Target 3. Flexible Learning Environments – FWSU will maximize flexible learning environments by redefining the school day, promoting learning experiences that extend beyond the school classroom, and fostering creativity, innovation, and differentiated learning opportunities for all. Action Step - Make relevant and authentic problems become the focus of connected learning Indicator of Success - Students are engaged in answering authentic questions and solving … Continue reading BFA Fairfax Deploys New Weather Station on Academy Roof
GEMS First Graders Roll for 50!
Target 1. Student-Centered Learning – FWSU students will engage in personalize learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creative learning opportunities. Indicator of Success– Students and staff will apply existing knowledge to create original works as a means of personal or group expression. First grade students in Ms. MacKenzie's class enjoyed the chance to play a board game … Continue reading GEMS First Graders Roll for 50!
Next Generation School Calendar – A Superintendent’s Perspective
Last June, the FWSU blog first publicized the concept of Calendar 2.0 for our school community. The proposed calendar was put forward by the Champlain Valley Superintendents Association (CVSA) to spur fresh discourse and thinking on new ways to look at our current system. Since that time this proposal has rightly received much attention and … Continue reading Next Generation School Calendar – A Superintendent’s Perspective
BFA Elementary Students Join the Band!
Target 2 – Leadership in a Student Centered Learning Environment. FWSU will foster development of teacher and student leaders who provide innovative opportunities for local and global student-centered learning. Action Step - Redefine high performance in a student-centered, collaborative, technologically rich learning environment. Indicator of Success - Student voice will have the power to impact the perceptions of others. During today's BFA Elementary … Continue reading BFA Elementary Students Join the Band!
Summer Flashback: BFA Athletes Go International
The BFA Fairfax Girls Basketball team recently enjoyed participating in Saint Michael's College Summer Basketball Camp from 8/2-8/4. The Lady Bullets represented players from Grades 9-12 with a good mix of returning and new incoming players. One of our goals is to proivide students with opportunites to make global connections Working hard and playing hard … Continue reading Summer Flashback: BFA Athletes Go International
FES GOES DIGITAL!
The day of flying papers and over-stuffed backpacks may be over at Fletcher Elementary! Today FES went "semi- paperless"- The FALCON FLYER will now be available on-line. Although parents can opt for a paper copy, we believe that most will be thrilled not to fill their recyle box with paper announcements. Principal Intern, Julie Steves … Continue reading FES GOES DIGITAL!
Meet The New FES Teachers!
We are delighted to welcome many new teachers to FWSU. Over the next two weeks we wanted to highlight and introduce them to you. Today, we will begin with new additions at Fletcher Elementary School. JOANNA TEBBETTS, Grade 5/6 Science and Language Arts Hometown - Salisbury, NH Education - Graduated from Johnson State College in environmental science with a natural resources degree and … Continue reading Meet The New FES Teachers!
Meet the Common Core: Learn the Facts About New State Standards
Have you met the Common Core? Common Core State Standards, also known as CCCS, is designed to "provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting … Continue reading Meet the Common Core: Learn the Facts About New State Standards
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