November 9th - November 13th

Quote/Thought of the Week
"This Faculty is the best around, I am amazed how
 much my daughter has grown this year; she has
 never been so happy." -Parent

"Do your Teachers know how great they are?" -Parent

"I can't believe how much my son loves his
 Teachers, all he wants to talk about is school." -Parent

"I am so happy we chose to make the change and 
 bring our daughter to Fossil Ridge, she is
 loving it here." -Parent

How Great You Are!! ...YouTube (5min)

Weekly Activities and Events

Monday, November 9th--2 Trimester Begins--REACH CCA 

 and Fine Arts Priority Day

Tuesday, November 10th--REACH Math Priority Day  

Wednesday, November 11th--REACH Science Priority Day and 

 Veterans Day Assembly

Thursday, November 12th--REACH Language Arts Priority Day 

Friday, November 13th--REACH Social Studies and PE Priority Day

Fossil Ridge Student Spotlight

You Want Excellence, We'll Show You Excellence!!

At the conclusion of 1st Trimester Fossil Ridge had

175 Total Students earn a 4.0 GPA...86 6th Grade Students

and 89 7th Grade Students!

Congratulations to our very own Fossil Ridge Students for WINNING

the 2015-2016 State of Utah "Radon Awareness" Art Contest. Winners receive $100 each and an invitation to meet and eat with the
Governor.There were over 700 entries from the entire State of Utah...ITS A GREAT DAY TO BE A T-REX!

The 2015-2016 Fossil Ridge Robotics Team had a very

successful fund-raiser at Barnes and Noble Bookstore

Saturday...at last count they had raised nearly

$1,000.00 for their upcoming Robotics Competitions!

They are programming and creating amazing robots :)

Faculty and Staff Spotlight

Happy Birthday...Mrs. Vickie Thompson on Thursday, November 12th

A HUGE Thank You to all of our Faculty and Staff Members

for your additional time and effort spent to make 

Parent-Teacher Conferences successful last week. Thank you

for consistently reaching out and communicating with our

Parents throughout the school year!

Fossil Ridge Professional Learning

**Student Learning & Grading Practices**

Articles...

Arguments Against Standard Based Grading & How to Respond

Solution Tree Blog. Doug Reeves

Grades that Show Student Learning

Educational Leadership. Robert Marzano and Tammy Hefelbower

Video Clips...

Grading and the Game of School

TED Talk. Craig Messerman (5min)

Effective Grading Practice

Solution Tree. Ken O'Connor (3min)

BE EXCELLENT!