Fernway School

An IB Candidate

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 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

• 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:

Principled! I am honest and fair.I am a good friend

and I do the right thing.

Some of our essential agreements

Some of our wonder walls

Featured Country:

• In Wales, there are more sheep than people.

• The first Christmas card was created in England in the 19th century.

• Mary Stuart became queen of Scotland when she was only six days old.

• England helped develop many of the world’s favorite sports, including football (soccer), boxing, and tennis.

• The UK has no written constitution.

Resource:

United Kingdom

Current K IB plannerWho We AreNew places, New

Faces!Central Idea: People find out more

about themselves and others by trying new things and making new friends.

Current 1st Grade IB planner

Who We AreDude!

Central Idea: People build relationships with families, friends and within communities.

Current 2nd grade IB plannerHow We Are

Choices!

Central Idea: People make choices in various settings and their actions have a consequence.

Current 3rd Grade IB plannerHow We Organize Ourselves

TEAM: Together Everyone Achieves MoreCentral Idea: Members if communities collaborate to establish and implement

organizational systems.

Current 4th Grade IB plannerWho We Are

Investigate, Innovate!Central Idea: Technology

and innovations impact people’s well-being.

Inquiry ~ a driving force to our learning!

Action Fernway School…

changing the world one action

at a time!

Summer Success 2012 Awardsfor Waterford/SuccessMaker Summer Program

ParticipantKindergartners

Nathan BallmanRyan ByrnesJenna Englander

1st Graders

Kemora BakerKennedy ColeCharlotte GlasperBriana GomezElizabeth HalloranLauren HilbertJohnathan KallergisJabori MateenMartez SamsMatilda SpadoniRamsey Vallot

2nd GradersJaylah AlexanderEthan ByrnesCaroline DanfordDamarion JamesKylan MarshallLiesel PrudeIko UmosenJayiana Wilson

3rd GradersOwen BauerJames BoydCody EnglanderTimothy FlyntKatherine HalloranRoss HalloranOliva KuhelAmani ReddenJamia WeakleyAndrea YasinskyJohn Yasinsky

4th GradersJihad ArifWilliam GlasperConnor RichardMadison Stovall

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