Update on Standards-Based Grading

This year, Arlington Public Schools (APS) will use a standards-based approach to grading and reporting at 11 elementary schools. This new form of reporting will include more…

Back to School Night is Wednesday

Meet The Staff Monday – Ragan Sohr

Hello Barrett Tigers!
My name is Ragan Sohr and I am so excited to be your Interim Principal! I have been a committed educator for over…

Are you ready for Action and Adventure?

Take a look at the National Geographic Kids site we just added to our Summer Learning Resource page. It has some great games. We’ve been playing Bug Bash a good observation game. Read the instructions to know how to use golden spiders and dragon flies to help you get a high score. If you like […]

Saturday Morning Cereal Bowl

Good Morning! We’re posting this on the weekend because the name is so appropriate. We’ve added the Saturday Morning Cereal Bowl to our Summer Learning resource page. It’s a weekly music show that the whole family can enjoy. We’ve listened to a couple of shows and want to assure parents that this is not music […]

4 New Resources Added to Our Summer Learning

  Today we’ve added four great resources from PBS LearningMedia to our Summer Learning resource page. Each of the following pages have hours and hours of things to do and while they do include videos, there are so many more that suggest things to do offline. Summer Learning includes Travel & Culture, Arts and Craft ideas, […]

Liar, Liar!

  Can you tell when a person is lying? Did they get their facts wrong? Do you just feel like they’re not who they say they are? Two people claim to be experts in their field. They have to answer questions from a real-life kid. At the end, the truth is revealed. We’re adding this […]

Summer Learning with Semantris

Semantris is word association game that can be played two ways. There is a timed version where speed is helpful and there is a block version where strategy is the key. We have added it to our Summer Learning Resources. We tried Semantris out with small groups of 3-5 grade students at the end of […]