Kristin Siembieda

🏝️ Our SPARK kindergarten students are thinking like engineers! After creating clay models of islands, they are using their STEAM journals to reflect, write, and explain how they would improve their designs. Young innovators learning that great designs get even better! 💚 @APS_SPARK @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5 @mrsdavisrocks

✨🏡 Our 5th graders are combining science, art, and writing as they create magical fairy houses using vascular and nonvascular plants! 🌿🍄 Their creations will light up our SPARK Garden Lights event, raising funds for @IntownCares! 💚@DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5 @APS_SPARK

Our 4th graders took a trip through the universe in the StarLab planetarium! Students explored the planets in our solar system, reviewed their unique characteristics, and strengthened their understanding of space as they prepared for their upcoming science test. Learning is out of this world at SPARK! @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5 @APS_SPARK

Falling leaves and growing mathematicians! 🍂🍁 Inspired by Fletcher and the Falling Leaves, our SPARK students combined literacy and math by creating their own fall-themed word problems in their journals! @MelSapp22 @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5 @APS_SPARK

So proud of our SPARK students for making a difference, one meal at a time! 💚 Through our food rescue efforts, students are helping reduce food waste and fight food insecurity in our community. Small actions make a BIG impact! @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5 @APS_SPARK

Our kindergarten coders are on the move! Students are learning to program Cubetto to navigate through Shape Town while exploring shapes, directions, sequencing, and problem-solving! Coding + Math = So much fun! @APS_SPARK @HolmesHolmesr @mrsdavisrocks @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5

Our 3rd grade paleontologists were hard at work in the SPARK STEAM Lab creating cast and mold fossils! Students explored how fossils form while getting hands-on experience making their own models of the past! @APS_SPARK @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5

Math + Friends + Fun = SPARK Math Club! Our young mathematicians are putting their problem-solving skills to the test, discovering patterns, thinking creatively, and tackling challenges together! @APS_SPARK @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5

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🌱💚 Our SPARK second graders were busy planning and planting their nutritious garden today! Students are exploring how growing healthy food can help fight food insecurity in our community. These young problem-solvers are using STEAM to make a difference, one seed at a time! 🥬 @ksulchek @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5 @APS_SPARK

🚀💚💙 3, 2, 1… BLAST OFF! Our Kindergarten Dragons had an awesome time watching the water rockets they built launch! 💦🌟 What an exciting way to explore engineering, forces, and motion through hands-on STEAM learning! @mrsdavisrocks @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5 @APS_SPARK

💚💙 Our SPARK STEAM Ambassadors are leading the way! 🌟 Students are presenting our new STEAM Learner Profile, Investigates Thoroughly, and inspiring their peers to ask questions, think critically, explore ideas, and dig deeper into their learning! 🔍🌱 @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5 @APS_SPARK

🌟🔭 Our SPARK fourth graders were reaching for the stars! Students investigated why some stars appear bigger and brighter than others, discovering how distance, size, and brightness affect what we see in the night sky! @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5 @APS_SPARK

SPARK students are turning learning into action! 💚🥫 Our students stocked the pantry with healthy food to help address food insecurity in our community. Small actions can make a BIG difference! 🌱@DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5 @APS_SPARK

Feeling so grateful for all the love today on Instructional Coach’s Day! 💚 I’m incredibly thankful to work alongside such amazing educators and students every day. So lucky to be part of the SPARK family! ✨🐉 @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5 @APS_SPARK