Week of September 26th - September 30th

WEEKLY QUOTE/THOUGHT
"What is the one thing you will do to make today excellent?"

"It is well within our sphere of influence to create conditions in our schools

that lead to high levels of learning for ALL students and teachers." --Rick DuFour

Utah SAGE and School Grades 2014-2016. USOE

FOSSIL RIDGE WEEKLY SCHEDULE AND EVENTS

Monday, September 26th--"Fossil Ridge Reads" Week, REACH Fine Arts and

College & Career Awareness Priority Day, Language Arts 6 Reflection, and

Math 6 Reflection

Tuesday, September 27th--"Fossil Ridge Reads" Week, Snake River Middle School

Visit, REACH Math Priority Day and Science 6 Reflection

Wednesday, September 28th--"Fossil Ridge Reads" Week, Snake River Middle 

School Visit, REACH Science Priority Day, and Parent Teacher Conference (4-7PM)

Thursday, September 29th--"Fossil Ridge Reads" Week, REACH Language Arts

Priority Day, College & Career Awareness Reflection and Parent Teacher Conference (4-7PM)

Friday, September 30th--"Fossil Ridge Reads" Week, REACH Social Studies and PE

Priority Day and Math 7 Reflection

FOSSIL RIDGE INTERMEDIATE SPOTLIGHT

Happy Birthday Mrs. Sherratt...Tuesday, September 27th

Congratulations to Fossil Ridge "Get Your Brain On" Students for the Week 

of September 19th-23rd...Kids caught BEING EXCELLENT!!

Last Friday the Fossil Ridge Language Arts 6 Students were treated to a visit from 

Children'sAuthor Lance Conrad. He continued to stress the importance of Reading. 

"I was raised by Books." --Lance Conrad

FOSSIL RIDGE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

Mrs. Bennett shared these video clips with her Math 7 Classes today...Thank You Mrs Bennett!!

"Get Off the Escalator" ...What Action(s) can WE ALL take to make the "Impossible, Possible."

"Famous Failures" ..."If you've never failed, you've never tried anything new." 

"The You Matter Manifesto"  (Angela Maiers. 2012) and    "You Matter" (YouTube. 2011)

Have a Great Week!

BE EXCELLENT!

Week of September 19th-September 23rd

WEEKLY QUOTE/THOUGHT
"The difference between the Best and the Rest is the Work
Ethic, the Belief, the Preparation, the Skill, and the Will."
                                                      --Why the Best Do Better

"If you fail, never give up because F.A.I.L. means First Attempt In Learning.

End is not the End, in fact E.N.D. means Effort Never Dies. If you get no as

an answer, remember N.O. means Next Opportunity...Be a Positive Thinker!"

                                                                                                 --Unknown

"Get Your Brain On" Students for the Week of Sept. 5th - 9th

FOSSIL RIDGE WEEKLY SCHEDULE AND EVENTS

Monday, September 19th--PLC Early Out Day (School Day Ends at 11:45AM) and

PE Team Reflection

Tuesday, September 20th--REACH Math Priority Day and Science 7, LA 6, and

LA 7 Team Reflection

Wednesday, September 21st--REACH Science Priority Day and School Leadership

Team Meeting

Thursday, September 22nd--REACH Language Arts Priority Day and 

Social Studies Team Reflection 

Friday, September 23rd--Mid-Trimester, REACH PE and Social Studies Priority Day and

Fine Arts Team Reflection

FOSSIL RIDGE INTERMEDIATE SPOTLIGHT

Happy Birthday Mrs. Jana Anderson (Math 6)...Monday, September 19th!!

Congratulations to our "Get Your Brain On" students for the week of Sept 12th-16th

FOSSIL RIDGE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

**Video Clips**

"TEACHING FOR MASTERY" (Sal Khan. TED Talk)

"Defining Mastery, Evidence of Student Learning (Rick Wormeli)

John Hattie "Eight Mindframes of Visible Learning" (John Hattie. Visible Learning)

Have a Great Week...BE EXCELLENT!

Week of September 5th - September 9th

WEEKLY QUOTE/THOUGHT
"The difference between the Best and the Rest is the
Work Ethic, the Belief, the Preparation, the Skill,
and the Will."  --Jon Gordon. Author

"Every child deserves a Champion; an adult who will never give up on them,

who understands the Power of connection and insists they become the 

very best they can possibly be."  --Rita Pierson. Educator

FOSSIL RIDGE WEEKLY SCHEDULE AND EVENTS

Monday, September 5th--NO SCHOOL (Labor Day)

Tuesday, September 6th--REACH Math Priority Day and Student Auditions for

"The Lion King" (After School/Theater)

Wednesday, September 7th--REACH Science Priority Day, Faculty Meeting (2:10PM)

and Student Auditions for "The Lion King"(After School/Theater)

Thursday, September 8th--REACH Language Arts Priority Day

Friday, September 9th--REACH Social Studies and PE Priority Day and

7th Grade Vision Screening (8AM)

FOSSIL RIDGE INTERMEDIATE SPOTLIGHT

Congratulations to this Week's "Get Your Brain On"Students...BE EXCELLENT!

Thank You to Mr. Woods, Mrs. Holt, Mrs. Sheeran, and Mr Nielsen for organizing

an EXCELLENT Opening Assembly last Friday...our kids had a blast and the

Fossil Ridge Gym was "Rocking"

"Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!"

FOSSIL RIDGE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

Articles:

"Four Engagement Tips...From a Student" (Edutopia. August, 2016)

"Assessments that Inform" (Solution Tree Blog. February, 2016)

Video Clip:

"Every Kids Needs A Champion" (Rita Pierson. TED Talk. May, 2013)

Together We Can Make 

The Impossible, Possible!

BE EXCELLENT :)