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[quote=Anonymous]I thought you guys might like to know:

Under the series 'Thrive in 2025" there is an article in the October issue of Parents Magazine showcasing, among other public elementary schools in the country, Barrett Elementary School in Arlington!

They write that they asked state departments of education, charter-school-associations, teacher groups and Parents facebook fans to nominate innovative public elementary schools.
They received over 500 nominees, and picked 10 schools.  "Each trailblazer took a different approach to excellence, but all have buzzworthy ideas that could make your kid's school everyting you've longed for it to be!" 
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"K.W. Barrett, Arlington, VA - K-5, 500 students:
Its science program is out of this world!  Designated a NASA explorer school..."

I can't type the whole article here, but they go on to say that Barrett 5th graders won first place in a NASA contest last year to invent a game that was to be played by the astronauts in the International Space Station. (based on Quidditch).  They watched the astronauts play the game, and astronauts have visited the school.  There is a video of the school's Project Discovery Room, with Allyson Greene, one of the teachers, in it. There is a photo of three cute kids in astronaut outfits, and principal Theresa Bratt is quoted as saying that they gave teachers relief time to apply for grants that enabled them to fund such programs.  The magazine gives a link: www.explorerschools.nasa.gov if you want to find out more about the program, or suggest implementing it at your school.
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Congratulations, Barrett! 
 
Disclaimer: I do not have any kids at Barrett, and it's not our neighborhood, but live in Arlington, and was excited to see one of our schools!
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Other schools features are :
Broad Acres Elementary in Silver Spring, Maryland! (should I post a link in their forum?)
Talbot Hill in Renton, Washington
Sonora in Springdale, Arkansas
Forest Lake in Columbia, SC
Pine Jog in West Palm Beach, Fl
Odyssey Charter in Wilmington, DE
John Muir in Berkeley, CA
Math and Science Leadership Academy in Denver, CO
Munford in Alabama[/quote]

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