Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to the fabulous faculty and staff of FWSU. Thanks to all of you for making our schools great places for our kids!
FWSU Develops Co-Teaching Model
Franklin West Supervisory Union recently received approval from the VT Agency of Education for a Co-Teaching Plan. The plan will require initial training for identified special educators and regular educators who will form an initial Co-Teaching cohort. Gabrielle Marquette is a Master Level Special Educator and a Rowland Fellow focusing her research on personalized learning. She will be leading … Continue reading FWSU Develops Co-Teaching Model
The Sound in Music
GEMS was recently honored to have Ray Cornils, Municipal Organist for the City of Portland Maine, as a guest in the elementary school. As artist in residence for the education programs of the Friends of the Kotzchmar Organ, Mr. Cornils lead a program featuring a portable, demonstration organ, which was designed and built by David … Continue reading The Sound in Music
Artistic Expression on Full Display at GEMS!
On Friday April 8th the GEMS art department celebrated our annual Art Show and Art Night. The big gym was full of artwork from all the K- 6th grade students and 7th and 8th graders from the choice art classes. It was awesome to see what the students have accomplished in art this year! During … Continue reading Artistic Expression on Full Display at GEMS!
BFA 7th Grade Studies Sustainability
sustainability [suh-stey-nuh-bil-i-tee] - Environmental Science. The quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance Over the past ten weeks, 7th graders at BFA Fairfax have been studying the concept of sustainability across their four core classes of study. In this interdisciplinary unit, students built upon knowledge from the environmental, … Continue reading BFA 7th Grade Studies Sustainability
Google Expedition Pioneer Program comes to BFA
This week BFA students had the opportunity to venture off on virtual field trips using Google Expeditions. Expeditions is a new digital resource that allows teachers to take their classes on virtual field trips, immersing students in experiences that bring abstract concepts to life and giving students a deeper understanding of the world beyond the classroom. Technology … Continue reading Google Expedition Pioneer Program comes to BFA
BFA High School Students Present Research
BFA juniors Rebekah Larose and Sophie Lee made an oral presentation at the St. Michael’s College Symposium on their research concerning “Microbial Activity and Phosphate in Streams”. The Symposium held at the Hilton Hotel in Burlington, VT is a yearly event in which students (graduate, undergraduate and high school) communicate their research through oral and … Continue reading BFA High School Students Present Research
Fletcher Students Launch into STEM at Starbase!
Imagine yourself an F16 pilot, suited up and thundering past the Green Mountains at more than 1,500 miles per hour. Or, as Amelia Earhart, the first American aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Then again, you might prefer to be the wizard behind the curtain and design aircraft using state-of-the-art computer-aided technology. Fifth … Continue reading Fletcher Students Launch into STEM at Starbase!
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