take additional precautions to prevent the spread of the disease. The Center for Disease Control offers suggestions for ways to protect against…