Transcript Our Mission - Shaker Heights City School District
Fernway School
Fernway School
“Welcome to the Fernway Family”
– One of five K-4 Buildings: Boulevard, Fernway, Mercer, Lomond, Onaway – 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 4 th 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 • 3 rd grade Musical • 4 th 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
• 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 am healthy. I am organized. I take good care of myself.
Some of our essential agreements
Some of our wonder walls
Resource :
Featured Country:
Madagascar
• About the same size as California, Madagascar is the world's fourth largest island. • The country is sometimes referred to as the Red Island, because of the red color of its soil. • Because of its separation from the African mainland millions of years ago, the majority of the species of plants and animals found on the island cannot be seen anywhere else in the world.
• Nearly half of the land of Madagascar is covered with forest.
Previous Kindergarten IB planners
• Who we are
People discover who they are by learning, working, playing and having new experiences
• How we organize
People use signs and tools to communicate, organize and stay safe.
• Sharing the Planet
Conflicts can be solved peacefully.
Current Kindergarten IB planner
• How we express ourselves
Exploring and responding to literature helps people discover and express ideas and feelings.
Previous 1
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planners Grade IB
• Who we are
People build relationships by living, working, playing and learning with other people
• Sharing the planet
People protect natural resources through careful conservation.
• How we organize
People fulfill their needs and wants by selecting different goods and services.
Current 1
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Grade IB planner
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How we express ourselves
Literature informs, unites, and entertains individuals and groups.
Graphic courtesy of Ellen Seguin, Fernway parent
Previous 2
nd
Grade IB planners
• Who we are
People make choices in various settings and their actions have a consequences
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How we organize
People make, buy, sell and use goods and services to survive and enjoy life.
• How the world works
Many events in the natural world occur with predictable changes.
Current 2
nd
Grade IB planner
• Sharing the planet Living things impact the environment in which they live; the environment also impacts living things.
Previous 3 rd
• How we organize
Grade IB planners
Members of communities collaborate to establish and implement organizational systems
• How we organize
Cultures exhibit both change and continuity across time and place.
• Who we are
People develop and acquire skills to solve problems.
Current 3rd Grade IB planner
• How we express
ourselves
Authors and illustrators communicate ideas by using a variety of techniques and styles.
Previous 4
th
• Who we are
Grade IB planners
How people respond to technologies and innovations impacts their well-being
How we express ourselves
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Artifacts give insights into the habits and behaviors of cultures throughout time.
Where we are in place and time
People immigrate and migrate because of challenges and opportunities .
Current 4th Grade IB planner
• How we organize Decisions promote or deny equal opportunities and social justice.
Inquiry !
PTO IB/Arts Integration
• The 2-4 grade students saw Susan Weber perform “Buckeye Picnic,” about regional history, then the 4 grade had afternoon workshops about economics. th THANKS, PTO!
Kindergarten
Annie Call Aryn Harris Colin Richard Caroline Connell
Happy birthday to…
January 30 – February 24
Grade 1
Marissa Garrett-Morris Na’Torya Beason Kaden Pulley
Grade 2
Lissan Aklog Jackson Wiebe
Grade 3
William Glasper Kyalonii Gambrell Hannah Persson Alexis Akins Samuel Smolsky Anna Dillenbeck Peter Khayat
Grade 4
Alexander Halliburton Amani Shabazz Calvin Hellesen Jade Dixon
Fernway staff
Upcoming and recent fieldtrips!
• 2/8 Mrs. Paskewitz to planetarium • 2/9 Ms. Hayduk to planetarium • 2/13 Mrs. Paskewitz to science lab • 2/16 Mr. Zucca to planetarium • 2/17 Ms. Hayduk to science lab • 2/21 Mrs. Rubin to planetarium • 2/21 Mrs. Hassell to science lab • 2/21 Ms. Vail to Shaker Heights Library • 2/23 Ms. Cachat to science lab • 2/24 Mrs. Hannah to planetarium
Fernway Important Dates!
• 1/30 Kevin Maury, Fernway Parent, works with grade 3 doing an IB/Arts integration sponsored by the PTO!
• 2/3 COSI 9:00 • 2/11 Pancake Breakfast • 2/14 Valentine’s Day Activities 2:30 • 2/20 Presidents’ Day (no school) • 2/22 Third Grade Musical 2:00 & 7:00 • 3/15 Night for the Red & White
PTO News!
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AWARDS WON BY FERNWAY CHESS CLUBS
2004 Grade Level Championship Tourney/Grade 1 Division – 2 nd Place
2004 Shaker Schools Chess League/3 rd Grade Division – 2 nd Place
2005 State Chess League Tournament/4 th Grade Division – 2 nd Place
2005 – Shaker Elementary League /Grade 3-4 Division – 2 nd Place
2005-06 Scholastic Chess League/K-5 Division – 2 nd Place
2006 Shaker Schools Chess League/K-2 Division – 1 st Place
2007 Shaker Schools Chess League/K-2 Division – 1 st Place
2007 Shaker Chess Tourney – Grade 3-4 Division – 2 nd Place
2008 Northeast Ohio Team Championships/Grade K-5 Division – 2 nd Place
2010 Greater Cleveland Chess League/K-5 Division – 1 st Place
2011 Shaker Chess League/K-5 Division – 1 st Place
A Record 159 Students are Named AP Scholars
The Shaker Heights High School students and June 2011 graduates have been named AP Scholars by The College Board in recognition of their outstanding performance on three or more Advanced Placement (AP) examinations.
Former Fernway students honored include 2011 & 2012 graduates:
Anna Baerman, Zachary Findling, Christopher Hearey, Spencer Murray, Daniel Urban, Joseph Becker, Anamaria Boyd, Kelsey Sullivan, James Berick, Adam Cohen, Kelsey Desmond, Gabriel Gordon, Nathan Immerman, Leo A. Katz, Nia Morgan, Sabrina Paskewitz Drew, Zofia Prochoroff, Erica Schoonover, and Spencer Seballos.
National Scholars to be Honored
36 Shaker Heights High School seniors have been recognized by one or more of the national Merit, National Achievement, and National Hispanic scholar programs.
Former Fernway students honored include: Nia Morgan, Anamaria Boyd, and Spencer Seballos. Spencer Seballos has also been selected to receive the 2012 gold Medallion Hispanic Heritage Youth Award for Science.