Target 4: Engaged Community Partners – FWSU staff and students will collaborate, innovate, create and conceptualize ideas and learning with local, regional, state, and global partners to make a difference in their community, state, and world. Action Step - Plan and manage instruction around problems relevant to students and their community and develop solutions for authentic audiences. … Continue reading GEMS First-Graders Organize “Flood of Books” To Benefit Students in Staten Island
Happy New Year from FWSU!
Looking for a great resolution for 2013? 'Tis the season and we are here to help. Our recommendation is to follow the FWSU blog and stay connected to student learning in our schools. Unlike so many new commitments which require a great deal of time and energy, this is one that only takes a second … Continue reading Happy New Year from FWSU!
GEMS Kindergarteners Create Beads to Benefit Food Shelf
Target 4: Engaged Community Partners – FWSU staff and students will collaborate, innovate, create and conceptualize ideas and learning with local, regional, state, and global partners to make a difference in their community, state, and world. Action Step - Plan and manage instruction around problems relevant to students and their community and develop solutions for authentic audiences.
Neuroscience Professor Opens the World of Brain Science to GEMS 6th Graders
Target 1 – Student-Centered Learning FWSU students will engage in personalize learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creative learning opportunities. Action Steps - Highlight, create and model innovative learning opportunities that promote collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creativity for students and staff. 5th and 6th students at GEMS having been studying a variety of topics … Continue reading Neuroscience Professor Opens the World of Brain Science to GEMS 6th Graders
Reflecting on Schools: Our Awesome Places of Learning
Sometimes it is helpful for all of us to take a step back and reflect on the tremendous value that we have in our schools and in communities. Today we remember that our teachers, students, staff, and families are truly awesome. We are blessed to have schools that are learning organizations - places where students are challenged every day to … Continue reading Reflecting on Schools: Our Awesome Places of Learning
Local Artist Corliss Blakely Visits Georgia Middle School
Corliss Blakely, a local artist and iPad painter brought her experience, enthusiasm and energy in painting and technology to the 7th and 8th graders at GEMS the week after Thanksgiving. Ms. Blakely gave two art workshops for each group of students, using Procreate and Art Studio apps on the iPad. Upper middle school students began the school … Continue reading Local Artist Corliss Blakely Visits Georgia Middle School
GEMS First-Graders Make a Difference with Math
Target 4: Engaged Community Partners - FWSU staff and students will collaborate, innovate, create and conceptualize ideas and learning with local, regional, state, and global partners to make a difference in their community, state, and world. Action Step - Plan and manage instruction around problems relevant to students and their community and develop solutions for … Continue reading GEMS First-Graders Make a Difference with Math
GEMS Pre-Kindergarteners Enjoy Hands-On Science Opportunities
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. Through exploration, building, questioning, observing and hypothesizing Georgia PreK school students become active Scientists as … Continue reading GEMS Pre-Kindergarteners Enjoy Hands-On Science Opportunities
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