{"id":3767,"date":"2016-08-29T04:30:01","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T08:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=3767"},"modified":"2016-08-26T15:52:52","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T19:52:52","slug":"countdown-to-the-first-day-of-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=3767","title":{"rendered":"Countdown to the First Day of School"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>How is ACPS preparing for students? Watch as we count down to the first day of school. See a new video each day until the first day of school by following <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default&amp;q=%23ACPSfirstday&amp;src=typd\">#ACPSfirstday<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 24px;\">10 days until school starts<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">at Patrick Henry Elementary School<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ever wonder how students land in the classes they do on the first day of school? Ingrid Bynum, Principal of Patrick Henry Elementary School and Assistant Principal Andaiye Cammon explain how pink, yellow, blue, purple, orange and green all come together to make this colorful process of assigning classes work!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d-BKd-22lyU\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 24px;\">9 days until school starts<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">at T.C. Williams High School Minnie Howard Campus<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Watch T.C. Williams Math Teacher Robert Bowes explain why it is a lot easier being a new teacher when you come to the classroom with 32 years of experience.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gtag28hMOpc\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 24px;\">8 days until school starts<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">at Jefferson-Houston School<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Get the story on getting set for science from Jefferson-Houston Science Teacher David Paladin-Fernandez and George Washington Middle School Science Teacher Tiana Dominick, who promise that &#8220;science is always fun!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DVYMTv9TSeY\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Just eight days left. 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