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06/19/2026
Last month, we celebrated another successful year of our bike-powered garden program at George Washington Middle School with our annual Salad-bration. 🌱🚲
This program brings together students, educators, Master Gardeners, community partners, and student engineers for a learning experience that’s equal parts movement, STEM, gardening, and nutrition.
Throughout the day, students explored the garden, harvested produce, sampled fresh foods, and learned about herbs from the incredible VCE Master Gardeners. Lavender, mint, rosemary, sage, oregano, and lemon herbs were passed around for students to touch, smell, and experience firsthand.
One student who is visually impaired had some of the best observations of the day.
“This smells like pizza,” he said while smelling oregano.
“This feels soft and furry,” he said as he explored another plant.
Later, he took a turn on one of the bike-powered sprinklers built by GWMS STEM Club students. After he finished pedaling, his aide brought him over to the garden bed and helped him feel the sprinkler still turning and the water landing on the lettuce leaves.
Only then did he realize the connection.
His movement had powered the sprinkler.
The sprinkler had watered the garden.
And he had helped something grow.
Moments like that are why this program matters.
For four years, this partnership has created opportunities for students to learn by moving, building, growing, exploring, and experiencing. It’s a true community effort, and we’re grateful to everyone who helps make it possible.
A special thank you to Dominion Energy Community Foundation, which recently awarded funding for another year of the program, as well as the VCE Master Gardeners, the GWMS staff and students, and all of our community partners who continue to invest in hands-on learning.
Here’s to another year of growing minds, healthy habits, and meaningful connections. 💙
06/17/2026
Yesterday, we gratefully received a grant from 💛 🎉
Together, we’re ensuring that students with IEPs and other special needs receive our active seating and teacher know-how next fall!
It’s an important link to learning how moving your body (even in tight spaces!) improves focus and attention during the school day.
We 💙 you Rotary and thank you for your partnership and investment in our students!
You should not have to pay out of your own pocket to help your students regulate. But we know a lot of teachers do.
And if you’re already thinking ahead to next school year, saving ideas, organizing resources, or sketching out lesson plans for the fall, we wanted to make this part easy.
That’s why we offer FREE Brain Boost videos and ready-to-use social and emotional regulation PowerPoints on our website.
No paywall.
No sign-up required.
No email.
Just immediate access to movement-based tools that help students refocus, reset, and regulate.
Whether you need a quick 3-minute Brain Boost between lessons or a full classroom discussion on emotional regulation, it’s ready when you are.
Because supporting kids shouldn’t require jumping through hoops.
Download today. Use tomorrow. 💛💙
And to all of our educators: we hope your summer is filled with rest, sunshine, and a little less on your plate. You’ve earned it.
06/15/2026
Focus is the goal. Movement is the tool.
For many students, movement helps the brain regulate attention, process information, and stay engaged. When we remove all opportunities to move, we’re not removing the need for movement, we’re simply removing a tool that helps some children access learning.
The question isn’t whether every child should be sitting on a bouncy ball.
The question is whether every child has access to the supports they need to focus, learn, and succeed.
Because students don’t all learn the same way. Why should they all sit the same way?
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Think about it…
🪑Sit for 6+ hours.
Many adults struggle to sit through a two-hour meeting without standing up, stretching, grabbing water, or taking a break. Yet we expect children, whose bodies are still developing, to remain seated for most of the school day.
🙋🏽Ask permission to use the bathroom.
Sometimes a child needs the bathroom. Sometimes they need a drink of water. Sometimes they need a moment to move, reset, and regulate. Either way, they’re being asked to ignore what their body is telling them until someone else says yes.
🕚Eat lunch in 20 minutes.
Children are expected to eat, socialize, transition, and prepare for the rest of their day in a very short amount of time. When every minute is scheduled, there are few opportunities to slow down and respond to what their bodies actually need.
🚫Be told when you can talk.
Adults collaborate, process ideas out loud, and build relationships through conversation. Children learn this way too. Yet much of the school day is spent asking them to suppress one of the most natural ways humans learn and connect.
🚫Be told when you can move.
Movement isn’t a distraction from learning. For many children, movement is what makes learning possible. When movement becomes something students have to earn, we ignore what their bodies may need in order to focus.
📋Constant evaluation.
Imagine spending your day knowing that nearly everything you do could be measured, corrected, or compared. For students who learn through movement, the consequences can be even greater. The child who can’t sit still is often seen as a behavior problem long before anyone asks what their body might need.
Children aren’t just minds. They’re bodies, too.
And bodies need movement.
06/07/2026
On this very hot, sunny day, our girls played their final game of the season! After the game, the team celebrated the seniors who just yesterday walked across the graduation stage and today played the last game of their high school careers.
We are so proud of all they have accomplished both on and off the field. A special congratulations to our seniors for their hard work, leadership, and dedication throughout the years. Move2Learn is proud and honored to support this club and these incredible student-athletes. We wish our seniors all the best in their next chapter! 💙💛⚽🎓
06/04/2026
This isn’t our opinion- it’s backed by science. When students have opportunities to move, they’re more focused, engaged and ready to learn. 💙🧠
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