STEM Learning Continues at GEMS

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. Indicator of Success: Students and staff will apply existing knowledge to create original works … Continue reading STEM Learning Continues at GEMS

Schoology Arrives at FWSU!

Target 1 – Student-Centered Learning. FWSU students will engage in personalize learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creative learning opportunities. 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. Target 3 – Flexible Learning Environments. FWSU will … Continue reading Schoology Arrives at FWSU!

School lunch with a side of AWESOME at BFA Fairfax

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. Indicator of Success: Students and staff will apply existing knowledge to create original works … Continue reading School lunch with a side of AWESOME at BFA Fairfax

Savoring the “Sticky Bun” Moments in FES

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. Indicator of Success: Students and staff will apply existing knowledge to create original works … Continue reading Savoring the “Sticky Bun” Moments in FES

Relationships Matter at GEMS

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. Indicator of Success - Teachers embrace role … Continue reading Relationships Matter at GEMS

Signs of Learning Across FWSU

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. Indicator of Success –  Students and staff will apply existing knowledge to create … Continue reading Signs of Learning Across FWSU

7th Graders at GEMS Participate in Penny Challenge

To start the year GEMS 7th grade students gathered in the newly-renovated library to hear "a penny for your thoughts". The 7th grade team decided to start off the year by having students complete an integrated research project revolving around a penny. All students will be required to find eight facts based on the decade of the penny … Continue reading 7th Graders at GEMS Participate in Penny Challenge

BFA Students Tour Woods Hole Research Center

Target – Leadership in a Student-Centered Learning Environment. FWSU will foster development of teacher and student leaders who provide innovative opportunities for local and global student-centered learning. Action Step – Develop learning habits, communication and problem-solving skills necessary for collaborative learning and leadership. Indicator of Success – Teachers embrace the role of coach, facilitator and … Continue reading BFA Students Tour Woods Hole Research Center