{"id":10252,"date":"2022-02-25T09:54:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T14:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/?p=10252"},"modified":"2022-02-25T09:54:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T14:54:06","slug":"more-stories-from-the-week-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/more-stories-from-the-week-18\/","title":{"rendered":"More Stories from the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">More Stories from the Week:<\/p>\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/more-stories-from-the-week-18\/#explore-stem-at-noche-de-ciencias-march-2-3\" >Explore STEM at Noche de Ciencias, March 2-3<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/more-stories-from-the-week-18\/#acps-celebrates-public-schools-week-and-first-100-days\" >ACPS Celebrates Public Schools Week and First 100 Days<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/more-stories-from-the-week-18\/#vaccination-interest-survey-for-acps-elementary-school-families\" >Vaccination Interest Survey for ACPS Elementary School Families<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"explore-stem-at-noche-de-cienc\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"explore-stem-at-noche-de-ciencias-march-2-3\"><\/span>Explore STEM at Noche de Ciencias, March 2-3<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) Noche de Ciencias (Night of Science) helps to provide added exposure to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to positively influence a student choosing these areas of interest for their career path. This year, ACPS families are invited to connect with experts who bring these areas of study to life through engaging chats, design challenges and follow-along experiments that make use of ordinary, household items.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Noche de Ciencias will take place March 2-3, 2022, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. It is hosted by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), in collaboration with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and ACPS. This year\u2019s program features more than 10 STEM-focused federal agencies, institutions of higher learning and educational software developers including NASA, Howard University, 7 Generation Games and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarly exposure to STEM positively influences a student and increases the likelihood of the student to choose their career path in STEM. The \u201cNoche de Ciencias\u201d event is designed to introduce the possibilities of STEM activities to our students and their families,\u201d said Edgar Martinez, president of the SHPE-USPTO chapter. \u201cWe are excited to have youth engage during the event and be inspired by the knowledge of the presenters, and become interested and motivated in STEM and be prepared for college.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The schedule of presenters and details about this year\u2019s Noche de Ciencias program are available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/Page\/3816\">2022 Noche de Ciencias webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"acps-celebrates-public-schools\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"acps-celebrates-public-schools-week-and-first-100-days\"><\/span>ACPS Celebrates Public Schools Week and First 100 Days<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Marking day 100 of the 2021-22 academic year, ACPS celebrated the joy of learning and the experiences within our public schools that enrich our students\u2019 lives. Divisionwide festivities were shared on social media with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ACPS100thDay&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\">#ACPS100thDay<\/a>. Students at James K. Polk Elementary School were captured in photos counting to 100 by ones,twos, fives, 10s and 25s. Other schools in the division decorated common areas with 100-day sayings, while some students dressed up as how they imagined they might look at 100 years old. Douglas MacArthur Elementary School displayed 100 hearts with the slogan, \u201cStill Loving It.\u201d It was great to see everyone\u2019s creativity!<\/p>\n<p>Right on the heels of celebrating the one hundredth day of the 2021-22 academic year in Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) on Feb. 15, 2022 we observed Public Schools Week, Feb. 21-25, 2022. Organized by the Learning First Alliance, Public Schools Week is an annual celebration that brings together school leaders, educators, parents and community leaders to recognize the importance of our nation\u2019s public schools.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Public Schools Week theme is \u201cCreating safe, equitable and engaging public schools.\u201d Our public schools across the nation and here in Alexandria prepare future generations of students every year to succeed in their academic and career goals. During the COVID-19 pandemic, public schools also have served as anchors in the community for educational, social and emotional support.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"vaccination-interest-survey-fo\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"vaccination-interest-survey-for-acps-elementary-school-families\"><\/span>Vaccination Interest Survey for ACPS Elementary School Families<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>ACPS is seeking information regarding the best times to plan future COVID-19 vaccination opportunities for students currently enrolled in elementary grades. This survey is for planning purposes only. It is anonymous, and the results will not be linked to any specific student or family member. <a href=\"https:\/\/acpsva.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_a4CkYzL3hDI98zQ\">The family vaccination survey is available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore STEM at Noche de Ciencias, March 2-3 \u2022 ACPS Celebrates Public School Week and First 100 Days \u2022 Vaccination Interest Survey for ACPS Elementary School Families<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":9667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acps"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 02:09:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10252"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10255,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10252\/revisions\/10255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}