Fletcher Elementary School students are growing both hope and vegetables thanks to a collaboration with the Northwest Healthy Roots Collaborative and RiseVT. Fletcher Elementary School students Connor Macaulay, grade 2, Cailin Macaulay, grade 4, Patrick Lawton, grade 2 and kindergartener Cole Lawton, prepare to plant bean seeds they they received as part of a distance-learning … Continue reading The FWSU Story: Fletcher Students Grow Hope by Planting Seeds
The FWSU Story: Learning Together, Learning Apart (Part 3)
In mid-March all FWSU teachers, along with all Vermont teachers, said good-bye to their students, not knowing it would be for the remainder of the school year. In record time, they adjusted the goals of learning to fit a new, remote landscape, which was unfamiliar territory for all. Their work has been nothing short of amazing. … Continue reading The FWSU Story: Learning Together, Learning Apart (Part 3)
The FWSU Story: Fletcher Students Keep Social-Emotional Learning Alive At Home
Be respectful. Be responsible. Be safe. Be Caring. For students at Fletcher Elementary School, these are words to live by. Part of the school's Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) approach to social-emotional learning, the expectations apply across settings including the classrooms, halls, cafeteria, playground, busses and on field trips, among other locations. They are proactively … Continue reading The FWSU Story: Fletcher Students Keep Social-Emotional Learning Alive At Home
The FWSU Story: Spring Break
This is not our typical April Break, but in these difficult times, taking a break to take care of ourselves and each other is really very important. We have opened many new pathways to engage and interact with each other to stay connected while apart. We appreciate all of you so much. Our educators, our … Continue reading The FWSU Story: Spring Break
The FWSU Story: We Miss you!
To all of our FWSU Students, We are really proud of you. We miss you. We care about you. We want you to be safe and healthy. We want you to keep learning. You are doing a great job. We are here for you! BFA Fairfax Misses You! Fletcher Elementary Misses You! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FgMLPEKdgA GEMS Misses You! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXiz6A4i664
The FWSU Story: Winter Wellness Program Helps Keep Fletcher Students Healthy
An age-old tradition that heats up in the dead of winter is promoting good health and new skills for students in Fletcher. The school’s Winter Wellness Program, which includes outdoor school-based activities as well as skiing and snowboarding at Smuggler’s Notch, aims to promote an enjoyment and appreciation of outdoor recreation, healthy exercise habits and … Continue reading The FWSU Story: Winter Wellness Program Helps Keep Fletcher Students Healthy
The FWSU Story: Global School Play Day – February 5, 2020
What if the whole world went on a playdate one day a year? That’s the idea behind Global School Play Day, an international movement to recognize and celebrate the value and importance of time for unstructured, screen-free play in our children’s lives. As explained in the Global School Play Day Press release, “In 2015, a … Continue reading The FWSU Story: Global School Play Day – February 5, 2020
The FWSU Story: Fletcher Students Experience “Out of this World” Learning at STARBASE
Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning just doesn’t get any more exciting than watching a pair of sleek F-35 jets thunder off into the horizon. Or, does it? How about building flatulence molecules (yes, that’s a fart!) to learn about the periodic table of elements or designing actual working rockets that travel more than … Continue reading The FWSU Story: Fletcher Students Experience “Out of this World” Learning at STARBASE
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