Target 2: Leadership in a Student-Centered Learning Environment - FWSU will foster development of teacher and 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, and diverse resources. Whether it is a family … Continue reading GEMS Students Voice Suggestions for Changes to School Meal Program
BFA Class of 2012 Gives Back by Promoting Healthy Hydration and Reduced Plastic Waste
Target 2: Leadership in a Student-Centered Learning Environment - FWSU will foster development of teacher and 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, and diverse resources. When BFA Class of 2012 … Continue reading BFA Class of 2012 Gives Back by Promoting Healthy Hydration and Reduced Plastic Waste
FES 4th Graders Study Science of “Green” Gardening
Target 1 : Student-Centered Learning - FWSU students will engage in personalized 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. Four FES 4th graders - Molly, Sebrina, Emily and Sam - decided to … Continue reading FES 4th Graders Study Science of “Green” Gardening
GEMS Middle School Playwrights Weave Creative Drama
Recently GEMS 6th students worked hard to develop two dramatic productions as part of a playwright class. Both plays were skillfully written by students and then adapted for student performances. The class teaches students how to write plays and develop important skills such as speaking and performing before an audience, as well as the basics … Continue reading GEMS Middle School Playwrights Weave Creative Drama
Superintendent Kirsch Shares Korean Experiences from Afar
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
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