Day 4: Growing our hearts while growing our minds. 💛💛💛💛 Bonnie Capes Lisa Iraca @Nancyeos Jason Bloom #AmazingAurora #ConnectXRDS #HappySchoolChallenge

It was nice catching up and chatting with you this morning, Liz! Bonnie Capes #ConnectXRDS #HappySchoolChallenge

Students dissected rectangular prisms...such a great and engaging way to introduce surface area! Really grabbed the interest of all! Bonnie Capes Aparna Rajagopal #AmazingAurora #ConnectXRDS #HappySchoolChallenge

Day 5: A week’s worth of kindness! #AmazingAurora Bonnie Capes #ConnectXRDS #HappySchoolChallenge Lisa Iraca Jason Bloom @Nancyeos

Testing isn’t only stressful for the students...it’s also stressful for the testing coordinator! Bonnie Capes Mark Kmiec Lisa Iraca #ConnectXRDS #HappySchoolChallenge

Day 6 - New school week, more acts of kindness. Bonnie Capes Lisa Iraca Jason Bloom @Nancyeos #AmazingAurora #HappySchoolChallenge

Snail mail rules! Excited to send some positive letters to a number of my students’ families. Bonnie Capes #AmazingAurora #HappySchoolChallenge

Thanks Nelle for welcoming me into your class this morning! It’s always nice to work with students outside of my own classroom. Bonnie Capes #HappySchoolChallenge

Having clean spaces always make me happy! Before and after of the staff microwave! Bonnie Capes #HappySchoolChallenge

So thankful to work with such great colleagues! Sweet treats going out to some sweet coworkers! Bonnie Capes #HappySchoolChallenge

Such a great lunch today with some of our amazing Aurora and Apollo students! #ConnectXRDS #HappySchoolChallenge Bonnie Capes Lisa Iraca @Nancyeos Jason Bloom Shoro PE Nelle Sandra Behn Jodi Brywka Christina Figliolini Rachel Eltringham Elizabeth vito

So thankful to work in such a great school — 10 reasons why I love Crossroads! Go South! Bonnie Capes #ConnectXRDS #AmazingAurora #HappySchoolChallenge

Excited to meet our new Aurora students tomorrow! Let the adventure begin! Bonnie Capes Jason Bloom Lisa Iraca @Nancyeos Christina Figliolini Rachel Eltringham #TellOurStoryXRDS

Learning how to work as a group is such an important life skill. The team work traits students showed in the 100# Task was amazing and definitely applied a day later as they completed a group task to review the summer math assignment. #connectXRDS Bonnie Capes Aparna Rajagopal

We tried our first Open Middle problem today. Students loved it and it resulted in great conversation! Aparna Rajagopal Bonnie Capes

Congrats to today’s Aurora raffle winners for Violence Awareness Week: “Don’t Sweat It!” #AmazingAurora Bonnie Capes

Loving these escape rooms to practice skills we are currently learning! Bonnie Capes Aparna Rajagopal

Loved getting this today. Thanks Apollo Unit! Jodi Brywka Sandra Behn

Who says you can’t connect math and phys ed? Gimkit Scooter Relays! Thank you Shoro PE and Kyle Niemis for helping organize and set this up! #TellOurStoryXRDS Bonnie Capes Aparna Rajagopal