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Assistant Superintendent Ms. Helen Balilo |
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Archived Announcements
Russell ES Students Join First Lady Michelle Obama at White House Tree Lighting
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John H. Russell Elementary School was honored with a request to provide a small group of students to join the first lady, Michelle Obama, on stage at the White House Tree Lighting on December 6, 2012. The students enjoyed a reading of The Night Before Christmas by Mrs. Obama and Rico Rodriguez. The students were joined by a parent and two teachers at the school. It was a lovely evening and our students proudly represented their school, the United States Marine Corps, and DoDEA. |
Russell Elementary School Holds Mock Election
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Russell Elementary School held a Mock Presidential Election on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Students in kindergarten through third grade had the opportunity to vote using the SMART Response systems. Students completed voter registration cards prior to election day and teachers decorated the computer lab to resemble a polling place. Parent volunteers manned the lab on election day and students entered three at a time to place their votes with the SMART Response "clicker". After voting, students received their "I Voted" sticker. At the end of the day votes were tallied. Russell Elementary School students re-elected President Obama with 63% of the votes. |
Burrows Elementary School Promotes Red Ribbon Week
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Burrows Elementary School students and teachers, dressed in red T-shirts, gathered in front of the school to take a stand against substance abuse. Read more.... |
Quantico Middle/High School Receives Award From Red Cross
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Quantico Middle/High School was named the High School of the Year in Baltimore, Maryland at the American Red Cross Regional Board meeting. Quantico Middle/High School was one of two high schools named for excellence in blood drives. Congratulations to the National Honor Society, and sponsors. Go Warriors!!! |
Congratulations to the QM/HS MCJROTC Instructors, Leaders, and Cadets for being designated as a Naval Honor School for the 7th consecutive year
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Pictured from left to right (QM/HS Principal, MCJROTC Senior Marine Instructor, Director of MCJROTC, Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, MCJROTC Marine Instructor) |
Balilo Named Assistant Superintendent for New York/Virginia/Puerto Rico District
July 26, 2012
As assistant superintendent for the New York/Virginia/Puerto Rico District, Mrs. Helen Balilo will reside in Puerto Rico. She comes to DDESS from DoDDS-Pacific and has been with DoDEA since 1990. Read the news release
Johnson Takes Reins as Principal at Quantico Middle/High School
Mr. Michael A. Johnson comes to Quantico Middle/High School from Georgia, where he served as an assistant principal at a suburban Atlanta high school. Read the news release.
Ramey School Receives National Recognition
June 4, 2012
Ramey School is being honored for outstanding achievement by The GLOBE Program for successful completion of the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded From Learning to Research (L2R) project.
Quantico QM/HS Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Summer Academy
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Quantico Middle/High School hosted a one week summer academy from June 11 – 15, 2012. This S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) initiative supports the DoDEA curriculum standards and school problem solving goal. Students teamed with teachers, scientists, and engineers to explore physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, robotics, mathematics and more. Read more about the 2nd annual STEM event at Quantico supported by NSWC Dahlgren Division engineers |
DDESS Students Use Web 2.0 Tools to Collaborate Across the Districts
Students from a 6th Grade World History class at Antilles Middle School (Puerto Rico) and a 7th Grade World Geography class from Mahaffey Middle School (Kentucky) participated a collaborative project on world religions. The students worked together virtually and used Weebly to create websites that contain multiple pages that explore the history, beliefs, practices, and contemporary issues of the major world religions. Teachers, students, school ETs, and Instructional Systems Specialists from the New York/Virginia/Puerto Rico district and the Kentucky District are proud of the 7 web sites created by students as a result of this collaboration! This was an experimental venture for the students, teachers, and support staff in both districts and we all learned so much along the way. This initiative demonstrates our commitment to a paradigm shift to 21st century education. |
Gerstner Named Kentucky District Assistant Superintendent
April 30, 2012
Mr. Gary Gerstner has been named Assistant Superintendent for the Kentucky District and will assume his new position on Aug. 1. Mr. Gerstner will fill the vacancy which will be created when Dr. Jo Blease retires at the end of this school year.
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2012 Teacher of the Year for NY/VA/PR District
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A sixth grade social studies teacher at Antilles Middle School has been named as the 2012 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. |
A DoDEA First: Jazz VTC
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The Antilles Jazz Ensemble from Ft Buchanan Puerto Rico met the Ft. Campbell High School Jazz Band via a video teleconference to share their improvisational art via the internet. The two groups met each other, performed for each other, and asked questions about each other's playing. |
Student Awarded Scholarship for Bill of Rights Institute’s Constitutional Academy in Washington D.C.
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A junior at Antilles High School is the recipient of a Ford Motor Company scholarship that will fully fund her travel expenses and participation in the Bill of Rights Institute’s Constitutional Academy program to be held in Washington, D.C. July 9-14, 2012. She will attend five days of lectures from university professors and policy professionals, visit historic sites including Washington’s Mount Vernon, participate in mock debates of Supreme Court cases with students of opposing views, and tour the National Archives in order to view the Constitution and other founding documents. |
Antilles Senior Appointed to The United States Military Academy
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The high school senior will join approximately 1,300 new cadets as they begin their college education at West Point. Read the news release. |
Ransom named Burrows Elementary School Principal
Susan Ransom comes to DDESS from the Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Europe (DoDDS-Europe) in Germany, where she served as principal of Landstuhl Elementary/Middle School. Read the news release. |
Antilles Middle School Math Team wins 1st Place in Baldwin Math Competition
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The Baldwin Math competition is an interscholastic competition for 7th and 8th grade students in Puerto Rico. The AMS team consisted of two 8th grade and one 7th grade student. The team had perfect scores through the first five rounds and were tied for first after the tenth round. The AMS math team eventually won the competition earning a trophy and an invitation to compete in another math competition to be held April 20, 2012. |
Antilles Middle School MathCounts team wins State Championship for 2nd year in a row!
