Ms. Rachel Barranco

FCPS 1st Grade Teacher 🐝

[Ms. Rachel Barranco @ms_rbarranco]

Rainy day joy: math JOY! Watching these mathematicians teach each other new strategies for counting their collections was the highlight of my day!

[Ms. Rachel Barranco @ms_rbarranco]

First day was filled with learning new names, enjoying our beautiful new cafeteria, data collection, lots of laughs and more! 🐝❤️🤗 #firstgradeforever @AteachingBear

[Ms. Rachel Barranco @ms_rbarranco]

Cup filling moments during SOAR with these sweet, hardworking bees 🌞

[Ms. Rachel Barranco @ms_rbarranco]

Our fabulous music teacher, Mr. E, surprised us with a glow party because we reached our attendance goal as a class!!! 🥳👏🤩💚💛🧡 @Herndon_ES

[Ms. Rachel Barranco @ms_rbarranco]

Celebrating the new year with lots of smiles, writing our new goals for the year, and toasting with apple juice 🪩🎉🤩✨ 2026 we are ready for you!

[Ms. Rachel Barranco @ms_rbarranco]

Yesterday we spent time showing each other what we think each other’s strengths are and explaining why we are grateful for each other during morning meeting! Filled our buckets first thing in the morning! ❤️💡😊🌈🔨💬
Thankful for my thoughtful bees 🐝

[Alaina Bear @AteachingBear]

WIG WEDNESDAY was such a fun way to welcome students back after their LONG weekend! @Herndon_ES The smiles that we got from the kids were PERFECT! 😃 @mrs_rbgonzalez @msriverapach @FCPSRegion1

[Ms. Rachel Barranco @ms_rbarranco]

So funny! Just the best ☺️

[Alaina Bear @AteachingBear]

We turned "crazy sock day" into "crazy socks and wigs Wednesday" 🤣 it was such a great way to start the day hearing the laughs from our co-workers as we walked the halls! @Herndon_ES

[Ms. Rachel Barranco @ms_rbarranco]

Such a fun start to the summer: learning and laughing with the best 🫶🏼 excited for year 6!

[Herndon Elementary @Herndon_ES]

Mark your calendars for our Fall Festival! 🍂😇🍁

[Ms. Rivera @msriverapach]

Starting off year 3️⃣ with lots of excitement! Cant wait to see what this year brings!🐝

[Ms. Rachel Barranco @ms_rbarranco]

Year 🖐🏼 cannot believe it! It will be the best year yet with an awesome team and community of bees 🐝

[Ms. Rachel Barranco @ms_rbarranco]

Year four down with yet again the best class ever. So thankful for each of these bees 🐝 and all the lessons they’ve taught me this year 🫶🏼 we all grew so much together and I can’t believe the year is already over! Happy summer!!

[Ms. Rachel Barranco @ms_rbarranco]

Thanks to Ms. Rocha’s 6th grade class for spending time with us over the last couple of weeks! We’ve loved getting to know you 🐝☺️

[Ms. Rachel Barranco @ms_rbarranco]

HOW are we already here!? So proud of all their hard work this year 🥹👏🏻🐝 @msriverapach

[Ms. Rachel Barranco @ms_rbarranco]

A wonderful day! The last day with some of our wonderful volunteers Mr. and Mrs. Crotty who have spent so much time pouring love into our classrooms☺️ we also got to learn about some important Americans from 2nd grade. So great to see the joy these presentations brought to all 🐝

[Elizabeth Baxter @_MrsBaxter]

Our 2nd graders were excited to present all their hard work from their famous American’s Projects to 1st & 3rd grade students! @Herndon_ES #manybeesonehive

[Ms. Rivera @msriverapach]

So proud of my former students for all their hard work on these research projects. They did AMAZING🫶🏽🥹