It’s hard to believe it has been 15 years that we’ve had the honor of serving our community to transform the way our students learn, to reach their highest potential. Since 2009, we’ve been using movement to inspire tens of thousands of Alexandria public school students. Our awesome students are a diverse group with wide socio-economic and cultural backgrounds.

Today, Move2Learn is focused on three main buckets: Inside the Classroom and Outside the Classroom to create a healthy space for learning as well as a sense of belonging; and our Social, Emotional and Academing Learning lessons to help students help themselves so they understand the emotions that get in their way of learning and then how to use movement to overcome.

We celebrated our Mile Marker 15 anniversary celebration October 5th, 2024, with friends and supporters, new and old, of Move2Learn. Everyone had a blast. Take a watch of our MM15 video below, and then checkout fun pics from the party!

It’s hard to believe it’s been 15 years that we’ve had the honor of serving our community to transform the way our students learn, to reach their highest potential. Today, Move2Learn focused on three main buckets: Inside the Classroom and Outside the Classroom to create a healthy space for learning as well as a sebnse of belonging, as well as our Social, Emotional and Academing Learning lessons help students help themselves to understand the emotions that get in their way of learning and then how to use movement to overcome.

We celebrated our Mile Marker 15 anniversary celebration October 5th, 2024, with 85+ friends of Move2Learn. Everyone had a blast. Enjoy the slideshow from the party! (Photo credit: Shaughn Cooper)

Brooke, 4th from right, with her Move2Learn Mile Marker 15 staff and volunteers!
One of our guests of honor and Move2Learn supporter since the beginning, Elizabeth Lucchesi of The LizLuke Team.
Move2Learn board member, Nicole McGrew, left, with Heather Peeler, Act For Alexandria president and CEO, our second guest of honor for being there with M2L since the beginning. To the right of Heather in the background is none other than Alexandria Mayor Justin Wilson.
The scene from the top of the stairs.
Our awesome DJ kept the dancing going.
Brooke is pictured here with Dr. Michelle Rief, chair of the ACPS school board.
Raven Greene, 2nd from left, addressed the crowd with remarks about her experience as a M2L movement mentor and M2L yoga club. That's her mom to her left, along with Sara VanderGoot, co-owner of Mind the Mat Pilates and Yoga studions, and her son.
Front: Emily Porterfield, ACPS teacher and M2L movement mentor, and her husband, M2L board member, Mike Porterfield. On the left are longtime friends and supporters of M2L, Julie Carey and Mike Tackett. In between Emily and Mike is Melissa Riddy from Inova.
Two guests, David and Diann Frantz, took their seats front and center on two of our classroom accordion stools, one of the most popular pieces of our Active Seating Packages.
Pictured here L to R: Ashley Simpson Baird, school board member; Dr. Grace Taylor, chief of staff, ACPS; Dave Keen, CFO, American Physical Therapy Association; Christine Freidburg, director, Griswold Home Care
L to R: State Delegate Elizabeth Bennett Parker; Suzie Russell, M2L volunteer; Ashley Simpson Baird, ACPS school board; Dr. Grace Taylor, chief of staff, ACPS.
Brooke poses with Gene Steuerle, founder of ACT for Alexandria.
Brooke, championing the benefits of moving to learn, joined the auctioneers who were bidding off fabulous items for our cause.
Our friend, Tommy White, bids on an awesome auction package.
Closing out the party with a last dance of the evening is Heidi Vatanka, left, and Kesha Stephenson-Frazier, right, of Parker Gray Pediatric Dental Care.