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The NY/VA/PR District is proud to announce that the Antilles Middle School MathCounts team has won the Puerto Rico State Championship for the second year in a row. The team is composed of students in 6th - 8th grades and will be heading to Orlando, FL for the National MathCounts competion in May. |
Dahlgren School Staff Art Show
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The staff at Dahlgren School, Naval District Washington, South Potomac, showed their abilities outside the classroom with their first ever art show. Staff members were asked to bring in one or more arts or crafts items to show the students some of their leisure activities. Students, staff, and parents were invited to attend the show and comments ranged from “Wow, I didn’t know they could do that” to “Did you have to put this on your job application in order to get hired?” Everyone enjoyed the show and we will do one again in the near future. | ||
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Ashurst ES Students Portray Presidents
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Students in a 2nd grade class at Ashurst ES have each chosen a president to research and then speak about. The presentation is given for all the school's students and the class's parents. Read the full story (by the Quantico Sentry) |
RAMEY SCHOOL- GIFTED PROGRAM STEM TRIP
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As part of the STEM focus, on February 22, 2012, the Gifted Program/Creative Thinking Course coordinated and held a field trip for High School students to visit Colegio Mayaguez/CoHemis Research Center. |
Read Across America - March 2, 2012
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Assistant Superintendent Mr. Gary Gerstner
read to students at Ashurst Elementary School for Read Across America Day. Read Across America Day is celebrated every year on March 2nd to commemorate the birthday of Theodore Seuss Geisel, or as he is more commonly known, Dr. Seuss. |
Antilles Jazz Ensemble to Perform at Ventana del Mar in Condado
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Students from the Antilles Jazz Ensemble will return |
Quantico/Dahlgren Summer STEM Academy
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Students Learn About Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Quantico's Summer Academy students built a remote controlled submarine and competed against each other in multiple competitions that solved real-world challenges and allowed them to work with Navy scientists and engineers exploring physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, robotics, mathematics and more. |
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Antilles High School Student Advances in VFW Scholarship Competition
| A junior at Antilles High School will travel to the VFW's national level competition in Washington D.C. Read more . . . |
| Quantico High School to pilot new Biotechnology engineering STEM course. This course is part of a series of courses focusing on robotics engineering, biotechnology engineering, gaming technology and green technology engineering. |
National History Day 2012
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Students from 6th through 12th grade can participate in National History Day. This is an excellent opportunity to participate in a national event. Please contact the Social Studies ISS at the DSO if your school is interested in participating or visit nhd.org. Deadline to announce intent to participate--February 6th. |
RAMEY SCHOOL NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY 2nd ANNUAL WALK-A-THON:
The Ramey School National Honor Society hosted the 2nd Annual Breast Cancer Walk-a-Thon on Saturday October 22nd. It was a tremendous success with over 100 participants that took time to gather pledges and walk on the track to help raise money for this great cause. Read More...
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First Lady Michelle Obama gives the commencement address at Quantico Middle/High School on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., June 3, 2011. She congratulated the students and told them: "We are all so very proud of you!" Of the 36 who graduated, nine had relocated from Japan after the earthquake and tsunami earlier this year. Visit Quantico Middle High School's Website for more information and photos |
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Teacher of the Year - Mr. Gould takes great pride in announcing the selection of Mr. Tim Proskauer as the 2012 Teacher of the Year. We are very pleased to have him represent all of the teacher's in our district at the DoDEA-wide Teacher of the Year competition - Read More
WEST POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL DESIGNATED A BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL:
Congratulations to the West Point Middle School staff, students and community on their selection by the Department of Education as a 2011 National Blue Ribbon School. West Point Middle School is one of 304 schools in the entire nation to be designated this year. The Blue Ribbon School award honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools that have helped close the achievement gap and whose students attain and maintain high academic goals. Read More...
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Antilles Middle School gets Gold Level Status in MATHCOUNTS Club Program. Competes in Washington DC |
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Flash Mob Promotes Reading at Antilles Elementary!
Antilles High School students selected to attend the Federal Bureau of Investigation Leadership Academy in Washington D.C, July 2—July 9, 2011. W. Colon and V. Diaz will spend a week engaged as an explorer in FBI Leadership Academy.
Five Antilles High School students (N. Rubio, N. Sanchez, S. Rivera, N. Toro, H. Hernandez) have written, directed and produced a video documentary that has been selected as a finalist and will be representing Antilles High School and the DoDEA-PR/NY/VA District at the national level. Their documentary “Puerto Rico: is it a colony, or not?” will be presented this summer at the National History Day Contest at the University of Maryland.
Antilles High School Senior Earns Top Honors in Junior Science Humanities Symposia
Antilles High School at Fort Buchanan P.R. is extremely proud to announce that senior student J Ortiz has earned third place at the regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposia (JSHS) for the PR region for her project, Eco-home: A Design Toward a Sustainable Future and was awarded a scholarship of one thousand dollar ($1000) to be sent to the university of her choice. She will be representing the NY, VA, and Puerto Rico School District at the 49th National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium in San Diego, California from April 27 - May 1, 2011.
Celebrate National History Day! View J. Pagan's website celebrating Words that Tore Down Walls.
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