May 2017 Education


Governor McAuliffe Announces Grant to Connect Student Testing with 21st


Century Skills


assessments with their effort


students,"


Governor McAuliffe said. "This grant supports that


by providing


technical assistance to teachers and administrators as they develop tools and resources to assess their student's abilities to think critically and solve problems - skills that will ultimately help those students succeed in the new Virginia economy."


Over the next two years, the grant will provide regional and statewide


professional opportunities development for school division


leaders, teachers and administrators. It will also support the development of research-backed tools and templates that school divisions can use to create their own performance assessments.


Richmond - Governor Terry


McAuliffe today announced a $1.1 million grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation that


(VDOE) and


support the Virginia Department of Education


will the


Commonwealth's schools in an effort to align student testing with the skills and experienced needed for success in the new Virginia economy.


These performance-based assessments are an innovative measure that


allow students and to demonstrate


their knowledge through hands-on experience while employing critical thinking


communication skills


across one or more subject areas. "Early in my administration, we


eliminated 5 SOL tests for elementary and middle schools, giving educators the


freedom to use alternative


Over the past three and a half years, we have been focused on ensuring public education is relevant for the 21st century," Secretary of Education


Dietra Trent said. "Through this grant, we will better align how we measure student knowledge and skills with the needs of higher education and businesses."


opportunity for Virginia a national


"This grant leader


of balanced that


include represents an to become in the creation


assessments systems performance-based


assessments," Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Steven Staples said. "Performance assessments are


another means to challenge students to think creatively, collaborate and solve problems as they acquire a deeper


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The Collegiate Inventors Competition Scholarship Watch


Eligibility:


Must be enrolled as full-time students in any U.S. college or university for at least part of the 12-month period prior to entry Teams must include


at least one


member who meets this requirement, and all remaining members must be enrolled at least part-time at some point during the 12-month period prior to entry


Website: www.collegiateinventors.org Contact: Scholarship Committee Address: 3701 Highland Park NW North Canton, OH 44720-4535


Email: collegiate@invent.org Application Deadline - June 5, 2017 Maximum Amount - $100,000


Scholarship Description: The Collegiate Inventors Competition, a program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame and Invent Now, is a national competition that


recognizes and rewards


innovations, discoveries, and research by college and university students and their faculty advisors. The Competition encourages students who actively pursue invention. Students frequently come from science, engineering, mathematics, and technology studies, but creative invention can emerge from any course of study. $100,000 in cash and prizes is awarded to the top three entries in each division. Advisors of


Entry requirements:


Entries must represent the original idea and work of a student or team of no more than four students with mentorship from a university advisor Be complete, workable and well-ar- ticulated


Prove capable of being reproduced Be submitted in English Must not have been made available to the public as a commercial product or process


Must not have been described in detail in any publication more than one year prior to entry Must not have been issued a patent more than one year prior to entry, aside from rare exceptions that may be made for recent improvement


For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider's www.collegiateinventors.org


Chesapeake competition! - Great students Bridge


High School is one of the Top 50 finalists (and only school in Virginia) in


the Vans Custom Culture The


art were


provided with four pairs of blank Vans shoes, which they were tasked to design the four themes of Vans’ “Off the Wall” lifestyle: action sports, arts, music and local flavor. A picture of the four designs has been provided above and a short promo video can be viewed on YouTube.


The competition culminates


in a final event this June where five schools will be awarded with an all-expense paid


voting starting trip to Los


Angeles to showcase their designs to a panel of celebrity judges. The top finalists will be selected through public


now until


May 10. Great Bridge High School is currently listed along with all the other finalists at http://sites.vans. com/customculture where people can go in and vote.


The winning school will receive $50,000 towards its art program and the potential of one of its designs sold in Vans retail


location. The The Collegiate Inventors Competition


winning entries receive cash prizes as well. Other prizes may be awarded at the discretion of the judges.


four-runner up schools will be receiving $4,000 towards their art program.


letting


Would you be interested in your readers know about


our school’s participation in the competition? We’d love your help to encourage our community to vote for us, so our school can win the much needed funding for our arts program.


What is the Vans Custom Culture art competition?


• Vans Custom Culture eighth


annual art competition was created to inspire and empower high school students to embrace their creativity through


art • Grand and receive and design Prize: and to


bring attention to diminishing arts education budgets.


$50,000


towards the winning school’s art program


prizes. The four runner-up schools will


participation. • Partners: LCAD (Laguna


College of Art + Design), Americans for the Arts, Blick Art Materials and Journeys.


• The first year, 326 schools


participated in the competition and have grown to more than 3,000 schools this year.


registration


• For more information and guidelines, please visit


vans.com/customculture


Get a jump on your competition... Advertise.


Call the Hampton Roads Messenger at 757-575-1863


sponsored-related $4,000 for their


Great Bridge High School Makes Top 50 Semi-Finalist for Vans Custom Culture Art Competition – Needs Community Vote to Make It to Top 5!


www.hamptonroadsmessenger.com


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