Target 4. Engaged Community Partners – FWSU staff and students will collaborate, innovate, create and conceptualize ideas and learning with local, regional, state, and global partners to make a difference in their community, state, and world.

Action Step – Engage community partners in a focused collaborative inquiry process.

Indicators of Success – Learning outcomes will be expanded to encourage curiosity, communication, and digital citizenry.

GEMS middle school students worked in the Art Room to create special centerpieces for the recent Thanksgiving luncheon in November and Christmas dinner in December.

Students work on Thanksgiving centerpieces using dried flowers, pine cones and artificial fall foliage.
Students work on Thanksgiving centerpieces using dried flowers, pine cones and artificial fall foliage.
The Thanksgiving Tables
The Thanksgiving Tables

Students collaborated with kitchen staff from the Abbey Group who decorated tables with the centerpieces and table cloths to make a very festive scene for all the GEMS students, family and visitors. Reaching out to our community is a widely held value at GEMS.

Snowman making!
Snowman making!

These three 6th graders were the inspiration and effort behind the snowmen project for the finished holiday centerpieces. Student leadership was fully on display.

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The GEMS holiday dining room was beautiful, thanks to the efforts of all our young artists!

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