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Congrats to our hardworking students who were nominated for the Cardinal who CARES award! 🎉 They celebrated with donuts, juice, and fruit with our Principal Ms. De La Cruz Scales in recognition of their amazing achievements! 🍩 #CardinalsCare #StudentSuccess #ProudMoment #SEL

Happy National School Counseling Week! 🎉✨ A big THANK YOU to all of our amazing school counselors for the support, guidance, and care you provide every day. You make a world of difference in the lives of our students! 💙 #NationalSchoolCounselingWeek #OneTeamOneAPS

Feeling the Cardinal spirit this morning at our second-quarter awards assembly! 🎉 We’re celebrating all our students for their hard work, with special recognition for perfect attendance, perseverance, and goal setting. Keep shining, Cardinals! 🌟 #APSisAwesome #EveryAPSstudent

Carlin Springs Elementary School is proud to honor #BlackHistoryMonth this February. Stay tuned to hear about more of our activities planned for the month! #OneTeamOneAPS

We proudly kick off Black History Month at @APSVirginia! Throughout February, our schools will celebrate the achievements and contributions of African Americans. Join us on Feb. 13, as the School Board honors “Models of Excellence” students. #APSBlackHistory #OneTeamOneAPS

Attendance Matters! Thank you to all the parents who joined our first attendance session of 2025 yesterday. Together, we’re setting the stage for a year of success and growth for our students! #APS #Attendancematters

The application window for APS lotteries for all PreK-12 option schools, programs, and transfers closes next Friday, January 24, 2025. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to explore options for your student's education! For more details, visit: https://t.co/1wlHToFc8w

During #PrincipalAppreciationWeek, we thank Ms. Carmen De La Cruz Scales, principal at Carlin Springs Elementary, for her hard work and dedication to our school community! 🫶

CODE 1 Due to the Winter Storm Warning in effect for Arlington tomorrow, all APS schools and offices will be closed on Mon, Jan. 6, 2025. Activities, games, team practices, field trips, adult education classes, and programs in schools and on school grounds are canceled.

Check out the this video to see what Carlin Springs Cardinals were reading throughout 2024

We are wishing Olga Medina well as she retires from APS after 22 years of serving our school and community with kindness and hard work!

What fun we had this morning celebrating all of our classrooms who are being recognized for having 90% or better school attendance! We're having visits from our mascot, students are receiving certificates, we're having dance parties, and much more!

4th graders hosted a wonderful walk-through exhibit to share all of the information and fun facts they have learned about the planets in our solar system.

Congratulations to our Carlin Springs Teacher of the year, Jessica Gilling, and our Support Staff of the Year, Sandra Pena! We are so very luck to have you as part of our school and community! 🎉

Families visiting during the last day of our after school art enrichment club for the student showcase with our teacher from the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington.

5th grade Math Dice competition today! We're practicing our math facts in a creative and fun way!

Our 4th and 5th graders are brushing up on their fire safety skills and community safety knowledge with the help of our special visitors from the @ArlingtonVA Fire Department and the Police Department's Community Engagement Division.

Congratulations to our 5th graders who participated in last night's choral pyramid concert at Washington-Liberty High School!

We're celebrating perfect attendance at our first quarter awards assemblies today. There was a lot of excitement as our students met their new Cardinal mascot to celebrate!