APS Sustainability
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The Arlington Public Schools' Superintendent's Advisory Committee on Sustainability addresses energy & environmental conservation in our schools & curriculum.
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31-05-2016 23:44:11
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4th graders planted 100 Red Emperor Tulips as part of the Journey North project, which tracks seasonal change & migration. Looking forward to tracking their growth and learning about phenology. 🌷🌷🌷Journey North Tuckahoe Elementary School #TuckahoeRocks #APSGreen
2nd grade learned about evergreen trees today and created lovely centerpieces to give as gifts. So fun and my classroom smelled amazing! #Tuckahoerocks #outdoorlearning #APSGreen APS Sustainability Tuckahoe Elementary School
Our Long Branch Recycling Rangers are hard at work sorting our recycling ♻️to get our school ready for Winter Break! Arlington Public Schools #APSGreen #APSisAwesome
Lettuce celebrate! Green Team harvesting and prepping for their 5th grade salad tasting cafe today! #TuckahoeRocks #APSGreen #outdoorlearning Tuckahoe Elementary School APS Sustainability
Community meeting crew prepped for a fun sustainability activity Maureen Nesselrode is doing Friday morning during Crew Time. EL Education APS Sustainability #apsgreen
Today’s Crew Time activity (created by Nicole Croce) challenged students to use trash and other recycled materials to make accessories for Mrs. Nesselrode. These fashionistas got to work putting together a whole new ensemble for our principal! Maureen Nesselrode APS Sustainability
4th graders Jamestown Elementary are learning about NASA Artemis and building models of lunar satellites using recyclable materials. Thank you @NASA_Wallops and Broken Link for such a creative engineering design challenge @APSscience APS STEM #APSGreen
3rd graders cleaning up the LB grounds to show their love and respect for our school Long Branch ES Arlington Public Schools APSFacilities
Nice to get out Barcroft’s Environmental Stewards outdoors with our master gardener volunteers. Kids snipped and turned cover crops in our vegetable bed! BarcroftEagles @APSscience APS Sustainability @GabyRivasAPS
So proud of these students! Completely student led initiative…Recycling Club committee speaks with custodial staff , sharing plan to help custodians collect weekly classroom recycling! @APSscience APS Sustainability BarcroftEagles @GabyRivasAPS
Our first outdoor lesson with Amanda Lowenberger this year! We had so much fun exploring the courtyard, picking and eating carrots from the garden and spending time with the turtles! 🐢🪴🥕
The Outdoor Education teacher committee Jamestown Elementary used our rain barrel to sustainably refill our LettuceGrow hydroponics system #APSGreen @APSscience APS Sustainability
Thanks again to eBike Gillian for organizing cold weather gear production #TheShop Arlington VA Pub Lib The kids are all right - outside! 🌳🏃♀️APS Sustainability BikeArlington WABA #APSGreen
Escuela Key Elementary our new Share Table helps the environment by reducing food waste & we help classmates by sharing healthy snacks 🍎 - busy bees🐝 caring for the earth🌎 & for each other.🤗 APS Sustainability #APSGreen #SomosKey