For the second consecutive year, Fletcher Elementary has earned Exemplar status as a Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) School. The designation was awarded by the state level VTPBIS Team of the Vermont Agency of Education and the UVM Center on Disability and Community Inclusion Collaboration at the annual PBIS Forum in Killington on October … Continue reading The FWSU Story: Fletcher Elementary Named PBIS Exemplar School for Second Year
The FWSU Story: BFA 7th Graders Design Their Own AR Experiences
Mr. Psaros' class has been learning how to design augmented reality experiences with the new Macbooks along with their assigned iPads in the Augmented Reality Platform, Metaverse Studios. Augmented reality (AR) is an interactive experience in an environment where the objects in the real world are augmented by digitally generated items. Using computational skills, the students … Continue reading The FWSU Story: BFA 7th Graders Design Their Own AR Experiences
The FWSU Story: Hiram Bellows Community Service Day
On October 17th, BFA high school students engaged in a day of community service to honor our benefactor, Hiram Bellows. BFA has been participating in Hiram Bellows Community Service Day for the past two years with our 9th grade students, but this year the entire high school was involved in service projects. Since the 17th … Continue reading The FWSU Story: Hiram Bellows Community Service Day
The FWSU Story: Do you Mindstorm? We do!
In fifth grade at BFA Fairfax, every student completes a 6-7 week Lego Mindstorms robots unit. This opportunity grew from the makerspace that was created by Rhonda Siemons, Kendra Myers, Victoria Reynolds and Sandy Brown in 2016 with the encouragement and support from then FWSU Superintendent, Ned Kirsch and current elementary principal, Tom Walsh. The … Continue reading The FWSU Story: Do you Mindstorm? We do!
The FWSU Story: BFA Fairfax Cross Country and Track Athletes Find Motivation and Inspiration In An Evening with Elle Purrier
It’s not often that aspiring high school student-athletes have a face-to-face encounter with a world championship-calibur professional athlete. It’s even less often, and extremely rare, to have that athlete hail from their own backyard. This was just the case on the evening of Thursday, October 17, when BFA Fairfax Cross Country and Track athletes were … Continue reading The FWSU Story: BFA Fairfax Cross Country and Track Athletes Find Motivation and Inspiration In An Evening with Elle Purrier
THE FWSU Story: Creating Problem Solvers at GEMS
Middle-level students have been hard at work at GEMS this fall in creating creative solutions to different types of problems. The brainstorming and creations of possible solutions have been found in and around our core content classes as well as our UA. Creative and Practical Problem Solving is one of the five Transferable Skill proficiencies … Continue reading THE FWSU Story: Creating Problem Solvers at GEMS
The FWSU Story: Fletcher School and Cambridge Fire Department Partner For Student Safety
October is Fire Safety Month and Fletcher Elementary School has teamed up with the Cambridge Fire Department to bring fire safety lessons to students both at school and at home. According to firefighter Kristy Wyckoff, who is also the department’s treasurer and chair of the fire prevention committee, teaching fire prevention at an early age … Continue reading The FWSU Story: Fletcher School and Cambridge Fire Department Partner For Student Safety
The FWSU Story: BFA Fairfax Elementary Implements Art Integration Opportunities
BFA Fairfax Elementary is implementing a new learning opportunity this year by integrating art and core curriculum. Every classroom will collaborate to express their learning, make connections and have fun through art integration. Research indicates: There are powerful resources for integrating the arts daily curriculum: The arts make content more accessible.The arts encourage joyful, active … Continue reading The FWSU Story: BFA Fairfax Elementary Implements Art Integration Opportunities
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