Fernway School

1. Fernway School

2. 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!

3. 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

4. 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.

5. Our Mission: Civic-minded, ethical students • Student Mediation • Student Group on Race Relations (SGORR) makes annual visits to the 4th grade • Family Service Projects

6. Our Mission: Confident, competent communicators • Curriculum centered on effective and varied expression • Readers Theater • Reading groups • Writers Workshop • Kindergarten Journaling • Performances

7. Our Mission:Skilled Problem Solvers • Curriculum-centered problem solving • Chess Club • Enrichment Programs • International Baccalaureate programme • Successmaker computer program • Science Lab field trips

8. Our Mission:Creative Thinkers • Curriculum centered on creative outcomes of learning • Music and Art classes • Art Club • 3rd grade Musical • 4th grade Poetry Play

9. Our Mission:Career Motivated Students • Scientist in the schools • Parent career visits and volunteerism

10. Our Mission:Global and Multicultural Knowledge • Mandarin Chinese taught weekly • International mindedness a focus of IB

11. 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."

12. 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

13. Learner attitudes and attributes Attribute of the week: Reflective! I think about my learning.I think about what I do and how I can improve.

14. Some of our essential agreements

15. Some of our wonder walls

16. Featured Country: Slovenia • Slovenia has many caves and underground channels that cause rainwater and even lakes to appear and disappear. • A grapevine in the town of Maribor is said to be more than four hundred years old! • Many people come to visit Slovenia each year for the mountain skiing and the beautiful lakes. • Mountains make up much of Slovenia, and thick forests cover about half the land. Resources:

17. Current 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.

18. Current 1st Grade IB Unit Who We Are Dude! Central Idea: Learner profile attributes help people build relationships.

19. Current 2nd grade IB Unit Who We Are Choose, Act,Reflect Central Idea: Actions create consequences.

20. Current 3rd Grade IB Unit How We Organize Ourselves TEAM: Together Everyone Achieves More Central Idea: Collaborative systems strengthen communities.

21. Current 4th Grade IB Unit How We Express Ourselves Digging for Information Central Idea: Artifacts reveal cultural values, struggles and advancement.

22. Inquiry ~ a driving force to our learning!

23. Action Fernway School…changing the world one action at a time!

24. September Birthdays

25. Upcoming and recent fieldtrips! • 9/23 3rd grade to Mayor’s office • 9/24 Battle to Science Lab • 9/24 Harden to Nature Center • 9/25 Hassell to Nature Center • 9/25 Harden to Science Lab • 9/26 Hassell to Planetarium • 9/27 Hayduk to Nature Center • 9/30 Haney to Science Lab • 10/1 Harden to Planetarium • 10/2 Hayduk to Planetarium

26. Shaker Library Salutes Fernway School’s Summer Readers • Kindergarten Sarah Dillenbeck Abby Hahnenberg Kennedy Hinkle Eva Jones Claire Leland Clara Persson Sophie Shaw Loukas White Fiona Zucca

27. Shaker Library Salutes Fernway School’s Summer Readers • First Grade Nathan Ballman Joe Berglund Ava Brown Simon Bruening-Wright Ryan Byrnes Jenna Englander Julianna Gentile Natalie Konrad Liam MacGilvray Tre Martin Evan Mears Elisa Moulthrop Amber Perkins Matilda Spadoni Braden White Lauren Young Sofia Zucca

28. Shaker Library Salutes Fernway School’s Summer Readers • Second Grade Thomas Barrett Will Berglund Joe Brancato Quinn Bruening-Wright Andrew Burleigh Claudia Cullen Dominic Harrison Samantha Jalics Hudson Jones Chloe Khayat Jack Lamb Mira Martin Catherine Monroe Jake Pernsteiner Noah Rusnak Eva Shaw Audrey Stein Tywan Thompson

29. Shaker Library Salutes Fernway School’s Summer Readers • Third Grade George McGuinness Marissa Morris-Garrett NicoMoulthrop WrennaPai Liesel Prude Sophia Rose Amanda Senti Gideon Shaw ArmenTaheri Athan White Jaiyana Wilson Eric Worthy Matthew Young Marcus Bertsch Russell Besson Eva Bishop Josh Brown Sophia Cook Audrey Cullen Samuel Dillenbeck Claire Dunn Brian Fox Meg Hahnenberg Aiden Hartzler Liam Kaiser

30. Shaker Library Salutes Fernway School’s Summer Readers • Fourth Grade LissanAklog Julian Anderson Patrick Barrett Colin Burleigh Anna Carpenter Cody Englander Millie Fredricks Margaux Girard Ellen Keefe Emma Khayat Nora Konrad Evelyn Lewicki Anthony Luo Alex markland Dash Pai Katie Rusnak Samantha Sekeres Mac Stewart Andrea Yasinsky John Yasinsky

31. Fernway Important Dates! • 10/8 Board of Education Meeting 6:00pm, Admin Building • 10/9 Fernway PTO Meeting, 7:00pm • 10/14 Tour Your Schools Day, 9:30am-noon, 1:00-2:30pm • 10/19 Fernway’s Fall Festival 1:00pm • 10/24 Conference Day • 10/25 Conference Day • 10/31 Halloween Activities, 2:30pm

32. PTO News! 2013-2014 Shopping Rewards ProgramsHeinens & 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.

33. 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.

34. 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

35. 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.

36. Front Back $10 kids $12 adults