September 21, 2018

Teachers - Do You Need Funding For Field Trips? Target Can Make It Happen!

We all know that it has become increasingly difficult for schools to fund learning opportunities outside the classroom! Target understands this challenge and is bringing students once-in-a-lifetime learning experiences through field trips they'll never forget. Target Field Trip Grants, launched in 2007, has made it possible for millions of students to go on such trips. Click here for additional information in regard to submitting a grant application, which is due by October 1, 2018.

United Way Campaign Update - Inching Closer to Our Goal!

As of today, DPS has raised over $12,207 of its $15,000 goal with 80% of sites having turned in donations. Congrats to W.W. Moore, Bonner, Gibson, and Westwood for leading the way in regard to increased staff participation and donations compared to last year! If you are interested in donating, please contact Wesson Claiborne-Felder at wcfelder@mail.dps.k12.va.us or 434.799.6434, ext. 258. Click here for more info about United Way of Danville-Pittsylvania County and their partner agencies.

Pictured below is Wesson, the DPS Campaign Chair, attending the United Way Campaign Kickoff event with Sheriff Mike Mondul and Police Chief Scott Booth. Also pictured is an invite to Picnic on the Plaza on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm!

Adult & Career Education Center Success Story

Pictured below on the left is Nellie Shea, DPS ESL teacher, and on the right is her ESL student, Mercedes Vargas. Mercedes just received her GED and the extraordinary part of the story is that Mercedes took the whole exam in English!!! Congrats to both Nellie and Mercedes for a job well done!

Welcome Kyocera, SGS Tech Hub, LLC to Danville

Thank you to Kyocera for choosing Danville as your new home and for creating pathways to employment for our precision machining students in Danville and Pittsylvania County! This $10M project, located in the Cyber Park, will produce 35 high paying jobs. The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony video is courtesy of Mark Aron and River City TV. In the first picture below you will see Porchia Russell, the Precision Machining Instructor for Danville Public Schools, and Justin Owen, the Precision Machining Instructor for the Pittsylvania County Technical Center. The second picture highlights one of the new machines at Kyocera. Click here for full Register and Bee article.

DPS Announces New Principal at Woodrow Wilson Intermediate School

DPS would like to announce that Dr. Tonya Steele has been hired as the new Principal at Woodrow Wilson Intermediate School! Help welcome her to Danville as she is coming to DPS from Atlanta Public Schools. The full news release can be found on the DPS website.

2019 Danville Women Rock Awards

I AM SARAH will honor women for their contributions in their careers and celebrate their accomplishments of serving as positive role models in the community. Below is a list of all of the award recipients. You will notice that two of the recipients are DPS employees!!!! Congratulations to Porchia Russell, the recipient of the Future Leader Award, and Cherie Garland, the Assistant Principal at Bonner, for the Educator of the Year Award. Information about the event can be seen in the flyer below.

Lakesha Reed-Curtis - Dream Catcher Award

Anne Howard Gravely Moore - Trailblazer Award

Madison Oakes - I Rise Youth Award

Cherie Garland - Educator of the Year

Porchia Russell - Future Leader Award

Shelby Irving - Ruby Archie Award

Lorrie Eanes-Brooks - Community Change Award

Judge Carla Archie - Hometown Hero Award

Cody Kesling Invites You to Attend the 41st Annual Dixie Classic Band Competition

You are invited to attend the 41st Annual Dixie Classic Band Competition on September 22, 2018, at J.T. Christopher Stadium. Ten bands from North Carolina and Virginia are set to compete, and the evening will end with a performance from the George Washington High School Marching Eagles!

Gates will open at 2:00 pm and the event will begin at 3:30 pm.

If you would like to be a patron of the event:

1. A monetary donation of $100.00 or more would qualify patrons for the Gold Level (four free admissions to the Dixie Classic Band Competition, two complimentary programs, and VIP seating and parking).

2. A monetary donation of $50.00 - $99.00 would qualify patrons for the Silver Level (two free admissions to the competition, a complimentary program, and VIP seating and parking).

3. A monetary donation of $25.00 - $49.00 would qualify patrons for the Bronze Level (two free admissions to the competition).

If you would like to donate please come by the Band room at GWHS!

GWHS ROTC Holds Free Community Car Wash

The GWHS NJROTC recently held it’s annual Free Community Car Wash on August 25, 2018, at Red Lobster, located on Piedmont Dr. This event is not only done as a service to the community but is also used to build teamwork and leadership among the cadets. In the 3rd picture below, LCDR Frank Hitt, the Senior Naval Science Instructor at GWHS and the coordinator of the event, is seated and looking a little too relaxed. Hmmmm.