Who's Got Talent? is the question audience members will get the chance to answer as Maury High School faculty host a Talent/Non-Talent Show on Friday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium to help send the Maury Chamber Orchestra to the National School Board Association's conference in San Francisco, CA.

Suprintendent of Schools Dr. Richard Bentley will stroke the strings of his guitar and perform along with various staff performances. Tickets are on sale in advance for only $7. E-mail Ryan Featherer at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to reserve your tickets. Click here to view the flyer.

Take a sneak peek and to see the award-winning Maury Chamber Orchestra rehearsal.

Your2Cents is all about letting NPS students have a chance to get their opinions heard. Recently, Your2Cents hit up students at Azalea Gardens Middle School and asked:

“If you could be president, what law would you pass and why?”

“My first action as president would be to allow children to vote and to have a say in what the government does because we have a right to help direct this country.”

Nahdia Spain
6th Grade

"As president I would give health care to all Americans so everyone can see a doctor when they are sick and get what they need to be healthy."

Christian Parker
6th Grade

"If I was president I would pass a law that would give everyone in America access to free electronics so that everyone would have computers in their homes."

Franchesca Antolin
6th Grade

Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk holds many lessons untold as fifth graders from Ghent School explored the graveyard seeking answers to its past.

Two dozen fifth graders accompanied by Rebecca Walter, a science teacher, walked in the wintry weather to Elmwood Cemetery to share observations regarding the cause and effect of weathering and erosion of the tombstones, the topography and the landscape.

Bobbette Nelson of the Bureau of Cemeteries guided the students around the cemetery and shared the cultural history of famous Norfolkians interred at the gravesite.

Ivy covered graves and smooth stones placed at particular gravesites yielded many questions from curious students to its purpose and history. A large mausoleum with doors adorned with butterflies and beetles drew the students’ attention as they learned the backstory of one of Norfolk’s most prominent businessman.

Students took notes as they used mathematics to calculate the age of graves and the relationship between age and the amount of weathering and/or erosion of each tombstone. As part of the lesson, students also investigated the different types of stones such as fieldstones, granite, marble, limestone, portland stone and sandstone during their assessments of the graves.

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