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 Indicator of Success - Learning … Continue reading FWSU Administrators Plan for the Future
Chinese Cultural Exchange at BFA Celebrates Successful Third Year
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. Three summers ago BFA High School welcomed 30 … Continue reading Chinese Cultural Exchange at BFA Celebrates Successful Third Year
Day 178 @ BFA — Last Day!
Today was the last day of school at BFA Fairfax. 178 days have just slipped by and summer now has officially arrived for our students. For our seniors at BFA, today was their last day to roam our hallowed halls as students. While our seniors were getting ready for graduation tomorrow and what lies ahead for them, that … Continue reading Day 178 @ BFA — Last Day!
A Glimpse Behind the Blog
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 – Engage community partners in a focused collaborative inquiry process. This year we set the ambitious goal to share one quality blog post a day about … Continue reading A Glimpse Behind the Blog
GEMS Students Connect with Classrooms in South Korea
Target 1 – Student-Centered Learning FWSU students will engage in personalized learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creative learning opportunities. Action Step - Increase easily accessible opportunities for global collaboration for teachers and students Last night at GEMS students from three fourth grade classrooms culminated a three-month international virtual exchange with three classrooms in South Korea. The program was … Continue reading GEMS Students Connect with Classrooms in South Korea
GEMS Honors the Brave Heroes Who Have Given Their Lives
In Julie Stevenson's second grade classroom, reading poetry, reciting poetry, and discussing poetry is an integral part of student's learning experience each week. Ms Stevenson says that these kinds of opportunities "build fluency and comprehension," allowing children the opportunity to understand the deeper meaning of vocabulary words. This week's poem is extremely special because it is … Continue reading GEMS Honors the Brave Heroes Who Have Given Their Lives
GEMS Showcases the Work of Young Student Artists in Annual Art Night
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 – Engage community partners in a focused collaborative inquiry process. GEMS' Annual Arts Night on May 17 … Continue reading GEMS Showcases the Work of Young Student Artists in Annual Art Night
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