You Are What You Eat! Service learning food fair

Check out another great CivicTREK project in action. Ms. Koz-Calvo’s 4th grade Young Scholars are investigating nutrition and why it is an important part of a healthy community. They are making a plan to share what they learn with brochures, posters, and a Food Fair where they will serve healthy snacks to a very important […]

Using Tech to Promote Change

Our CivicTREK teachers know how to use community resources! Ms. Lott’s 7th grade class took a class on Digital Marketing at the Apple Store in Pentagon City this week. Students were able to make flyers advocating for causes important to them and learned how to make persuasive videos using iMovie. In addition to using store […]

THUG Book Club Starts at TC Williams

A great example of how our CivicTREK cohort connects teachers, social justice and students. Recently, Ms. Rice and Ms. Jackson’s IA advisory and Ma. Kropp’s honors government met up for their first community building work session. Students will use the book, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, to discuss community, identity and how we can […]