As many of our readers may know, our Superintendent, Ned Kirsch, is currently in South Korea. He was selected for a Spring Fellowship in Korean Studies sponsored by the Korea Society. The program is made possible by financial support from the Freeman Foundation and the Academy of Korean Studies. Among the many reasons for this exciting opportunity, is to … Continue reading Superintendent Kirsch Shares Korean Experiences from Afar
PolarTREC Researcher Helps BFA Students Make Connections
Target 2. Leadership in a Student-Centered Learning Environment - FWSU will foster development of teacher & student leaders who provide innovative opportunities for local and global student-centered learning. Action Step - Ensure students and staff take an active role shaping their learning using rich, authentic questions, problems they identify, & diverse resources. BFA High School students in … Continue reading PolarTREC Researcher Helps BFA Students Make Connections
BFA Students Become Engineers During IBM Engineering Week
BFA Fairfax 6th Grade Science classes were pleased to have IBM engineers Callie Chapman (Fairfax alumni) and Tom Chadwick visit during IBM Engineering Week. The visit was part of the wind energy unit. BFA's 5th Grade also recently benefited from this program. Students designed and created miniature wind turbines and measured the voltage results in millivolts. Construction … Continue reading BFA Students Become Engineers During IBM Engineering Week
BFA Students Compete in Poetry Out Loud
Poetry Out Loud is a nationwide recitation contest involving several hundred-thousand high school students representing all fifty states. On March 13th, students from thirty-eight high schools throughout the state competed at the Barre Opera House in front of a standing-room-only audience. The format featured two rounds with eighteen competitors. After each student recited two poems, … Continue reading BFA Students Compete in Poetry Out Loud
FES Welcomes Visiting Scholar from Thailand
Target 1 : Student-Centered Learning - FWSU students will engage in personalize learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creative learning opportunities. Action Step: Increase easily accessible opportunities for global collaboration for teachers and students. As part of the Asian Studies Outreach Program at the University of Vermont, Fletcher Elementary School welcomed Thai scholar Sonrit "Beau" Sangchan earlier this … Continue reading FES Welcomes Visiting Scholar from Thailand
GEMS Students Explore the Sound of Music
Target 1 - Student-Centered Learning: Students will engage in personalize learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creative learning opportunities. Action Step: Highlight, create and model innovative learning opportunities that promote collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creativity for students and staff. Georgia Elementary second grade students have learning about sound in "The Light Bulb Lab." STEM … Continue reading GEMS Students Explore the Sound of Music
BFA Fairfax Preschool Program Achieves 5 STARS!
BFA Fairfax Early Education Program has been awarded 5 stars by Vermont’s Step Ahead Recognition System (STARS). Participants in STARS receive recognition for instituting practices that demonstrate quality of programming that exceeds the requirements for becoming licensed by the State of Vermont. This achievement represents sincere effort and serious commitment on the part of BFA … Continue reading BFA Fairfax Preschool Program Achieves 5 STARS!
BFA 4th Graders Get Sweet Lesson in Erosion, Weather, and Economics
Target 3 - Flexible Learning Environments and Community Partnership Action Step - Provide students w/ access to content, resources, and methods for learning beyond the school day and beyond the school walls. 4th Graders at BFA spent the morning at Green Mountain Mainlines Sugar House in Fletcher Vermont. Owner Mr. JR Sloan, a parent of a 4th grade student, gave the … Continue reading BFA 4th Graders Get Sweet Lesson in Erosion, Weather, and Economics
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