John Burroughs Elementary School PTO

Reminder: check jbecstem.com for updates! Yesterday’s virtual orientation was recorded and should be posted soon for anyone who missed it.

John Burroughs Elementary School John Burroughs Elementary School

DC started a DC Ed Equity Fund worth one million dollars to support marginalized families during this crisis. 👀

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Props to our wonderful administration, teachers, and staff for setting up daily live online instruction including Specials (music, art, P.E., Spanish, and library) and socio-emotional learning with individual check-ins and support. Our students are so lucky.

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Interactive STEM science series for K-12 by Stevens Institute of Technology professors every day at 3:30pm through the social distancing period.

S.S. Lee Group - Ask a Stevens Prof Webinar Series With everyone stuck at home due to coronavirus concerns, Stevens professors are reaching out to local K-12 students using virtual learning resources. Through a series of interactive webinars, we hope to engage students in STEM and share exciting research going on at Stevens campus. Links to recorded...

A great free STEM series for kids, every day through the social isolation period running 11am-1pm with homework and interactive assignments. Today’s was the first in the ‘Quarentine’ series, your kids can still watch if the missed it.

https://m.facebook.com/TheScienceMom/

Science Mom Helping kids discover science through hands-on activities.

School’s out / home quarantine resources, a list of lists:

Online learning tools:
https://www.techlearning.com/news/top-25-learning-tools-for-when-school-is-closed

Virtual museum tours:
https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours

Projects for kids:
http://www.homewithkidsnowwhat.com

Educational companies making their products free:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NUKLZN7hGSu1Hzm70kfzBKs-lsSELaEMggS60Bi2O2I/htmlview

Entertaining kids:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1KCFnWreu4v7VoO3NbgP-Qcq2LyE1FvliYSoiTLRY7Qg/htmlview

https://mobile.twitter.com/PtoJohn/status/1235933229770780673

Please vote for our school early and often!
$10k would make a difference for our kids.

John Burroughs STEM PTO on Twitter “Please don’t forget: you can vote for us once a day! https://t.co/ri6q5ZH4J1”

WTOP News is offering DC schools a chance to win $10,000 with the Click For Kids Sweepstakes. Please help John Burroughs Elementary School win by submitting this online form once per day through March 11!

2020 Click for Kids Voting | WTOP It’s your chance to help one lucky school win a grand prize of $10,000! Plus, one $7,500 first place prize and one $5,000 prize for second place! Voting is open Monday March 2 through 5 p.m.