Wonderful evening weather for the Barrett PTA Ice Cream Social with so many happy students and their families #KWBPride #OneTeamOneAPS @kwbarrettpta.bsky.social @drgabyrivas.bsky.social

Up early to start my Year 33 at Barrett Elementary! First day of school fun gamification taking student attendance with inflatable planets, movement, sentence stem and tally marks plus Barrett Beliefs Cheer! #KWBPride @drgabyrivas.bsky.social #APSBack2School @apsva.us #EduSky

By combining movement, art, and interactive word walls, science teachers can bring vocabulary to life in ways that help students learn! 🌟 #ITeachScience #EduSky

Happy to welcome students, their families & caregivers to our Barrett #KWBPride School Open House classrooms to meet teachers, staff, admin @drgabyrivas.bsky.social #APSBack2School @suptduran.apsva.us #OneTeamOneAPS

#BookCreator Teacher PD Guide video @bookcreator.com #EduSky #EdTech

Epic. Entertaining. Thought-provoking. Trevor Muir keynote at the Copenhaver Institute, Roanoke College #CopenhaverChats Innovation should serve the purpose of school. Harness the power of story to deepen student engagement and create meaningful learning. #KWBPride #SummerPD @apslearns.bsky.social

Last day of school fun singing about NASA Europa Clipper Mission, making bird ornaments for our partner class in Panama, building, puzzles and lots of energy! #KWBPride

On the last day of school #KWBPride students asked me to unlock another “level” in the digital simulation WaterWays where students tag and track sharks and develop solutions to problems like plastic pollution #ecology #science #curiosity #EdGames #STEMed

Teachers doing some gardening on the last day of school. Looking good! #KWBPride

What a great week teaching with Barrett former student Michaela Donovan, who is now an astronomer! #KWBPride #scientist #OneTeamOneAPS @apsva.us @suptduran.apsva.us @apsvaschoolbd.bsky.social

Chromatography Butterfly Science. Thanks for the STEM Kits Rosie Riveters #KWBPride

Student Friction Climbers in action in Project Discovery at Barrett Elementary School #KWBPride #EduSky #OneTeamOneAPS #STEM #SciArt

Thank you Rosie Riveters for the Friction Climber STEM kits. The students loved the project and created Canva presentations on their iPad #EduSky #SciArt #Science #KWBPride #OneTeamOneAPS

Field Day fun! Beautiful weather for Barrett students to enjoy games, races and cool off with water and popsicles #KWBPride #smiles #OneTeamOneAPS

Thank you Rosie Riveters for the STEM Pulley kits. The Barrett #KWBPride 3rd grade students loved building, lifting load of pennies, decorating and taking home to share with family #SimpleMachine #Science #SciArt #OneTeamOneAPS

The Barrett Elementary School 2024-2025 yearbook has arrived! Student smiles! We are Mindful, Helpful, Powerful #KWBPride @kwbarrettpta.bsky.social

Thanks to the Barrett Art teachers for the interesting displays of student artwork for families to view tonight #KWBPride #ArtsFest

Barrett family night concert performance #KWBPride #music #orchestra #band #chorus #OneTeamOneAPS

Such an exciting day for Barrett 3rd grade unpacking the boxes of bird art, student research and “About Me” letters sent from partner classes in Panama! Our migratory birds connect us! Smithsonian Bridging the Americas project #KWBPride #OneTeamOneAPS

Guess who’s back? Bee-Bot is back—by kid request! From programming the robot to deliver kind notes ✉️ to coding it as an animal 🐾 finding its habitat, our Barrett #KWBPride students are shining with creativity and critical thinking. STEM magic in action! #EarlyEd #STEMLearning #EduSky #OneTeamOneAPS

Congratulations to all our Barrett Runners for participating in the last run of the season! A little rain didn’t stop the smiles and celebration! Way to go #KWBPride Tigers! #OneTeamOneAPS

