This week students went on several field trips, enjoyed the fall weather, and prepared for student led conferences!

On Wednesday, October 31, students and staff participated in the annual Storybook Character Parade. Here are some highlights from this event!

This week students attended Teach-R-Treat where they got to trick or treat with their teachers throughout the school!

This week students engaged in thinking routines and research to dig deeper into various topics and continued to work with games during problem solving workshop. They also submitted Storybook pumpkins to be displayed in the library!

All students are invited to celebrate great books by decorating pumpkins as storybook characters! Pumpkins will be displayed from October 15 through October 31. Keep checking here for more Storybook Pumpkins in the BES library!

Students had another great week at Belvedere! Families came out to Partners in Print, and lots of classes got outside to enjoy the beautiful weather. Many grades are reflecting on their first units of inquiry before moving on to the next unit!

This week students participated in field day, helped out in our outdoor learning spaces, heard from an author, had their first Outdoor Club outing, and visited Virginia Tech's Thinkabit Lab!

Our students are off to a great start this year. Take a peek at the learning going on inside and outside their classrooms!

Congratulations to Environmental Education Teacher Stacey Evers who was recognized at the FCPS Honors Ceremony as the FCPS 2018 Outstanding School-based Hourly Employee!

On June 7th and 8th, our 5th graders presented the 2018 PYP Exhibition to the school and greater community. We were honored to have BES students, staff, and families, as well as FCPS leaders and even the lieutenant governor of Virginia, attend the exhibition to see that action has no age limit!

Students created an ocean mural, held a marketplace for shoppers, presented the PYP Exhibition to the community, and celebrated the end of the year!

This week students removed invasive plants from a local park, cleaned up trash around our school, and participated in Water Day!