My former Barrett #KWBPride principal Terry Bratt encouraged me to be a speaker at the AAUW STEM meeting. I’m glad I participated. The Science Fair presentations by the APS middle school & HS girls were fascinating! My speech was titled “Stronger Together - Inspiring Curious Minds” #OneTeamOneAPS
Barrett Elementary #KWBPride students happy to write Welcome Home postcards for NASA Artemis II astronauts #NASAedu #NASAMoonCrew
Barrett Spirit Day: Bring your Stuffy! Students and teachers bring cozy companion stuffed animals to school #KWBPride
Barrett #KWBPride Counselor Ms. Pizzano sitting with Kindergarten students during National School Counseling Week
National School Counseling Week spotlights counselors’ vital role in helping students thrive. Barrett Kindergarten students surprised Ms. Pizzano with a gift of appreciation and a special letter they composed #KWBPride @apsva.us #OneTeamOneAPS
Barrett #KWBPride students surround Dr. Rivas with a hug for Principal Appreciation Week.
Students surround Dr Rivas with a hug.
Huge poster card with coloring done by the students showing many of Dr Rivas favorite things.
Barrett students and teachers wish Dr. Rivas a Happy Virginia School Principals Appreciation Week! We appreciate you @drgabyrivas.bsky.social #KWBPride @apsva.us #PrincipalsAppreciationWeek #OneTeamOneAPS
PreK teacher Susan Garman works on a building project with a student holding a hammer.
PreK Instructional Assistant Adela Jaldin helps a student with a wood building project.
I’m thrilled that my teaching colleagues Susan Garman and Adela Jaldin were selected as the Barrett Teacher and Support Employee of the Year! Congratulations! #KWBPride @kwbarrettpta.bsky.social @kwbarrettpta.bsky.social #OneTeamOneAPS
Teacher with huge 6 7 balloons. Students 67 motions, boy in a 6-7 shirt
Students enter the classroom in the morning with 67 balloons
Creating with 67 marshmallows and toothpicks
Barrett #KWBPride 2nd grade students celebrate 67 days of learning! Math games with the number 67, writing for 6 minutes and 7 seconds and 6 or 7 nicknames. Ten frames with 67 dots. What will you build with 67 marshmallow and toothpicks?! @apsva.us
Thrilled to be selected for the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) STEM Teacher Leadership Advisory Panel. Inspiring kick off today at Fuse George Mason University Square in Arlington masonsquare.gmu.edu/fuse
Student holds snow standing on the snow-covered turf
Smiles of excitement as students walk across the snow-covered turf.
First snow of the season! What an exciting start to our Barrett #KWBPride school day @barrettaps.bsky.social @apsva.us #OneTeamOneAPS
Thank you and NEA team members for visiting #KWBPride Barrett @barrettaps.bsky.social
NEA President Becky Pringle with Project Discovery teacher Laurie Sullivan
APS post on Instagram
Special to share about Project Discovery with NEA president Becky Pringle along with a big gift for #KWBPride Barrett and Arlington Public Schools! #OneTeamOneAPS
Exciting day in Project Discovery sharing the book gifted to our Barrett students from NASA Astronaut Leland Melvin and then PreK astronauts floating by #KWBPride #OneTeamOneAPS #NASAedu #EduSky
Teachers Megan Zelasko and Laurie Sullivan
Stop Motion Animation
Ozobot examples - Predator Prey and Migration
Bee-Bot Animal Habitats
Loved the energy of the teachers who attended our presentation at the Virginia Association of Science Teachers VAST PDI conference! Thanks for the inspiration @kidmuseum.bsky.social @mszelasko.bsky.social #2025vastpdi #STEM #MakerMindset #KWBPride
Two students sit on the grass turf eating ice cream
Paradise employees smile as they serve ice cream
Students put toppings on their ice cream
Artwork on student’s arm
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
Dr. Sullivan standing in the middle of the Welcome Barrett Tigers lawn sign
Student tosses inflatable planet to another student
Students collect data record tally marks.
Former Barrett student Alexa teaches the Barrett Beliefs cheer: We are Mindful. We are Helpful. We are Powerful. We are Barrett!
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
Students wearing last day of school hats working at the table with magnet blocks
student on the carpet working on an endangered animals puzzle
ornaments students made for students in Panama as part of the Smithsonian migratory bird project, “Bridging the Americas“
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
Students work together to solve the challenge
Typing hypothesis
Modules or levels
Listen to learn about the scientist and watch video of GPS tag for shark
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
Project Discovery Teacher Stacey Fernandez weeds in the courtyard garden
Science coach Carrie Lombardi checking on the garden beds of veggies and flowers
Bell pepper
Tomatoes
Teachers doing some gardening on the last day of school. Looking good! #KWBPride
I would love to purchase a table top one. We have a large Wind Tube that a retired engineer built for us bsky.app/profile/drsu...
Is that a mini wind tube?
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
Student Friction Climbers in action in Project Discovery at Barrett Elementary School #KWBPride #EduSky #OneTeamOneAPS #STEM #SciArt
