Guest readers are common in many of the elementary classrooms, and it was an extra special Veterans Day guest reader who came to Mrs. Custer's second grade room on Monday. Class of...
Part of the "Changes, Changes" year-long Kindergarten PYP planner had students outside yesterday hunting for great leaves. First, the teacher read We're Going on a Leaf Hunt by Ste...
Reading fluency is coming along fast for these first graders (above). Students are improving their skills with a "reader's theater" where they work to combine fluency with an expre...
Last Friday, the Family Resource Center hosted an Open House to show off its new space. Erika Sequiera, third from left, runs the center for all of FCCPS from the area at TJ. She s...
Mrs. Stillwagoner's second-grade class videotapes a weekly news show. Working together, the students write the script, and then the school's technology educator, Mr. Daugherty, fil...
The "Prize Patrol" had a very busy Wednesday! The Falls Church Education Foundation was out in the schools awarding Super Grant funds for 16 requests, totaling over $68,000 in Supe...
As part of Service Learning, over 70 high school students visited Mt. Daniel yesterday to help out in classrooms by reading with students and doing activities with groups. Many mor...
Naturalists are guiding groups of Mt. Daniel kindergartners on trails through Arlington's Potomac Overlook Park. Students are able to explore leaves, trees, seeds, and animals that...
Building Reading Stamina, One Page at a TimeFriday was National Read a Book Day, and these third graders took out their book bins for the first time. Each then found comfy places a...