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Last week, Alexandria City Council Member Alyia Gaskins presented a proclamation to Move2Learn's Brooke Sydnor Curran to congratulate her on 15 years of inspiring the city's students! Brooke was joined by our biggest supporter Elizabeth Luchessi of The LizLuke Team as well as some of our board members, including Mike Porterfield, Marc Miller and former Alexandria Mayor, Bill Euille. Interestingly, in 2010, as mayor, Bill also presented a proclamation to Brooke—a full circle moment! To close out the session, Alyia rolled the M2L Fitness Cube that landed on toe touches. No M2L event goes without a Brain Boost! AlexandriaVA.gov Tartan Properties Commercial Alexandria City Public Schools

We're a little less than a month out from our Mile Marker 15 anniversary celebration October 5. We'd love to party with you! Get your tickets today at bitly/milemarker15 or text MM15 to 76278!

Earlier this week, Move2Learn's Brooke joined Sally Bolger Gardener at her retirement party from ACT for Alexandria. Sally was ACT’s glue and friendly face, always supportive and can-do of needs. We’ll miss her but sending good vibes for all that comes next for her! Happy retirement, Sally!

Here's Move2Learn Program Director Jen at ACPS Jefferson Houston PreK-8 IB School making sure our stationary bikes are in order for the students this year! The bikes are a fave of JH librarian, Holly Ousley-Lavender. Happy Monday! Alexandria City Public Schools Jefferson-Houston PreK-8 IB School

Dr. Ebere Leandre—nurse for Alexandria City High School's Satellite and Chance for Change campuses—test drives a couple pieces of our active seating: an accordion stool and under desk pedal! They allow our students to gently move their bodies while they work, to keep the blood flowing to improve focus. That's the science of movement! Alexandria City High School Alexandria City Public Schools

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Braden Porterfield, an ACPS alum—and son of one of our favorite ACPS teachers, Emily, and our awesome Move2Learn board member, Mike—grabbed a M2L accordion stool and joined his mom’s class of 4th graders at Lyles Crouch to talk about winning the gold in last week's World Championship for Rowing! How incredible is that?! Lucky students, and congratulations, Braden!

Oh, man, we missed International Dog Day yesterday! We're big dog and cat people here at Move2Learn, so we couldn't let this day go by without celebrating!🐕️

Hope everyone's having a great first week of school! We're loving seeing all the back-to-school reels and photos of our students and teachers/staff at Alexandria public schools!🥰 Alexandria City Public Schools

Yup, that's right. Good luck this 2024-25 school year, everyone! We'll be along side you every step of the way!

Scenes from Monday delivering our Active Seating Packages to Alexandria public schools! Awesome Rosemont Landscaping helped get the equipment to their destinations. One pallet leftTech Painting Co. that generously allowed us to store our stuff in their warehouse. Then we'll finish cleaning out Mike's office at Tartan Properties Commercial that's filled to the brim with the seating! Almost done.👌 Alexandria City Public Schools

The countdown is on for delivering our Active Seating Packages in time for the start of school next week! Move2Learn board member extraordinaire Mike Porterfield is pictured here in his Tartan Properties Commercial office amid a bunch of equipment that we'll deliver this week across Alexandria public schools! Thanks for accepting the special delivery, Mike! Alexandria City Public Schools

The daughter of one of our most awesome Movement Mentors takes a test drive on our stationary bike at Charles Barrett ES—getting ready for the school year to begin!

Earlier this week, Move2Learn presented at the Alexandria City Public School orientation for 220 new licensed staff! We equipped them with lots of info and our signature Move2Learn Toolkit to help them kick off the school year on the right foot. Here we are with ACPS Superintendent Dr. Melanie Kay-Wyatt (left) and School Board Chair Michelle Rief (3rd on right). Good luck, everyone!

Imagine waking up as the world’s fastest man! Just in case you missed it (not possible 😉), that’s just what our Hometown Olympic Gold Medalist Noah Lyles has done after winning the Men’s 100M dash by .005 seconds at the Paris Olympics on Sunday! And he keeps it real. Alexandria City High School
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Our very own hometown Olympian Gold Medalist! By .005 seconds—5 THOUSANDTHS of a second—Noah Lyles wins the MEN'S 100M FINAL in a photo finish race!!!
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to cool things down a bit 🥵

What does a cute baby seal have to do with learning? Plenty, when it's SEAL--Social, Emotional, & Academic Learning! It's a great way to help students identify feelings that get in their way of learning and techniques for moving through them.

We're super excited to share our series of SEAL lessons with ACPS educators to use with all our students K-12.

Thank you, Elizabeth, for your amazing support of Brooke and Move2Learn! And of our students!💕 The LizLuke Team Alexandria City Public Schools

On order: 1,208 pieces of Move2Learn active seating for Alexandria public school classrooms! Under desk pedals, accordion stools, wiggle cushions galore! Get the details here: bit.ly/ActiveSeatingACPS

Today is International Day of Friendship. It was proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities. Nice🥰 Learn more: bit.ly/UNFriendshipDay24

The mind-body connection is a beautiful thing and is at the heart of our work with our students. For 15 years—since 2009—we’ve inspired tens of thousands of Alexandria public school students from all different backgrounds and languages to use movement to help them feel and learn their best! Looking forward to the next 15 years!

Another blistering few days before temperatures cool down from excessive heat warnings.🥵 Chill out and take a walk on the wild side -- into some woods if you can.😉

Nothing says summer like frogs and lightening bugs.🙂 The cute picture is by one of our students from George Washington Middle School. Talented, wouldn't you say?!

For 15 years, Move2Learn has served the community to transform the way our students learn—to reach their highest potential. Since 2009 when Brooke Sydnor Curran founded RunningBrooke, now Move2Learn, we’ve inspired tens of thousands of students from all different backgrounds and languages. It's been an amazing journey so far!

"She is an icon, a national treasure, and one of the most recognizable figures in the world....She is the Statue of Liberty, a symbol of freedom, inspiration, and hope." She was built, in part, to commemorate the centennial of the signing of our Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. But also so much more. Fascinating history here: bit.ly/LibertyLady

There are still a few spots left for this very special experience: Yoga + Sound Bath with ! It's at 10 am this Saturday on the beautiful rooftop of ALX Community. You'll enjoy the class in a temperature controlled environment, with sweeping views of the city. Wear comfortable clothing and bring your mat. We hope to see you there! Register here: bit.ly/MelSoundBath

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