From Counselor Barbie to Skyborne scholar! Ms. Clarke made a quick costume change this morning to head to district counselor training at Skyborne Airline Academy—proof that she can navigate both the runway and the classroom runway!
When the students are away, the teachers will learn (and dance)!
Our Professional Learning Day kicked off with The Ghosts of Grooves Past, where teachers danced their way down a Soul Train line to the #1 hit from the year they began teaching! 🎶 It was a fun, high-energy start that set the stage for a day focused on spellbinding scaffolding and supports in our classrooms.
Such a fun start to our Spooktacular Professional Learning Day! 🎃 Our staff showed up in style—and in costume! A little creativity, a lot of laughter, and plenty of school spirit to kick off a day of learning and collaboration.
Our Panthers of the Month know what it means to be responsible! From completing their work on time to being dependable friends and leaders, they show Panther Pride in all they do. Way to go! 🐾👏
3rd grade put their math skills to the test today with some pumpkin fun! 🎃 Instead of just counting seeds, students used their new multiplication strategies to create equal groups and practiced estimating circumference and mass—proving that pumpkins aren’t just for carving, they’re for calculating too!
RTI in 2nd grade capped off the week with engaging small-group instruction focused on targeted reading skills! Students practiced fluency, decoding, and comprehension strategies—showing just how much progress they’ve made through consistent intervention and support.
4th grade capped off their Medieval Times unit with an unforgettable trip to Medieval Times! Students cheered for their knights, feasted like royalty, and brought their classroom learning to life in the most exciting way possible — jousts, cheers, and all! 🏰⚔️👏
Students in Ms. Brausam’s gifted class used 3D printing to bring their creativity to life! After studying the planets, each student designed and printed an alien uniquely adapted to survive on its planet’s atmosphere and conditions. Out-of-this-world science meets innovation! 👽🪐
Our GOTR team joined forces with our 6th grade GOTR alumni this week for our “Share the Superstar Message” lesson! ✨ What an inspiring afternoon of leadership, kindness, and girl power in action! 💪💖
Another successful Marine Lab trip for our 5th grade is in the books - thank you, Coach Ferrari and Ms. Walton, for leading the learning! 🌊🔬
So many Panthers to celebrate, we had to make it a two-day event! 💚 Honor Roll and Attitude & Effort Roll Day 2 — excellence never goes out of style!
Mrs. Hatcher’s class dug into Florida history today, creating tree maps to organize information about the five Native American tribes of Florida. 🌴📚 A hands-on way to connect past and present while building strong social studies skills!
Kindergarten students in Mrs. Lewis’ class are buzzing with excitement as they learn about pollination and the importance of bees in their CKLA Knowledge Unit on Plants! 🐝🌸 Today, they created their own flowers and enjoyed a special “cheesy” snack while pretending to pollinate their classmates’ flowers—hands-on learning at its sweetest (and cheesiest)! 🧀💛
Sentence reading meets sentence writing! ✍️ Ms. Zehr’s students practiced fluency and writing by wearing sentence headbands for partners to read and record—then self-assessed using their criteria for success!
Ms. Dribben’s kindergarteners demonstrated part-to-whole thinking by creating a pumpkin brace map—analyzing each component of a pumpkin to understand how the whole is made up of its parts.
Our staff is like family — and sometimes we even dress like it! Twinning is how we roll! 💚 Mrs. Zehr and Mrs. Reed rocked their stripes today in perfect Panther style! 🖤💚
Hard work, great attitudes, and our traditional courtyard lunch celebration — a perfect combo! 🏆 Congrats to our 1st graders for Attitude & Effort Roll and our 4th, 5th, and 6th graders for Honor Roll! Tomorrow we celebrate Grades K, 2, and 3!
Empowering our 6th graders with tools for emotional well-being—thank you Mrs. Clarke and Thrive Preventionist, Julia DeMott for leading today’s mental health awareness sessions. 💚
What a great feeling to find representation of yourself in a book! This proud Panther discovered a book at the book fair that celebrates her identity and proudly shared her beautiful khimar with her classmates.
As we close out National Principal Month, we thank our #MySDIRC principals for being the heartbeat of our schools.
Send a thank you to your superhero principal below and let them know their powers of leadership, kindness, and dedication do not go unnoticed.
Follow the School District of Indian River County’s social media page for a special video from our #MySDIRC students celebrating these amazing heroes.
