February 29th - March 3rd...Make It a Great Week to be a T-Rex

WEEKLY QUOTE/THOUGHT
"Stop Being Afraid of what can Go Wrong
 and Start Being Excited about what can
 Go Right." --Unknown

"Educators like to brag about everyone else, 

 except ourselves. This has to change. If 

 it's the truth, it's not bragging." --Dwight Carter

FOSSIL RIDGE WEEKLY EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

Monday, February 29th--Happy Leap Day! REACH Session #5

 Begins and REACH Fine Arts and College and Career Awareness

 Priority Day

Tuesday, March 1st--REACH Math Priority Day

Wednesday, March 2nd--REACH Science Priority Day

Thursday, March 3rd--REACH Language Arts Priority Day

Friday, March 4th--REACH Social Studies and PE 

 Priority Day

FOSSIL RIDGE SPOTLIGHT

*Happy Birthday Mrs. Morris...Wednesday, March 2nd*

*Happy Birthday Mrs. Bean...Friday, March 4th*

Congratulations to the Mrs. Hodek and the Fossil 

Ridge Beginning and Intermediate Bands, both Bands 

earned Superior Marks and took 1st Place overall 

at Last Week's SUPAF Intermediate Festival!! 

Congratulations to Mrs. Anderson (Math 6) for being awarded

the Planet 94.1FM "Best Teacher on the Planet" Teacher of

the Week...BE EXCELLENT!

Weekly "Get Your Brain On" Students...Congratulations on 

Your Excellence!

Weekly "T-Rex" Students...Celebrating Excellence!

FOSSIL RIDGE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

**Article(s)**

     "Informative Assessment" (Solution Tree Press)

     "Student Centered Learning: The Teacher's Role" (Edutopia)

*Video(s)**

     "Student Centered Discussion:Socratic Seminar" (Teaching Channel)

Have a Week Filled With

PASSION, PRIDE AND EXCELLENCE!

February 22nd - February 26th...BE EXCELLENT!

WEEKLY QUOTE/THOUGHT

"We ALL need to challenge each other

 to achieve EXCELLENCE. Great Teams

 produce Great Teachers, and Great

 Teachers produce Student Achievement."

                           --John Hattie

"Alone we can do so little; together

 we can do so much."  --Helen Keller

FOSSIL RIDGE WEEKLY ACTIVITIES & EVENTS

Monday, February 22nd-Beginning of 3rd Trimester, 

and REACH College & Career Awareness and Fine Arts

Priority Day

Tuesday, February 23rd-REACH Math Priority Day

Wednesday, February 24th-REACH Science Priority Day 

and Fossil Ridge Intermediate Band @ SUPAF

Thursday, February 25th-Spring Pictures and 

REACH Language Arts Priority Day

Friday, February 26th-"NetSmart" Assembly

(Internet Safety) and REACH Social Studies and PE

Priority Day

FOSSIL RIDGE INTERMEDIATE SPOTLIGHT

Happy Birthday...Mrs. Sandra Overfelt...February 25th

Fossil Ridge REACH Time providing additional opportunities

for Students to Succeed through Re-Teaching, Re-Learning, 

and Extending Learning...

Weekly "Get Your Brain On" Students Celebrating Excellence...

Weekly "T-Rex" Students, Its a Great Day to be a T-Rex...

Mrs. Annie's 2nd Period EXCEL Students Celebrating HUGE 

Growth during 2nd Trimester...

FOSSIL RIDGE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

Article:

     "The Moment Everything Changes" (Ken Williams)

Video Clips:

"Collaborative Expertise" (John Hattie. 3 Minutes)

"Great Schools Impact on Learning" (John Hattie. 3 Minutes)

LET'S MAKE IT A GREAT WEEK 

TO BE A T-REX!

February 16th - February 19th...Its A Great Week To Be A T-Rex!

WEEKLY QUOTE/THOUGHT
"There is a difference between Interest and
 COMMITMENT. When you are Interested in
 doing something, you do it only when convenient.
 When you're COMMITTED to something, you
 accept NO EXCUSES, only RESULTS."
                                 --Ken Blanchard (emphasis added)

"We are what we do, not what we say. Daily
 beliefs and practices must align with the 
 stated Purpose of the school. Actions
 not words will define who we you are."
                                 --Ken Williams

FOSSIL RIDGE WEEKLY EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
Tuesday, February 16th--REACH Math Priority Day
Wednesday, February 17th--REACH Science Priority Day and 
 Fossil Ridge Community Council Meeting (9:30AM)
Thursday, February 18th--REACH Language Arts Priority Day
Friday, February 19th--REACH Social Studies and PE Priority Dan
and End of 2nd Trimester

FOSSIL RIDGE INTERMEDIATE SPOTLIGHT
Last Week, Fossil Ridge had the opportunity to host a group of students
from China. Our guests were able to observe several classrooms and
have the opportunity to experience the "culture" of Fossil Ridge.

Congratulations to Mrs. Sheeran and the Fossil Ridge Show Choir
for a Fantastic Performance at last week's WCSD Intermediate Choir
Festival at the Hurricane Arts Festival...Continue to BE EXCELLENT :)

Mrs. Snow's Science 6 Students learning more about the Seasons
and the rotation of the Earth with an Interactive and Memorable
Learning Activity...

Weekly "Get Your Brain On" Students...

Weekly "T-Rex" Students...

FOSSIL RIDGE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
   *Articles:
Mid-Year Reflection and PL Goals  (Edutopia.)

Take Control of Your Own Professional Learning (Teach Thought.)

CONTINUE TO BE EXCELLENT!

February 8th - February 12th...ITS A GREAT WEEK TO BE A T-REX!

WEEKLY QUOTE/THOUGH
"It is within our sphere of influence to create
 conditions that lead to high levels of learning
 for all students, not just a select few."
                                             -Rick DuFour

"Greatness (EXCELLENCE) in not a function of 
 circumstance. Greatness (EXCELLENCE) is largely
 a matter of conscious choice (INTENTIONAL) and
 discipline."  -Jim Collins

FOSSIL RIDGE WEEKLY EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
Monday, February 8th--REACH College & Career Awareness and 
Fine Arts Priority Day and Trimester Choir Concert (6PM)
Tuesday, February 9th--REACH Math Priority Day
Wednesday, February 10th--REACH Science Priority Day
Thursday, February 11th--REACH Language Arts Priority Day and
Intermediate Choir Festival (10AM/Hurricane Arts Building)
Friday, February 12th--REACH PE and Social Studies Priority Day

FOSSIL RIDGE INTERMEDIATE SPOTLIGHT
Congratulations are in order to the following Fossil Ridge Teachers
on being awarded grant money from the Washington County School
District Foundation; MR. STEWART (Math 7), MRS. SMITH (Math 7), 
MRS. BENNETT (Math 7), MRS. EMETT (Science 6), MRS. GUBLER (Art), 
and MRS. HODEK (Band). The total amount of grant money awarded
to Fossil Ridge last week was approximately $2500.00! Thank You 
to the District Foundation for the support!

 "Get Your Brain On" Students for the Week of February 1st-5th...

Happy "National School Counselors Day" to two of the BEST anywhere!
Thank You Mr. Woods and Mrs. Holt for ALL you do for the Students of
Fossil Ridge!

FOSSIL RIDGE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
**Student Centered Learning**
     Podcast
          "The Student-Centered Classroom" (Paul Solarz)

     Video
          "The Power of Student Driven Learning" (TED Talk)

     Article
          "Student Centered Classrooms" (Edudemic)

HAVE A GREAT WEEK...

BE EXCELLENT!!