Always learning from this lady right here! Love having her at Salem!!

Gratitude challenge: A place that makes me happy. And my favorite person too!! #principalshark #sharktank

This guy made my day showing up at my door!! James Smith #plazatrojans #ibunited

Like I said in June, I’ll always be a little bit Shark in my teacher heart. I am so happy I got to go cheer on my babies to win the football championship!!!! 💙💙💙💙#sharktank #principalshark

70+ degrees in February requires an outdoor workspace. Sunshine and fresh air is necessaryfor mental and physical health!

One of my favorite labs of the year! We go outside and the kids do a variety of movements for 10 meters and then we calculate speed and acceleration! I am always amazed at the creativity of my babes. I learned about The Griddy this year. 😂

I am BEYOND proud of my team of 6th graders who placed 2nd for all middle schools at the Physics Olympics this morning! Plaza Middle Leslie Ittner #ibunited #sciencerules #teacherhearthappy

I’m pretty sure the view from my window is the best in the building. You can’t see the beautiful tulips blooming,unfortunately. I am SO thankful for this window. #birdfeederonitsway #gratefulforthelittlethings

Feeling pumped for the new school year! I spent some time setting up my classroom today and I’m about 70% finished. Our schoolwide focus on literacy in has me pumped up too! AVID and IB are very much intertwined and I know our students are going to benefit! #ibunited

Some collaboration in science class today using the Consensus Placemat strategy! #ibunited

I couldn’t be more grateful for our LMC leaders putting together a test review for my students! All positive feedback including feeling free outdoors and less cramped. I couldn’t agree more! Katie Staples Laura Purvis Leslie Ittner #ibunited #learnoutdoors

Gotta love Mr. Berry!!

Dynamic duo day at Plaza! Love having Karen Quick here with me! #ibunited

💙Plaza Pride for over $55,000 raised for the Special Olympics and the Cool School Challenge. Plaza is representing VBSchools as the TOP fundraiser! 😎 We have 254 students celebrating at the Oceanfront today.🧡🎉🥳 #PlazaServesOthers

I have been watching this tree bloom in the courtyard over the past two weeks and admiring its beauty. I had to snap a pic before the storm this weekend. Karen Quick Can you identify?

One of the many reasons I love working for Dr. Ittner! She’s willing to get in the trenches with us. I caught her cleaning walls during class changes this week! Leslie Ittner 🥰💙🧡

Energy Conversions in the form of creativity. I love how each student’s coloring represents their own Energy!!

Sunshine Social Squad Hype Team! #ibunited

A few of our awesome student volunteers posing with the one and only Plaza Trojan at MYP night!! #ibunited #plazatrojans

Students acting out Ms. Taylor’s children’s story based on element research. I can’t wait to see what my kids create! Thank you Plaza Library Lasses! #ibunited #plazatrojans #sciencerules Katie Staples