🚀 Our @RedMillES Grade 5 innovators took on the challenge of designing a reusable @SpaceX Starship capable of returning safely to Earth. The creativity, problem-solving, and resilience they showed prove the sky is not the limit...it’s just the beginning! 🌌@vbschools@VBGifted
@RedMillES fifth graders immersed in Civil War history through community partnerships. Sponsored by Beach Windows & Siding through a @vbedfound grant, students engaged with reenactors & museum educators to gain a deeper understanding of VA's role. @vbschools@VBContent@VBGifted
🎉🎉🎉Congratulations to Cynthia Johnston, an amazing educator and Virginia Beach Citywide Teacher of the Year finalist! Read more about Cynthia Johnston in The Core: vbcpsblogs.com/core/teacher-….
Thanks to our coordinator turned impromptu time traveler named James Scott who helped guide @RedMillES 5th graders during their podcast episode about the Virginia battles during the Civil War. @BFergusonVB@VBContent@vbschools
In our @RedMillES Content Collab, we tried out hexagonal thinking to make connections between Ancient Egypt concepts . I ♥️ it when there's no singe right answer - it's all about justifying your thinking! @RMESPrincipal @BFergusonVB@MrHowardODS@vbschools@VBGifted
Huge congrats to the three winning @RedMillES 5th grade teams. Community support from Mike and Mike Services helped us test the best reusable 🚀 prototypes. @vbschools@VBGifted@BFergusonVB @RMESPrincipal
These rocket landings were no "yolk" as @RedMillES 5th graders built, tested, redesigned, and retested their @SpaceX egg-straordinary rocket prototypes. Shout to Mike and Mike Services for giving us a lift! @vbschools@VBGifted@BFergusonVB @RMESPrincipal
@RMES_Gifted and I had the BEST time presenting on the amazing things our @RedMillES teachers are doing with design thinking at #DTALcon today! Super excited for next year!
Where we started vs where we ended...Philosophical Chairs encouraged @RedMillES 4th graders to delve into scientific argumentation - are robotic bees worth the investment? @RMESPrincipal @RedMill_AP @FlinnNancye@VBGifted
Virginia Beach business owners joined us for our @RedMillES Local Business Fair to inspire & empower 2nd graders to be the next generation of 💵 entrepreneurs. @RMESPrincipal @RedMill_AP @BFergusonVB@VBGifted@VBContent
@mixandshinePR, Pawsitive Vibes Home Boarding LLC, Peace Love and Little Donuts VB, Rudee Inlet Parasailing and Jet Ski, Sandbridge Rentals LLC, @SchoolofRockUSA, Shining Stars Dance Academy, Sunset Nutrition, and @VBsurfsessions!
THESE.KIDS. 😍😍😍
2nd graders designed an arcade game that demos forces, wrote functional text, created a theme, AND created a video explaining their game 🎮🕹️
🤯🤯🤯HOLY SCI/ELA Integration!!
@FlinnNancye#VBITS @RMESPrincipal @HeyMrs_Lockwood@RMESKovacyk
To help Encanto's Isabela learn plant needs for survival, @RedMillES 1st graders are conducting four scientific investigations. 👀, 📏, and 📊 up next! @RMESPrincipal @RedMill_AP @VBGifted@FlinnNancye