Students learn to write by writing as they refine and apply their growing vocabulary. Sedgefield continues its partnership with the Junior League of Hampton Roads. Members tutor students and contributes materials and supplies to the school. Two students from South Morrison elementary won the 2000 George W. Ramsey Jump Rope Contest. Tremaine Wills jumped 746 times while Tierra Davis jumped 619 times.
Advanced readers are students reading on a kindergarten or first-grade level.
Students and teachers from Warwick high participated in an exchange program with their sister city high school in Altenkirchen, Germany. The students lived with German families, attended school and participated in the life of the town. Washington middle, which has the division s only National Junior Honor Society, had more than one-quarter of its students meet the society s rigorous academic qualifications for membership. Watkins elementary students and teachers collected memorabilia throughout the year to commemorate the turn of the century. The items will be put into a time capsule to be opened in 2010.