Today is Digital Learning Day! Started in 2012, Digital Learning Day is a way for educators to highlight innovative teachers, leaders, and instructional technology programs that are improving student outcomes through digital learning. It is important to note, that the focus of this day is not about the technology, but instead about the learning. You can learn … Continue reading Digital Learning Day 2016 #DLDay
Fletcher Implements Social/Emotional Screening for All Students
Through the continued implementation of the Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) framework, the F.E.S. Leadership Team decided this past fall to begin doing some universal school-wide screening for social/emotional/behavioral difficulties. PBIS-Vermont recommends doing this type of screening a couple of times a year in order to ensure that all students in the school have … Continue reading Fletcher Implements Social/Emotional Screening for All Students
February Focus
On February 3, 2016 students at BFA Elementary celebrated 100 days of school, for this school year. Student’s engaged in critical thinking and used manipulatives to demonstrate 100 Days of School. Students and community members were also provided with an event at the Fairfax Community Library, as the 100 day celebration continued. A special visitor … Continue reading February Focus
Winter Carnival Returns to BFA Fairfax!
Many years ago, Winter Carnival was an annual event that brought the school together for fun and competition to break up the winter doldrums. With new advisors Fred Griffin and Katherine McElroy, BFA’s Student Council has focused on student leadership and service to the school community. One of the early ideas that students proposed was … Continue reading Winter Carnival Returns to BFA Fairfax!
Light a Fire & Keep the Embers Burning: Revisiting the Ignite Sessions, Part 2
In December, we revisited one of the four Ignite sessions from the November Inservice that focused on the Action Plan Target: Student-Centered Learning. This month, we’ll revisit BFA preschool teacher Kristie French’s look at FWSU Action Plan Target 3, Flexible Learning Environments, through the Reggio Emilia lens. In the Reggio Emilia approach, there are three teachers: the teacher, … Continue reading Light a Fire & Keep the Embers Burning: Revisiting the Ignite Sessions, Part 2
Community Service Promotes Student Leadership and Learning in Fletcher
During the holidays, many children focus on the boxes and bags being bestowed upon them. In Fletcher, however, third grader Marianna Merritt was thinking less about herself last month and more about some four-legged friends. For the second year in a row, Merritt has initiated a collection of toys, food and supplies for the St. … Continue reading Community Service Promotes Student Leadership and Learning in Fletcher
At GEMS, Small Group Instruction Works!
For the school year 2015/2016, the Georgia Elementary School opted to pilot a new program and utilize their personnel differently to maximize the learning potential for all kindergarten students. Creating larger student class sizes, revamping teacher roles and responsibilities, collaborating with student outcomes in mind, and working exclusively as a functioning team for ALL students, … Continue reading At GEMS, Small Group Instruction Works!
At GEMS, All the World’s a Stage
Georgia Elementary School First Graders in Mrs. Dattilio’s class in conjunction with MJ Mitiguy, Enrichment Teacher, took to the stage to showcase their literary talents by using the Reader's Theater format. Reader's Theater is a dramatic presentation of a written work in a script form. Readers read from a "script" and reading parts are divided … Continue reading At GEMS, All the World’s a Stage
The FWSU Story 
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