Target 1: Student-Centered Learning - FWSU students will engage in personalize learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creative learning opportunities. Action Step - Highlight, create and model innovative learning opportunities that promote collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creativity for students and staff. BFA Fairfax Elementary recently hosted three guests at its weekly All-School Morning … Continue reading BFA Fairfax Elementary Goes To The Dogs
Students Learn Real-World Lessons in Simulated Stock Market Challenge
Target 1: Student Centered Learning - FWSU students will engage in personalized learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem-solving and creative learning opportunities. Action Step - Highlight, create and model innovative learning opportunities that promote collaborative inquiry, problem-solving and creativity for students and staff. Seventh graders in Jenn Skerrett’s Extended Learning Opportunity class at BFA-Fairfax are participating in the … Continue reading Students Learn Real-World Lessons in Simulated Stock Market Challenge
Fletcher Elementary School Celebrates Day # 65
"Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one learned in school." Albert Einstein Education is a journey that lasts lifetime for all of us. Some of us remember specific lessons, projects, or activities from our days in class. They stand out because of the importance the subject matter or perhaps the connection we had with our teachers on that particular day. However … Continue reading Fletcher Elementary School Celebrates Day # 65
GEMS Pre-Kindergarteners Enjoy Hands-On Science Opportunities
Target 1: Student Centered Learning - FWSU students will engage in personalized learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem-solving and creative learning opportunities. Action Step - Highlight, create and model innovative learning opportunities that promote collaborative inquiry, problem-solving and creativity for students and staff. Through exploration, building, questioning, observing and hypothesizing Georgia PreK school students become active Scientists as … Continue reading GEMS Pre-Kindergarteners Enjoy Hands-On Science Opportunities
Little Mermaid: A Glimpse Behind-the-Scenes
The last curtain has closed, the set has been struck, and the costumes packed away, but the students are still smiling. They made The Little Mermaid happen, and they are proud of their accomplishments. They will take one more bow! Director Julie Filiberti shared, “ I have never been prouder of a group of kids. … Continue reading Little Mermaid: A Glimpse Behind-the-Scenes
First-Graders Raise Awareness to Support BFA Fairfax Classmate
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 … Continue reading First-Graders Raise Awareness to Support BFA Fairfax Classmate
FWSU Early Educators Recognized as Leaders
Teachers from FWSU presented at the 2012 National Association of Young Children (NAEYC) in Atlanta, Georgia last week. They spoke about the impact of using Powerful Interactions with children in an academic setting, showed video clips of their practices in Vermont classrooms, and talked about reflection with colleagues as being an essential. Powerful Interactions provides … Continue reading FWSU Early Educators Recognized as Leaders
GEMS Second-Graders Send Sweet Thanks to Troops
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. The second grade Georgia Elementary … Continue reading GEMS Second-Graders Send Sweet Thanks to Troops
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