Recently, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) invited Vermont to participate in a Networked Improvement Community for improving early learning in Literacy and Mathematics. Georgia Elementary was invited to participate, along with three other supervisory unions, and has started the collaborative project in which participants have the opportunity to work on common problems … Continue reading THE FWSU STORY: Georgia Elementary Invited to Join National Networked Improvement Community
THE FWSU STORY: Students Speak Out on Solving Environmental Waste with Design Thinking
On today's FWSU STORY, students in the "Solving With Design Thinking" class at GEMS use their voice to share solutions to a common environmental waste problem. Billions and billions of disposable coffee pods known as k-cups are tossed into garbage cans each year. This year's Solving Problems With Design Thinking class at Georgia Elementary Middle … Continue reading THE FWSU STORY: Students Speak Out on Solving Environmental Waste with Design Thinking
THE FWSU STORY: GEMS Inventors Share Reflections on Iteration in Prototypes and Designs
As the Prototyping and Inventing class winds down in the Georgia Elementary Middle School Innovation Lab, students are eager to share the great work they have been doing. You can read more about the class in this post. In the video below, a student talks about the concept of iterations in the inventing and design process. This foundational … Continue reading THE FWSU STORY: GEMS Inventors Share Reflections on Iteration in Prototypes and Designs
THE FWSU STORY: Students Explore World Traditions and Celebrations in GEMS Innovation Lab
As part of a recent unit focusing on traditions, first graders in Mrs. Dattilio's class, under the guidance of their student teacher, Jeannine Bissonette, combined many areas of study into one great culminating event. After reading books and having group discussions about how different traditions that are celebrated around the world, the students each spent … Continue reading THE FWSU STORY: Students Explore World Traditions and Celebrations in GEMS Innovation Lab
THE FWSU STORY: Dome Theatre Comes to GEMS
Last week, the Dome Theater presented several shows to kindergarten through sixth grade and opened up their show to families to experience the 16 x 16 foot wide, 10-foot tall dome. Some of the shows presented were Into the Deep, Habitat Earth, Passport to the Universe, The Secrets of a Cardboard Rocket, Dinosaur Prophecy, Saturn the … Continue reading THE FWSU STORY: Dome Theatre Comes to GEMS
THE FWSU STORY: UVM Student Teachers Join GEMS
Georgia Elementary School has had the pleasure of working with four student interns this fall from the University of Vermont. They started their journey by attending inservice days in August and have been an integral part of first and second-grade classrooms for 4-and-a-half days each week. They have observed, collaborated, and taught mini-lessons up to … Continue reading THE FWSU STORY: UVM Student Teachers Join GEMS
THE FWSU STORY: GEMS Second-Graders Become Nature Explorers in Four Winds Trip
Today's on The FWSU Story, we are pleased to feature a guest post by Julie Ferguson, a second-grade classroom teacher at Georgia Elementary Middle School. Earlier this month, the second graders at GEMS enjoyed their first field trip, organized by Four Winds volunteers. It was a wonderful trip to the Senesac property in Georgia which … Continue reading THE FWSU STORY: GEMS Second-Graders Become Nature Explorers in Four Winds Trip
THE FWSU STORY: Celebrating a Positive School Culture at GEMS
School culture is as important as the instruction that takes place every day. Where students feel valued, welcome, and safe, and where there is a sense of community and individuality. That is where student success occurs. Such an atmosphere contributes to effective teaching and learning and to genuine communication, both within and outside the school. Classrooms … Continue reading THE FWSU STORY: Celebrating a Positive School Culture at GEMS
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