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W-JCC Archive | News Digest |
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| February, 2012 | |
Happy Reunion |
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Spring Shows Coming |
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Grant For Garden Shade |
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An “Inside Out” Art Lesson |
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Cheering the Tribe |
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Jersey Math |
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Kindling Curiosity |
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Council A NMS Finalist |
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National School Counseling Week Feb. 6-10 Honors Counselors’ Valuable Contributions MORE |
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Recognition From the Commonwealth |
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Premier Counselors |
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Black History At Blayton |
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Contributing Artists |
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Science On the Move |
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“Diversity Means” Winners |
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| January, 2012 | |
Ready For Running |
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Inquiring Minds |
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Costumed Classroom |
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Theresa Redd Appointed Interim Principal at Jamestown High School |
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A Study of Greece |
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Looking Ahead |
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Beep-Beep For 50! |
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Cheer to Manor |
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Heady Heredity |
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Poster Winner |
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Thank You, School Board! |
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Newly Certified |
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Clerk Appreciation |
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SHIP Is Latest “Tray Talk” |
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Overseas Greetings |
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Architecture For Third Graders |
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Skyping to Africa |
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Snowflake Shop |
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The Reading Spirit |
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High Tech Lesson |
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A Taste Of China |
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How Not To Bully |
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| December, 2011 | |
The Gift of Warmth |
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Home-Grown Salad |
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Muffins For Moms |
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Dolphin Distinction |
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Coin Drive Winners |
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Signs Of the Times |
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12 Days of Giving |
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One For the Birds |
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Reflecting on Diversity |
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Sleighbell Rings Up $8,500 |
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Taking The Oath |
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Epilepsy Poster A Winner |
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Trotting For Funds |
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Leading To Safety |
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Language Support |
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Money Matters |
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Helping University Colleagues |
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WHS Delivers To FISH |
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Fun With Math |
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A Ghostly Performance |
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Thanks To Military Families |
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Financial Literacy Grants |
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From Garden To Table |
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Legislators Go To School |
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Thanks For Service |
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A Sweet Remembrance |
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Honesty Rewarded |
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Love That Poster! |
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Walking For Funds |
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Experiencing the Chesapeake |
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Help To Food Banks |
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Matoaka’s New SCA Officers |
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Plastic Bag Challenge |
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| November, 2011 |
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Key Club Cans Total 500 |
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A Healthy “Farm To School” Week |
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Cooking Tips From A Pro |
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Local Job Opportunities |
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USDA Visits Warhill Cafeteria |
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Regional One-Act Champs |
