FWSU Students, Staff and Families Celebrate the Season!

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. But see, in our open clearings, how golden the melons lie; Enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the … Continue reading FWSU Students, Staff and Families Celebrate the Season!

BFA Celebrates New Student Athletic Leadership

Target 2. Leadership in a Student Centered Learning Environment: FWSU will foster development of teacher & student leaders who provide innovative opportunities for local and global student-centered learning. Action Step: Provide multiple avenues for students and staff to lead, advocate, and serve within the school and community. Indicator of Success: Student voice will have the … Continue reading BFA Celebrates New Student Athletic Leadership

GEMS Supports Community and Continues Tradition

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 Supports Community and Continues Tradition

School Art – Making Learning Visible

Target 1 – Student-Centered Learning FWSU students will engage in personalize 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. Indicator of Success - Students and staff will apply existing knowledge to create original works as a means of personal or group … Continue reading School Art – Making Learning Visible

Leadership – By Word and By Deed

Today we celebrate the BFA-Fairfax Girls Cross Country Team and the student leaders that led that team to their position as Division III State Champions. What is the leadership behind a winning team? Coach Griffin describes the power of leadership on his teams:  "Prior to running, as far as a week away, psychological preparations begin. … Continue reading Leadership – By Word and By Deed

Third Grade Students Tackle a Lemon of a Problem at GEMS

Target 1 - Student-Centered Learning. Highlight, create and model innovative learning opportunities that promote collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creativity for students and staff Action Step: Highlight, create and model innovative learning opportunities that promote collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creativity for students and staff Indicator of Success: Students are engaged in an authentic learning experience … Continue reading Third Grade Students Tackle a Lemon of a Problem at GEMS