Thank you Kylie, Hunter and Aiden from Blue Origin for sharing Club for the Future at school this week. Barrett #KWBPride students are so excited about their Postcards to Space art flying on New Shepard rocket #STEM #STEAM #SciArt #EduSky #OneTeamOneAPS

My principal jumping in the background is so fun! Thanks to Catherine Han and AP Amin Littman for the Snack Cart. I appreciate it along w my Kindergarten teacher “neighbors” Cristina Torres and Andrea Donovan #KWBPride #OneTeamOneAPS @apsva.us

Barrett Kindergarten students find out how fun yearbooks are for finding friends, brothers, sisters and teachers! Buy your yearbook TODAY! Sales end May 6 #KWBPride @kwbarrettpta.bsky.social

Barrett students celebrate Hubble Space Telescope 35 birthday in space by creating models, mission patch, viewing planets and stars! #SpotHubble #KWBPride #STEM NASA Explorer School

Happy Administrative Professionals Day to our wonderful office staff! We appreciate all you do for our Barrett #KWBPride community! #OneTeamOneAPS Ms Espinoza, Ms Hundessa, Ms Kaplan, Ms Matadial! #smiles #sunshine #team

If you're a DC/MD/VA STEM Educator, we're starting a group to support and foster collaboration and networking! Our inaugural event is on May 9th at American University. See the attached flyer, and please forward to any friends! @drsullivan.bsky.social #EduSky

Happy Earth Day! Barrett #KWBPride students plant vegetables at school, study seeds and design a new spring flower #nature #outdoors #OneTeamOneAPS

So exciting to receive a video message from NASA astronaut Anne McClain for the Barrett #KWBPride students about teamwork on the International Space Station! #OneTeamOneAPS @apsva.us

Students, teachers, staff, parents gather after school for Spring session of Barrett Runners! Go #KWBPride Tigers #OneTeamOneAPS

Barrett 1st grade students explore the #KWBPride schoolyard Peace Garden and search for signs of Spring as they take photos with iPad camera #nature #flowers #trees #EduSky #EdTech

Kindergarten student happiness exploring Barrett schoolyard Peace Garden for signs of Spring #KWBPride #OneTeamOneAPS #flowers #daffodils #tree

Yay for Stripes Family Night at Barrett with student artwork, science displays, SOL overview, breakout sessions and listening to Pajama Mama read at the Book Fair! #KWBPride #OneTeamOneAPS

Love the excitement of Kindergarten students outside finding rocks (hidden by their teachers) for a project in the classroom #KWBPride #Spring #OneTeamOneAPS

Kindergarten students learn about NASA Crew 10 astronauts and play with Zero G Indicators from previous space missions #KWBPride #OneTeamOneAPS

APS PD at the KID Museum morning session! Our team applied 3rd grade Science standards to maker skills stop motion animation projects #creativity #STEM #EdTech @apslearns.bsky.social @rosielivenlearn.bsky.social @apsva.us Barrett #KWBPride teachers #OneTeamOneAPS

Barrett #KWBPride students Virtual Career Connection VCC videoconference with plant scientist biologist Dr. Gioia Massa NASA Kennedy Space Center #PlantsInSpace #SPARX #STEMeducation #OneTeamOneAPS

One of my favorite times of the school year is Computer Science Week Hour of Code. I love how my young students persevere and eventually experience success #CSEdWeek #HourOfCode #EduSky

Fun Saturday learning about satellites from Space Force guest speakers at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum followed by PocketLab Voyager 2 sensors engineering design challenge. Thankful to Air Force Office of Scientific Research ACCESS Lending Library program #EdTech for my #KWBPride students.

Science Lab tool from MagicSchool AI helpful for designing Floating Cone Wind Tube Experiment for Barrett #KWBPride students @apsva.bsky.social @magicschoolai.bsky.social #magicschoolai #EduSky #EdTech

Love the #KWBPride students and teachers showing their Barrett NASA Explorer School Spirit!

Thankful to teach with so many amazing teachers at Barrett Elementary School #KWBPride NASA Explorer School @apsva.bsky.social #APSisAwesome #OneTeamOneAPS