Strap on your helmet and get ready to ride for Bike to Work Day 2024! Enjoy free food, beverages, and giveaways at 100+ pit stops, while supplies last, on Friday, May 17. Don’t forget to sign up for free today at biketoworkmetrodc.org. #BTWD2024

#OutdoorClassroomDay is next week! 🥳

Learning and playing outside promotes good mental health, leading to better behaviour, stronger relationships, and increased engagement at school. This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek , sign up to take part on May 23!

👉 outdoorclassroomday.com

A friendly reminder - if you are working towards an #EcoSchoolsUS certification, please submit your completed plan no later than June 7th!

Our first spring harvest of 2023-2024! Delicious sweet radishes were shared at lunch today! Thank you Mrs. Hearan for preparing them Lake Anne Elementary FCPS Get2Green EcoRise NWF Eco-Schools U.S.

Look at this infographic for effective strategies to protect insects, birds that rely on them, & the ecosystems they inhabit! For activities to educate your students about the importance of birds, check out the #FlyingWILD Birds Across the Curriculum at projectwild.org

It was an awesome day for a treasure hunt! These little gardeners harvested the first batch of yummy peppers! Of course they had to do a little quality control too! #lettucegrow #get2green #fcps #woodlawnscholars WoodlawnES FCPS Get2Green FCPS Region 3 Fairfax Schools 🌟

It’s time to gear up for 🚲 Bike to Work day 2024! Join us on Friday, May 17. Sign up today! The first 16K registrants who attend get a free T-shirt and a chance to win a brand-new bike.

Register at biketoworkmetrodc.org

#BikeFairfax FCPS SRTS #getoutside

On May 23, get involved with #OutdoorClassroomDay and join thousands of schools around the world in celebrating outdoor learning and play.

Sign up now or take a look at the replies to discover some ideas for the day — only two weeks to go! ⏰

Sign up 👉 outdoorclassroomday.com

Let’s go Fairfax Schools 🌟!! Looking forward to seeing all the pictures and videos from today’s events. Tag #bikerolltoschoolday

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to every teacher that has ever connected students with nature. You are making a huge difference in your students’ lives.

Are you familiar with the term 'Sit Spot?' Check out this free, upcoming webinar and consider adding the #EcoSchoolsUS Sit Spot action card to your action plan next fall!

Tomorrow is Nat’l #BikeandRolltoSchoolDay , but communities may pick any day in May to celebrate these events that highlight lasting solutions for safer streets! Explore this PBIC StoryMap to see how one program is making active travel safer for middle school students:

The light rain didn’t stop our garden volunteers Lake Anne Elementary to celebrate the end of Earth’s Week on April 27th!
We have new convertible benches/tables for our learning garden!! Thank you!!!

WUSA9 filmed a news segment about Centreville ES trout release last week. As part of Trout in the Classroom, students release trout they raised from eggs back into the environment. #troutintheclassroom #getoutside #environmentalstewardship #fishstewards wusa9.com/video/tech/sci…

Less than one week until Walk, Bike, & Roll to School Day! FCPS is so close to our goal of 100 participating schools and we have cool incentives for participants. The sign up closes 5/3, so sign up today. walkbiketoschool.org/registration Let’s MOVE towards a greener, healthier future.

🌊🔬 Mantua Elementary turned into a science hub!
Stormwater’s Watershed Education and Outreach team led a hands-on watershed day, diving into stream life. 🐛💦

🎥 Check out our video for all the fun and learning! 🌟

#EnvironmentalEducation #MWEE2024 #DPWES

Eagle View ES celebrated “Earth Week: Laugh more Stress Less” by working in the garden, creating Nature Mandalas, and a hosting a build your own bouquet station for teachers. #fcpsearthweek #getoutside

Did you know that Virginia is home to several hundred species of endangered animals? 7 of the 12 endangered North American species of bats live in our state! Bats can eat their body weight in mosquitos every night and are great pollinators.

Fairfax Schools 🌟 #FCPSEarthWeek #endangered

Earth Week RiversideES:3rd Graders had a virtual conference with Caitlyn Herron, Soil Specialist at Virginia Tech. We toured two soil labs! Kathleen Herron FCPS Get2Green FCPSScience #rocketsrockit

Ending #EarthWeek2024 with A Beautiful concert by our Third Graders! Well Done! Thanks to our AMAZING Music Teachers! Fairfax Schools 🌟 FCPS en Español FCPS Fine Arts FCPS Get2Green
FCPS Region 6 Michelle Boyd EARTHDAY.ORG Clean Water Action VA
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