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Lafayette HS One-Act Drama Wins Regional Competition; On To States Dec. 6 Lafayette High School’s one-act drama “These Shining Lives” took first place at the regional Virginia High School League (VHSL) One-Act Drama Competition this past weekend at Lafayette High School. The winning cast competed against seven other schools in the region, including Jamestown High School’s play “Thanks,” which placed fifth in the regional competition. Senior Madison Landis was named All-Region Best Actor; Wren Beavers and James Scarola also earned all-region honors. Lafayette HS will make its fifth consecutive trip to state one-act competition Tuesday, Dec. 6, at Monticello High School in Charlottesville. |
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Playing For the Pumpkins |
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Presenting For Peers |
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WJCC Schools Honor, Thank Servicemen And Women At Veteran’s Day Observances |
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SHIP Muffins For All |
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San Antonio-Bound |
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Students In Grades 7-8 Can Apply To Attend Engineering Technology Series Starting in January, 7th and 8th grade students and parents can apply to participate in three free sessions offered by the Governor’s Academy for Innovation, Technology and Engineering (GAITE), and sponsored by the Virginia Space Grant Consortium, where they can learn about engineering technology from experts from NASA Langley, Canon Virginia, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Thomas Nelson Community College. Only 75 students will be chosen. Click [HERE] for more information, and to learn how to apply. Click [HERE] to view video about the sessions. |
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Going Batty |
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Learning German Heritage |
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Latin On Line |
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| German Students Mark Oktoberfest Middle Schoolers Sample Food, Music MORE |
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Behind The Scenes At WISC |
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Reflections At Rawls Byrd |
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Mythological Pumpkins |
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Staying On Their Toes |
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It Was About Time In LHS Class |
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Towers Of Strength |
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The Power of Pasta & Pennies |
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Digging Into History |
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| October, 2011 | |
A Way With Words |
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Warhill Cheerleaders Host “Cheer Pink” |
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Simulation In A Real World |
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A German Theme To Fundraising |
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New Seastar Show Rises |
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WHS Students Earn Commendation |
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Showtime: 3 One-Acts |
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Sign Up Now For Sleighbell 5K |
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Eagle Commendations |
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Job Preparation |
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Triathlon Winner |
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Kicking Cancer In the Can |
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A Chance To Go Higher |
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Clear, With 100% Learning |
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Governor’s Academy Offers Free Engineering Technology Series To 7th and 8th Graders MORE |
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LHS Scholars Recognized |
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Rising To The Occasion |
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| September, 2011 | |
Master Class By Master Drummer |
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Blowing In the Wind |
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October: Energy Awareness Month |
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Celebrating Spanish |
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Patriotic Celebration |
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Foreign Language Enrichment |
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Radford Hosts JHS Students |
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On-The-Job Training In Neuroscience |
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Ugandan Relief Effort |
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A Study Of Dickens |
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Immersed In Latin |
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Exploring Ancient Times |
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Summer Research With NASA |
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| August, 2011 | Parke Land Comes to Jamestown HS Former Lafayette Principal Parker Land To Serve As Interim Principal at Jamestown HS MORE |
WELCOMING SIXTH GRADERS |
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Books From the Library |
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Ready To Help Learners |
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Colonial Classroom For Teachers |
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| July, 2011 | Digging Into Latin |
Immersed In History |
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Career / Tech Ed Program A Winner |
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Staying On the Cutting Edge of Technology |
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$10,000 Grant From General Mills |
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Martial Arts Center Scholarships |
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DAR Good Citizenship Award |
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Mildred Matier Award |
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West Point Leadership Award |
