Cynthia Housianitis

🚀 Our @RedMillES Grade 5 innovators took on the challenge of designing a reusable @SpaceX Starship capable of returning safely to Earth. The creativity, problem-solving, and resilience they showed prove the sky is not the limit...it’s just the beginning! 🌌@vbschools @VBGifted

@BFergusonVB: Remember that time we tested @RedMillES hurricane proof house prototypes...during an actual hurricane? Storms aligning again for tomorrow!? @FlinnNancye @CathyBrumm

Our future @SpaceX aerospace engineers were shooting for the stars as Grade 5 students tackled a real-world challenge ~ helping @elonmusk safely land the Starship rocket back to Earth. @vbschools @VBGifted @BFergusonVB @FlinnNancye @CathyBrumm

Empowered teachers = future ready learners! @vbschools @BFergusonVB @JessBradfordVB #DTALcon

@RedMillES 3rd graders drew conclusions and made inferences using DeBono's Six Thinking 🎩s and developed their own change generalizations using Jacob's Ladder when analyzing "Arachne and Athena." @VBGifted

@BFergusonVB and I are so grateful to our community partners!

Special thanks to Virginia Youth Regiment, @FortMonroeNPS, @MarinersMuseum, and @ACWMuseum!

@RedMillES fifth graders immersed in Civil War history through community partnerships. Sponsored by Beach Windows & Siding through a @vbedfound grant, students engaged with reenactors & museum educators to gain a deeper understanding of VA's role. @vbschools @VBContent @VBGifted

🎉🎉🎉Congratulations to Cynthia Johnston, an amazing educator and Virginia Beach Citywide Teacher of the Year finalist! Read more about Cynthia Johnston in The Core: vbcpsblogs.com/core/teacher-o….

@RedMillES 4th graders analyzed Powhatan Indian artifacts to uncover their reliance on natural resources to ensure survival in their environment. Thanks @jyfmuseums for lending us these artifacts to make history come alive! @vbschools @VBContent @VBGifted

@RedMillES 5th graders read perspective-based articles about the advantages and limitations of holiday lights, which sparked some serious #electridebates in Philosophical Chairs. @vbschools @VBGifted @FlinnNancye

Thanks to our coordinator turned impromptu time traveler named James Scott who helped guide @RedMillES 5th graders during their podcast episode about the Virginia battles during the Civil War. @BFergusonVB @VBContent @vbschools

In our @RedMillES Content Collab, we tried out hexagonal thinking to make connections between Ancient Egypt concepts . I ♥️ it when there's no singe right answer - it's all about justifying your thinking! @RMESPrincipal @BFergusonVB @MrHowardODS @vbschools @VBGifted

@RedMillES 2nd graders interviewed 5th grade SCA candidates to create a campaign ad persuading others to vote for their candidate. @VBContent @VBGifted @vbschools

Huge congrats to the three winning @RedMillES 5th grade teams. Community support from Mike and Mike Services helped us test the best reusable 🚀 prototypes. @vbschools @VBGifted @BFergusonVB @RMESPrincipal

These rocket landings were no "yolk" as @RedMillES 5th graders built, tested, redesigned, and retested their @SpaceX egg-straordinary rocket prototypes. Shout to Mike and Mike Services for giving us a lift! @vbschools @VBGifted @BFergusonVB @RMESPrincipal

@RMES_Gifted and I had the BEST time presenting on the amazing things our @RedMillES teachers are doing with design thinking at #DTALcon today! Super excited for next year!

Shoutout to @BFergusonVB, @mathRES_SES, and several 4th graders for hanging them up...twice since they all started to fall down after 2hrs!

@RedMillES 5th graders reflected on their best features, forever leaving a positive impact at our school. @RMESPrincipal @RedMill_AP @VBGifted