BFA Students Experience Spring Butterflies at Montreal Botanical Gardens

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 -Provide students w/ access to content, resources, and methods for learning beyond the school day and beyond the school walls. Mr.Tom Lane’s High … Continue reading BFA Students Experience Spring Butterflies at Montreal Botanical Gardens

GEMS Students Make Cents of Science

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.  GEMS 8th Grade Science students were learning about chemical reactions and how new molecules can be formed.  To … Continue reading GEMS Students Make Cents of Science

BFA-Fairfax 7th Grade Make Cranes for Peace

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. Students in the 7th grade at BFA Fairfax … Continue reading BFA-Fairfax 7th Grade Make Cranes for Peace

GEMS 7th & 8th Grade Test Their Knowledge in Quiz Bowl

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