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| First-Ever District Title for Warhill The Lion girls’ soccer team makes history. MORE |
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Congratulations, Class of 2011! |
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| June, 2011 | WJCC Honors Its 2010-11 High School State Champions Several WJCC athletic and academic teams alike went the distance this year in state-level competitions throughout the school year. Click [HERE] to see a list of our high school state champions. |
| Licensed Practical Nursing Program Graduates Eight Students Eight students graduated Monday from WJCC’s Licensed Practical Nursing program, now in its 38th year of existence. Trish Holden received the Clinical Excellence Award. |
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| Three New Principals Appointed To Lead WJCC Elementary Schools Three new principals are appointed to lead WJCC elementary schools: Kim Pickles at Stonehouse Elementary; Paula Huffman at Blayton Elementary, and Scott Thorpe at Matthew Whaley Elementary. [MORE] |
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| New “Language Is Power” Program Reaches Out To Parents Of English
Language Learners James River Elementary School and World Languages recently hosted a program called Language Is Power (LIP) that reaches out to parents of English language learners (ELLs) in the school to get them more engaged, help their communication with school personnel, and give them tools to help their children at home. The College of William and Mary’s Literacy for Life program handles the teaching aspect of LIP, and Spanish teacher Hilda Espinal and ESL teacher Diane Avjean are WJCC coordinators. These teachers also supervise the parents’ children so the parents are able to attend the class. Seven parents recently completed the program, from left: Mario Escobar, Liliana Valdez, Ana Silvia Flores, Maria Consuelo Rodriguez, Nojat Palmer Moukhliss, Maria Santos, Maribel Soto. |
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| May, 2011 | WJCC Is First School Division In Nation To Adopt Colonial Williamsburg On-Line History Curriculum "Idea of America,” Colonial Williamsburg’s new on-line American history and citizenship curriculum, has been adopted for use by the Williamsburg/James City County School Division for use in its classrooms, making WJCC the first school division in the nation to do so. CW President Colin Campbell made the announcement at CW’s annual Leadership Breakfast at the Williamsburg Lodge Tuesday. From left: WJCC School Board members Denise Koch, Dr. Oscar Prater, Vice Chair Ruth Larson, and Jim Kelly; CW President Colin Campbell; WJCC School Board Chairman Jim Nickols; WJCC Superintendent Dr. Steven M. Constantino; WJCC School Board member Elise Emanuel. Click [HERE] for press release. |
| Lafayette HS Takes Top VHSL Academic Activities Honors In Bay Rivers District For 4th Consecutive Year For the fourth year in a row, Lafayette High School students have placed first among Bay Rivers District schools in the Virginia High School League (VHSL) Academic Activities competition, and fourth in the Commonwealth. The Academic Activities competition rates seven areas: Forensics, Debate, Scholastic Bowl, One-Act Play, Newspaper, Yearbook, and Literary Magazine. The school recently celebrated at the annual Academic Activities Awards Banquet, where it was announced that the LHS yearbook had won its unprecedented sixth consecutive state championship, along with LHS’s one-act play, “Over the River and Through the Woods,” which also took state honors. Attending the event, from left: LHS Principal Anita Swinton, LHS Athletic Director Dan Barner, WJCC School Board member Elise Emanuel, WJCC Athletic Coordinator Jeannie Trainum, Academic Activity Female of the Year Rebecca Wahls, Academic Activity Male of the Year Jourdan Peratsakis, WJCC Superintendent Dr. Steven M. Constantino, WJCC School Board Vice Chair Ruth Larson and WJCC School Board Parliamentarian Joe Fuentes. |
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| 4 Elementary Schools Earn “Distinguished School” Status; Haley Honored As Top Nutrition Director The WJCC School Board presented certificates to four WJCC elementary schools at its regular meeting Tuesday for achieving Title 1 Distinguished School status: James River, Matthew Whaley, Norge, and Rawls Byrd. Accepting the awards were the schools’ principals, from left: Dr. Stacia Barreau, Kathleen Noonan, Dr. Nancy Catano and Cathy Vazquez. Click [HERE] to learn more. The Board also recognized WJCC Child Nutrition Supervisor Jane Haley for being named the School Nutrition Association’s Director of the Year among 131 of her peers in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Pictured are Jane Haley and School Board Chairman James P. Nickols. |
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| Lafayette HS Takes Top VHSL Academic Activities Honors In Bay Rivers District For 4th Consecutive Year For the fourth year in a row, Lafayette High School students have placed first among Bay Rivers District schools in the Virginia High School League (VHSL) Academic Activities competition, and fourth in the Commonwealth. The Academic Activities competition rates seven areas: Forensics, Debate, Scholastic Bowl, One-Act Play, Newspaper, Yearbook, and Literary Magazine. The school recently celebrated at the annual Academic Activities Awards Banquet, where it was announced that the LHS yearbook had won its unprecedented sixth consecutive state championship, along with LHS’s one-act play, “Over the River and Through the Woods,” which also took state honors. Attending the event, from left: LHS Principal Anita Swinton, LHS Athletic Director Dan Barner, WJCC School Board member Elise Emanuel, WJCC Athletic Coordinator Jeannie Trainum, Academic Activity Female of the Year Rebecca Wahls, Academic Activity Male of the Year Jourdan Peratsakis, WJCC Superintendent Dr. Steven M. Constantino, WJCC School Board Vice Chair Ruth Larson and WJCC School Board Parliamentarian Joe Fuentes. |
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| March-April, 2011 | WJCC Observes “Earth Day” April 22 With Special “It’s My Environment” Video Department “Blue Ribbon School” Status Be Purchased On-Line |
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