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

FES Celebrates Thai Songkran Festival

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. Earlier this week, students, staff and … Continue reading FES Celebrates Thai Songkran Festival

FWSU Joins the Geocaching World

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 - Develop opportunities for students to collaborate, innovate, create and conceptualize in all learning settings. Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which the … Continue reading FWSU Joins the Geocaching World

BFA Educator Presents Webinar – Live From the Tundra

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 - Ensure students and staff take an active role shaping their learning using rich, authentic questions, problems they identify, & diverse resources. BFA Teacher Tom Lane, currently on leave studying the … Continue reading BFA Educator Presents Webinar – Live From the Tundra

FES Kindergarten Conserves Water for Thai New Year Festival

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 Plan - Develop partnerships with global partners to carry out a project related to units of study. Students in … Continue reading FES Kindergarten Conserves Water for Thai New Year Festival

FES Welcomes Visiting Scholar from Thailand

Target 1 : Student-Centered Learning - FWSU students will engage in personalize learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creative learning opportunities. Action Step: Increase easily accessible opportunities for global collaboration for teachers and students. As part of the Asian Studies Outreach Program at the University of Vermont, Fletcher Elementary School welcomed Thai scholar Sonrit "Beau" Sangchan earlier this … Continue reading FES Welcomes Visiting Scholar from Thailand

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 Students Experience French Cultures Near and Far

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. Target 4 – Engaged Community Partners: FWSU staff and students will collaborate, innovate, create and conceptualize ideas and learning … Continue reading BFA Students Experience French Cultures Near and Far