Transcript Strategic Planning Update

Fernway
School
In February, Fernway was evaluated for verification.
Only great things were expressed about our school.
A report was filed with IB in Bethesda and a recommendation
was sent to IB Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
On March 19th, 2013 we heard from IB that
we had been named an IB World School!
Congratulations Fernway!
Fernway School
“Welcome to the Fernway Family”
• One of five K-4 Buildings:
Boulevard, Fernway, Mercer, Lomond, Onaway
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Built in 1927
15 Classrooms, 3 per grade level
Over 350 students
37 staff members
The Mission of the Schools
The District will nurture, educate, and graduate
students who are civic-minded
and prepared to make ethical decisions;
who are confident, competent communicators,
skillful in problem solving, capable of creative thinking;
who have a career motivation and a knowledge of our
global and multicultural society.
Our Mission:
Civic-minded, ethical students
• Student Mediation
• Student Group on Race
Relations (SGORR)
makes annual visits to
the 4th grade
• Family Service Projects
Our Mission:
Confident, competent communicators
• Curriculum centered on effective
and varied expression
• Readers Theater
• Reading groups
• Writers Workshop
• Kindergarten Journaling
• Performances
Our Mission:
Skilled Problem Solvers
• Curriculum-centered problem
solving
• Chess Club
• Enrichment Programs
• International Baccalaureate
programme
• Successmaker computer program
• Science Lab field trips
Our Mission:
Creative Thinkers
• Curriculum centered on
creative outcomes of
learning
• Music and Art classes
• Art Club
• 3rd grade Musical
• 4th grade Poetry Play
Our Mission:
Career Motivated Students
• Scientist in the
schools
• Parent career
visits and
volunteerism
Our Mission:
Global and Multicultural
Knowledge
• Mandarin Chinese
taught weekly
• International
mindedness a
focus of IB
The Mission of the International
Baccalaureate Organization (IB)
“The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring,
knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better
and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and
respect.
To this end the organization works with schools, governments and
international organizations to develop challenging programmes of
international education and rigorous assessment.
These programmes encourage students across the world to become
active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that
other people, with their differences, can also be right."
Transdisciplinary Themes
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Who we are
Where we are in place and time
How we express ourselves
How the world works
How we organize ourselves
Sharing the planet
Learner attitudes and attributes
Attribute of the week:
I use my brain to think
and solve problems.
Some of our essential agreements
Some of our
wonder walls
Featured Country:
Iran
• More than 10 percent of Iran’s population is nomadic
or seminomadic, meaning that they move from
place to place instead of living in just one location.
• In the desert city of Yazd, some older houses are built
below ground, where residents can escape the heat.
These houses have special towers that are designed to
catch breezes and point them downward, creating a
kind of natural air conditioning.
• Iranian rugs and carpets are known worldwide for their
fine craftsmanship and design.
Resources:
Previous Kindergarten IB Unit
Who We Are
New places, New Faces!
Central Idea:
People learn about themselves
and others trying new things
and making new friends.
Current Kindergarten IB Unit
How We Organize
Ourselves
Helpers and Tools
Central Idea:
Communities are
organized for safety.
Previous1st Grade IB Unit
Who We Are
Dude!
Central Idea:
Learner profile
attributes help people
build relationships.
Current 1st Grade IB Unit
Where We Are in
Time & Place
Where in the World?
Central Idea:
Mapping directs people
to locations.
Previous 2nd grade IB Unit
Who We Are
Choose, Act,
Reflect
Central Idea:
Actions create
consequences.
Current 2nd grade IB Unit
How We Organize
Ourselves
Money Matters
Central Idea:
Economic choices impact
human and environmental
well-being.
Previous 3rd Grade IB Unit
How We Organize Ourselves
TEAM: Together Everyone
Achieves More
Central Idea:
Collaborative systems
strengthen communities.
Current 3rd Grade IB Unit
Where We Are in Time & Place
Culture Club
Central Idea:
Cultures exhibit change
and continuity.
Previous 4th Grade IB Unit
How We Express Ourselves
Digging for Information
Central Idea:
Artifacts reveal
cultural values,
struggles and
advancement.
Current 4th Grade IB Unit
Where We Are in Time & Place
Moving On
Central Idea:
Challenges and opportunities
drive immigration and
migration.
Inquiry ~ a driving force to our learning!
Action
Fernway
School…
changing the
world one action
at a time!
October Birthdays
Joseph Brancato
Madeleine Braunsdorf
Chloe Brown
Andrew Burleigh
Ethan Byrnes
Kindt Chaparro
Kayla-Tia Crymes
Miles Dial
Ayesha Dobbins
Thomas Dunn
Jenna Englander
Matthias English
Julianna Gentile
Liam Kaiser
Calli Kups
Alexander Markland
Elisa Moulthrop
Yohaira Rivera
Sophia Rose
Benjamin Scheer
Carnya Scott
Prisha Shivani
Zoe Stiefel
Declan Teeter
De’Angelo Washington
Terrance Williams
Lauren Young
Matthew Young
Upcoming and recent fieldtrips!
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10/21 - Hannah - Planetarium 1:00 - 2:15
10/23 - Fourth Grade - Lake Farm Park
10/28 - Zucca - Planetarium 1:00 - 2:15
11/7 - Mohney - Planetarium 9:45 - 11:15
11/7 - Mardell - Planetarium 1:00 - 2:20
11/14 - Brown - Planetarium 10:55 - 12:10
11/18 - Lewis - Wo. Sci. Lab. 9:30 - 11:00
11/19 - Berggrun - Wo. Sci. Lab 12:45 - 2:15
11/21 - Mohney - Wo. Sci. Lab 12:00 - 1:30
11/25 - Paskewitz - Wo. Sci. Lab 12:45 - 2:15
Fernway Important Dates!
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10/24 Conference Day
10/25 Conference Day
10/31 Halloween Activities, 2:30pm
11/5 Election Day (No school for teachers and students)
11/13 Fernway PTO Meeting, 7:00 pm
11/22 COSI 9:00 am
11/27-12/1 Thanksgiving Break
PTO News!
2013-2014 Shopping Rewards Programs
Heinens & 1% to Fernway!
Visit www.heinensrewards.com and register
Fernway for the ABC School Program.
Heinens will donate 1% of qualified purchases
between September - April to Fernway.
Cards that have been registered
need to be registered every school year.
PTO News!
2013-2014 Shopping Rewards Programs
Target & 1% to Fernway!
Have a Target card? If so you could be earning 1% for
Fernway and saving 5% on every purchase made
at Target and Target.com.
Visit the Take Charge of Education link on the
Target website and register your REDcard.
PTO News!
Earn box tops for Fernway by shopping online!
Target, Gap, Crate & Barrel, and hundreds of other online
retailers offer box tops with every purchase when you shop
through the Box Tops Marketplace.
Sign up to support Fernway at www.btfe.com
PTO News!
Show Your Fernway Spirit!
Fernway car magnets now available!
Want another way to show your Fernway pride?
Fernway car magnets are now available for $2.
The magnets will be available for purchase at PTO
events, along with your favorite Fernway spirit wear.
Front
$10 kids
Back
$12 adults