Engineering and collaboration are in full swing ⁦Camp Invention⁩ day 1 ⁦MCPS⁩ ⁦MCPS_VA Gifted⁩

Hey Camp Invention Campers, we’re ready for you! MCPS_VA Gifted MCPS

⁦Camp Invention⁩ problem solvers working on their Open Mic prototypes #day2 ⁦MCPS⁩ ⁦Falling Branch Elem⁩ ⁦MCPS_VA Gifted⁩

Teamwork in action ⁦Camp Invention⁩ as they try to be the first to cross the finish line. Load gets heavier each round so it’s all hands on deck! ⁦MCPS⁩ ⁦MCPS_VA Gifted⁩

S/O to our ⁦Falling Branch Elem⁩ parent, instructors, and alumni representing ⁦Camp Invention⁩ this week! Amazing week with these volunteers! #frogstrong ⁦MCPS⁩ ⁦MCPS_VA Gifted⁩

It’s a wrap on Camp Invention 2021, but you can see and hear all of the highlights on our website - bit.ly/campinvent21 MCPS Technology MCPS -#techsauce

All the smiles today! Not only the first day of school for this Blacksburg Middle School student but a surprise announcement recognizing her as the State Winner in the Stock Market Game InvestWrite Competition! Congratulations! MCPS_VA Gifted VA Council on Econ Ed #effortforthewin #stockmarketgame

Coming to a mailbox near you! An update from MCPS. Turn the cover for a tear out version of our school calendar.

2nd&3rd grade Ss Falling Branch Elem presenting a budget proposal to Mrs. Vanidestine for supplies to build a habitat for their Mexican Jumping Beans. MCPS_VA Gifted #thinkingoutsidethebean #researchforthewin #collaboration

Thank you vtneuroclub for visiting Falling Branch Elem iLEAD! Neurons that fire together, wire together! MCPS_VA Gifted Abena 🇬🇭 #growthmindset #weareneurosculptors #thepowerofyet

This post is for all the #Hokies that have ever walked across the Drillfield on a cold day. WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF YOU.

Yes, Falling Branch Elem!This is the place where pigs CAN fly! MCPS_VA Gifted #idiomday #growthmindset #Perseverance

Ss Blacksburg Middle School constructing bead neuron models to illustrate how neurons communicate with each other MCPS_VA Gifted #growthmindset #neuroplasticity

Ss ⁦Blacksburg Middle School⁩ working through the engineering design system to construct ball runs for the 2022 Fluor Engineering Challenge ⁦MCPS_VA Gifted⁩ #collaboration #perseverance #fluorchallenge

S/O ⁦Prestar Packaging⁩ for the “support” for our Ball Run Challenge! The paperboard donation was the perfect base for our projects! Thank you!! ⁦Science Buddies⁩ ⁦MCPS_VA Gifted⁩ #loveourcommunity #businesssupporteducation

Blacksburg Middle School BMS 7th graders thank Prestar Packaging for their support as well!

⁦Camp Invention⁩ parent volunteer extraordinaire setting up the recyclables for our young inventors! ⁦⁦MCPS_VA Gifted⁩ ⁦Falling Branch Elem⁩

⁦LIs are ready for a great day 3 ⁦Camp Invention⁩ ⁦Falling Branch Elem⁩ #invent

Congratulations to Sharon Sharon Newberne-winner of the Falling Branch Elem November Wellness Challenge!  A big thank you to neighboring business Moog Industrial in Christiansburg for its generous donation of the prize basket! 🐸🎉🧺

These Falling Branch Elem were recognized at yesterday’s school board meeting for placing 1st in the Virginia Stock Market Game in the Elementary Division of the year long game. Congrats team!