The 2012 PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest has now ended.  Judging has also been completed and the winners for each of the grade levels will be announced soon.

Thanks to the support of the Virginia College Savings Plan and Studentpublishing.com, this year’s PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest was another great sucess.

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Bring your students to Colonial Williamsburg without ever leaving the classroom!  The Colonial Williamsburg Electronic Field Trips allow students to travel through time to experience life in colonial America.

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What will it mean when most of us can afford to have the information in our DNA--all three billion chemical letters of it--read, stored and available for analysis? Cracking Your Genetic Code on NOVA reveals that we stand on the verge of a revolution. We meet cancer patients returned to robust health and a cystic fibrosis sufferer breathing easily because scientists have been able to pinpoint and neutralize the genetic abnormalities underlying their conditions.

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Bring your students to Colonial Williamsburg without ever leaving the classroom! The Colonial Williamsburg Electronic Field Trips allow students to travel through time to experience life in colonial America. 

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Okay, you’ve got your story idea…now it’s time to put pen to paper! With only a few more weeks left in the PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest, there’s still plenty of time to get your stories in. This year’s contest was made possible with local support from the Virginia College Savings Plan and national support from StudentPublishing.com.

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During the month of March, our Ready To Learn Program will be out and about in many locations in Central Virginia. We would love to have your family join the fun. Here are some of the details:

Thursday, March 1, we will be at the Virginia Discovery Museum in Charlottesville at 10:30 a.m. for an engaging story time. An interactive, hands-on activity along with a free children’s book will be given to each child. This activity is appropriate for 3-5 year olds and is free with admission to the museum. 

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From draft-dodging to the Dayton Accords, from Monica Lewinsky to a balanced budget, the presidency of William Jefferson Clinton veered between sordid scandal and grand achievement. In Clinton, the latest installment in the critically acclaimed series of presidential biographies, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE explores the fascinating story of an American president who rose from a broken childhood in Arkansas to become one of the most successful politicians in modern American history--and one of the most complex and conflicted characters to ever stride across the public stage.

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Come share your knowledge and be inspired at The Celebration of Teaching & Learning 2012! The Celebration—presented by THIRTEEN and WLIW21—is a premier professional development conference that brings together the world’s best thinkers, practitioners, and more than 10,000 educators to share their passion for teaching and learning. This two-day experience for educators happens March 16-17, 2012 at the Hilton New York in New York City.

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Bring your students to Colonial Williamsburg without ever leaving the classroom! The Colonial Williamsburg Electronic Field Trips allow students to travel through time to experience life in colonial America. 

Everyone knows Abraham Lincoln freed all the slaves . . . or did he? Freedom came to enslaved people over the course of many months and years — and it arrived in different ways in different places.

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Hey teachers, library media specialists, ITRT’s and administrators! It’s not too late - but time is running out! Don’t miss the opportunity to discover new and exciting ways to bring technology into your classrooms when you attend EdTech 2012!

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