Recently, Fletcher Elementary School celebrated another successful annual STEAM Night. STEAM Night is a culmination of extended student-driven inquiry. There are questioning prompts scattered among the exhibits in every classroom, students are not daunted by the impromptu questions that come from the many visitors. Questions that might elicit very short and uninspired answers on a … Continue reading FES Family Engagement Builds STEAM
S.T.E.A.M. Night Showcases Proficiency-Based Learning in Fletcher
In the gymnasium, surrounded by shoulder-to-shoulder classmates, family and friends, several groups of Fletcher Elementary School students huddled around small piles of colorful straws and planned. Whispering softly, many with their hands cupped around their mouths so as not to allow their thinking to be overheard by their competitors, the groups skillfully deployed several strategies … Continue reading S.T.E.A.M. Night Showcases Proficiency-Based Learning in Fletcher
Fletcher Elementary Student Receives Arbor Day Contest Award
Max Clark, a fifth grader at the Fletcher Elementary School, has placed first in his grade level division as part of the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Department's Arbor Day Poster and Essay Contest. The contest theme this year was to share a story about a tree. Clark's poster depicts a sturdy maple and his … Continue reading Fletcher Elementary Student Receives Arbor Day Contest Award
Fletcher Students “Bridge” Classroom and Real-Life Learning
Two teams of fifth and sixth-grade students from the Fletcher Elementary School have received first and third place awards at Vermont Technical College's Middle School Bridge Building Competition. “We really feel like we accomplished something big,” fifth grader Reed Stygles said. “We took everything we knew from the classroom and put it together with the … Continue reading Fletcher Students “Bridge” Classroom and Real-Life Learning
Watercolor Grant Brings Out “Stroke” of Genius in Fletcher Students
Students at the Fletcher Elementary School are experiencing a “stroke” of artistic genius thanks to a grant of materials from the Vermont Watercolor Society. Founded in 2014, the VWS’s “I Can Paint” program has been awarding artist-grade watercolor painting tools and supplies to students in grades three through eight for the past three years. … Continue reading Watercolor Grant Brings Out “Stroke” of Genius in Fletcher Students
Singer-Songwriter Chad Hollister Inspires Fletcher Students to Communicate Through Music
While the Fletcher Elementary School mascot may be the falcon, students sounded more like songbirds Tuesday, as Pacific Records recording artist Chad Hollister transformed preschoolers through sixth graders into singer-songwriters ready to take the music industry – or at least the school gymnasium – by storm. By afternoon, Hollister had reluctant student performers singing … Continue reading Singer-Songwriter Chad Hollister Inspires Fletcher Students to Communicate Through Music
Learning is a “Blast” at Fletcher Elementary
Rigorous learning and having a "blast" can go hand-in-hand, as Fletcher Elementary School fifth graders found out recently. Brightly colored model rockets soared into the sky from the school playground, leaving a trail of smoke and newfound knowledge for the school's fifth graders. The young scientists participated in a five-day, 25-hour learning experience at Starbase, … Continue reading Learning is a “Blast” at Fletcher Elementary
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