Target 1 – Student Centered Learning: FWSU students will engage in personalize learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creative learning opportunities. Action Step: Students will engage in personalized learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving, and creative learning opportunities. Monday was a very exciting occasion for 7th and 8th graders at GEMS. The students had the opportunity … Continue reading GEMS 7th & 8th Grade Test Their Knowledge in Quiz Bowl
BFA Students Analyze Data To Improve Student Health
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. Last Friday, 15 students from BFA Fairfax spent the day together analyzing … Continue reading BFA Students Analyze Data To Improve Student Health
Valentine’s Day Presents Sweet Spanish Experience for GEMS Students
Target 1 – Student Centered Learning: FWSU students will engage in personalize learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creative learning opportunities. Action Step: Students will engage in personalized learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving, and creative learning opportunities. For GEMS 8th Grade Spanish, Valentine's Day translated into a deliciously creative opportunity. Students celebrated the day in … Continue reading Valentine’s Day Presents Sweet Spanish Experience for GEMS Students
Student Leadership Personified: Part 2
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. This is the second post featuring our student … Continue reading Student Leadership Personified: Part 2
FES Kindergarten Students Collaborate and Become Block Artists
Who would think that simply playing with unit blocks can translate into a deep understanding of math and science skills? The kindergarten children in Jenny Blackman’s classroom had fun last week building and creating with blocks, all the while applying math and science learning. They became block artists! Mrs. Blackman says, “My goal is to … Continue reading FES Kindergarten Students Collaborate and Become Block Artists
GEMS Science Learning Gets “Hands-On” as Student’s Explore Owl Pellets
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. Do you know what owls eat to survive the winter? To … Continue reading GEMS Science Learning Gets “Hands-On” as Student’s Explore Owl Pellets
Plans Underway for BFA Chinese Cultural Exchange Camp 2013
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 - Develop partnerships with global partners to carry out a project related to units of study. We are … Continue reading Plans Underway for BFA Chinese Cultural Exchange Camp 2013
BFA Middle School Students Create “Be the Change” Chain
Students in Middle School Community Groups recently created a "Be the Change Chain". Each student identified one thing that they would do to step in when they see a teasing/bullying incident. They also wrote ways they could contribute to a climate of kindness in the Middle School. These ideas were linked together to form a … Continue reading BFA Middle School Students Create “Be the Change” Chain
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