Middleburg Charter

Back-to-School supply shopping is around the corner and so is the Virginia Sales Tax Holiday 2019!! Shop August 2-4, 2019 and Save #VIRGINIA #backtoschool #TaxFreeWeekend #schoolsupplies centreville.macaronikid.com/articles/5b5db…

School starts in ONE WEEK! We feel so #Lucky to be one of two public #charterschools in Loudoun County! methodschools.org/blog/why-choos…

Homework remains a contentious issue in American education with many parents complaining their children have too much of it at too young of age and applauding districts that ban #homework altogether. ajc.com/blog/get-schoo…

Multi-age classrooms can strengthen personalized learning for students and teachers educationdive.com/news/multi-age… via @EdDiveK12

Listen to others, be considerate, think beyond yourself: kqed.org/mindshift/4825… #KindnessMatters

What does art integration look like? kqed.org/mindshift/3857… 🎭

A new study suggests that #mindfulness education — lessons on techniques to calm the mind and body — can reduce the negative effects of stress & increase students’ ability to stay engaged, helping them stay on track academically & avoid behavior problems. kqed.org/mindshift/5311…

Researchers have made recommendations for how schools can best use project-based learning in classrooms tes.com/news/seven-way… #PBL💡

How Mindfulness Can Help Kids (and Parents!) Weather Emotional Storms pbs.org/parents/expert… #mindfulness

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The 2/3 classes are getting some coding time in today! 🤖 @Ozobot #HappyEngineersWeek #STEM #handsonlearning #coding

Happy Presidents Day! 🏛🎩🇺🇸

Happy Random Act of Kindness Day! What are you doing to do to celebrate today? 🤗 #RAKDay #KindnessDay

Adding time for dance, theater, or visual arts isn’t at odds with traditional measures of academic success, according to the research — which amounts to one of the largest gold-standard studies on arts education ever conducted. chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2019/… #artseducation 💃🏻🎭🎨🎼🎻🎬

Extra arts education boosts students’ writing scores — and their compassion, big new study finds chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2019/… #artseducation

Today our 5th graders got to explore salinity and density, add in a little color theory and then debate mixtures vs solutions with each other! 🧪 #science #handsonlearning #STEAM

#ThursdayThoughts Children today are cossetted and pressured in equal measure. Without the freedom to play they will never grow up: aeon.co/essays/childre…

#WednesdayWisdom 12 Myths About Project-Based Learning teachthought.com/project-based-… #PBL #handsonlearning #education

By identifying the deeper reasons that people doubt their ability to understand math, we can change the situation—for ourselves, our students, and even our society. middleweb.com/39628/overcomi… #education #math

The students were excited about the “Choose Your Own Adventure” books that Mrs. Richardson let us borrow! They can’t wait to write their own! 📚 #MotivationMonday