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Assistant Superintendent Ms. Helen Balilo |
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News and Announcements
Ashurst ES Celebrates Read Across America Day
March 1, 2013
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Read Across America Day honors the birthday of Dr. Seuss by calling for every child in every community to celebrate reading. Mrs. Bonnie Amos, wife of the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Ms. Marilee Fitzgerald, Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), and Mr. Adrian Talley, Principal Deputy Director and Associate Director for DoDEA are pictured with Ashurst ES students after their morning WKID news broadcast. Mrs. Amos read "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" by Dr. Seuss during the WKID announcements which are then broadcast throughout the school for all students to see. |
MCB Quantico Hosts the 4th Annual Education Symposium
February 28, 2013
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Military children serve too. How many schools have your children attended? The 4th Annual Education Symposium brought together educators, program specialists, and regional education administrators to focus on building K-12 partnerships with local schools in support of military children. Military children face unique challenges due to numerous relocations and fears for their moms and dads who deploy. View video here: http://youtu.be/LeD5XzCwcSw |
DoDEA USB Management Control
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Beginning, February 25th, all unapproved removable storage devices are banned on all school computers. This ban is mandated by DoD and US Cyber Command. Students and staff will not be allowed to connect any personal device to a school computer. - Read More |
West Point MS 6th Graders Celebrate "Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day" West Point Cadets and Faculty Members
February 21, 2013
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In support of the National Engineering Week and "Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day", West Point Middle School 6th grade classes on February 20th were divided into small teams to design and build an "egg rescue device" out of materials provided. Each team had a woman engineering cadet to help as a mentor/guide. The main learning objectives included creative use of the Engineering Design Process, problem solving, and effective teamwork. The United States Military Academy at West Point sent three female professors and eight female cadets to complete the activity, which was to safely remove an egg from the top of a pylon to a container without breaking it or stepping in the red area (simulating lava). |
Ramey 5th Graders Dive into STEM to Design Water Filters
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Ramey School’s 5th graders dove into STEM this fall with a focus on Earth’s most precious resource - water. The homeroom teacher and his 5th grade environmental scientists, along with Ramey’s environmental high school science teacher, explored and tested water from various beaches located on the northwest side of Puerto Rico. Read More ..... |
Quantico Middle High School Students use Green Globs and Graphing Equations Software
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A student describes his thinking to an instructor as he uses the Green Globs and Graphing Equations sofware in his math class at Quantico Middle High School. The software is available in all of our New York, Virginia, and Puerto Rico Middle and High schools and allows for student exploration and practice at different levels. |
Dahlgren School Teacher Named as 2013 NY/VA/PR Teacher of the Year
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Maureen Holt, a PreK - 8th grade social studies, art, and drama teacher at Dahlgren School, has been named as the 2013 NY/VA/PR District Teacher of the Year. The DoDEA "Teacher of the Year" honors educators that have made an exceptional difference in the lives of their students and provided inspiration to their peers. The purpose of the DoDEA Teacher of the Year program is to recognize and promote excellence in education. |
DoDEA Schools to Adopt Common Core State Standards
June 6, 2012
Adopting the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) will benefit DoDEA's highly mobile student population which moves frequently between public schools and DoDEA schools. |
STEM Events Across the NY/VA/PR District
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Schools across the New York, Virginia, Puerto Rico school district each held a STEM event to provide their students real life, problem-based learning opportunities. STEM is an acronym representing fields of study in science, technology, engineering, and math.Please visit your child's school for more information, or go to the National Defense Education Program to learn more about future careers with the Department of Defense. | ||||
| "STEMposium" takes over Dahlgren School by Andrew Revelos, NSASP Staff Writer |
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| Ashurst ES pdf 1.58MB |
Burrows ES pdf 953KB |
Russell ES pdf 591KB |
Quantico MHS |
Quantico STEMposium pdf 1.90MB |
Dahlgren STEMposium pdf 2.65MB |
| Antilles ES pdf 1016KB |
Antilles MS pdf 727KB |
Antilles HS pdf 247KB |
Ramey pdf 7.29MB |
West Point ES pdf 347KB |
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DoDEA 21st Century Schools Facilities for 21st Century Learn
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The Department of Defense is comitted to ensuring that all children of military families are pmrovided a world class education. Learn more... |
| School Report Cards - The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) recently released web-based School Report Cards in an effort to provide more information on school performance and accountability - Read More |
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