October 31st - November 4th...Student Empowerment Week

WEEKLY QUOTE/THOUGHT

WEEKLY SCHEDULE...STUDENT EMPOWERMENT 

Monday. October 31st--Happy Halloween! "Be a Drug Free Hero" 

(Halloween Dress-Up), and REACH Fine Arts and College & Career Readiness 

Priority Day

Tuesday, November 1st--"Be a Hero" (Red, White, and Blue) and REACH

Mathematics Priority Day

Wednesday, November 2nd--"Respect Yourself & Others" (Dress-Up Nice, Sunday Best)

and REACH Science Priority Day

Thursday, November 3rd--"Sock It To Bullies" (Crazy Sock Day/with Shoes)

and REACH Language Arts Priority Day

Friday, November 4th--FINAL DAY OF 1st TRIMESTER--"Be a Drug Free Team"

(Sports Attire, Jerseys, Hats) and REACH Social Studies and PE Priority Day

FOSSIL RIDGE INTERMEDIATE SPOTLIGHT

**HAPPY BIRTHDAY MRS. EMETT...October 31st**

Congratulations to the "Get Your Brain On" students for the Week of

October 24th-28th...BE EXCELLENT!

Last Week the Fossil Ridge Trimester Choir, Beginning Band, Show Choir, and

Intermediate Band Students performed at our Fall Concert. Our Students were

absolutely fantastic! Thank You's go out to Mrs. Sheeran and Mr. Nielsen for all

their hard work getting our students prepared and confident for the performance!

Fossil Ridge students earned some awards last week...The Washington Country and 

State of Utah Freedom Poetry Contest, and even had a visit from Mayor Pike to 

talk about the importance of Reading with our students..."Fossil Ridge Reads & Writes"

FOSSIL RIDGE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

As we begin the month of November, I wanted to focus our Professional Learning topic

this month on the power of PURPOSE, in essence "why we do what we do."

As educators we all believe in being a school full of PURPOSE, PASSION, and 

EXCELLENCE, but the question is "WHY?" Why are we here? Why do we believe 

what we do? Why do we do what we do? and Why do we continue forward in the 

pursuit of perfection? Take a look at the following and may all of us at Fossil

Ridge take time to reflect.

**Video Clips**

"It All Starts With "Why" (Simon Sinek. TED Talk.)

"Know Your Why" (Michael Jr. YouTube) ...shared by Mrs. Brackett

**Article**

"Importance of Knowing Who You Are" (Solution Tree Blog. Geri Parscale)

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

BE EXCELLENT :)

October 24th - October 28th

WEEKLY QUOTE/THOUGHT

WEEKLY SCHEDULE AND EVENTS

Monday, October 24th--PLC Early Out Day (School Ends at 11:45AM) and 

Faculty Bar-B-Q and Swim Party (6PM/Washington Community Center)

Tuesday, October 25th--REACH Math Priority Day and Band Concert (6PM)

Wednesday, October 26th--REACH Science Priority Day and 

Choir Concert (6PM)

Thursday, October 27th--REACH Language Arts Priority Day

Friday, October 28th--REACH Social Studies and PE Priority Day

FOSSIL RIDGE INTERMEDIATE SPOTLIGHT

**Happy Birthday...October 24th Mrs. Stevens!!**

Congratulations to our "Get Your Brain On" Students for the Week of Oct. 17-21...

On Friday, Mrs. Guisinger's Language Arts Students released their "Red Kayak" 

Butterflies. The Butterflies represented a New Beginning and related to messages

from the novel "Red Kayak"...

Friday was "Monster" Day at Fossil Ridge Intermediate School...

FOSSIL RIDGE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

**Video Clip(s)**

"Unpacking Formative Assessment" (Dylan Williams. YouTube)

"Using Formative Assessments" (Ken Williams. Solution Tree. YouTube)

**Article(s)

"Every Lesson Needs a Story Line" (Educational Leadership. October, 2016)

HAVE A GREAT WEEK...

BE EXCELLENT!!

Week of October 17th - October 21st

WEEKLY QUOTE/THOUGHT

"We have the opportunity to become a Hero to a student Every Day."

                                                                            --Robert Eaker

WEEKLY SCHEDULE AND EVENTS

Monday, October 17th--REACH Fine Arts and College and Career Awareness

Priority Day, and District Fine Arts Vertical Collaboration

Tuesday, October 18th--REACH Math Priority Day

Wednesday, October 19th--Safety Drill, REACH Science Priority Day, and

School Leadership Team Meeting (2:10PM)

Thursday, October 20th--REACH Language Arts Priority Day

Friday, October 21st--REACH Social Studies and PE Priority Day

FOSSIL RIDGE INTERMEDIATE SPOTLIGHT

Fossil Ridge Art Students have been invited to participate in this year's Google 

"Doodle" competition. The winning student will be awarded a $30,000 college 

scholarship. Good Luck T-Rexers!!

   Congratulations to the Fossil Ridge "T-Rex Students" for the week of October 10th-12th!!

                Congratulations to our "Get Your Brain On" students...BE EXCELLENT!

FOSSIL RIDGE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

"Believe In Me" (YouTube. 2 minutes)

"Take a Seat, Make a Friend"...The Power of Human Relationships (YouTube. 5 minutes)

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

BE EXCELLENT!

October 7th - October 14th...Happy Fall Break!

WEEKLY QUOTE/THOUGHT

--President Theodore Roosevelt

FOSSIL RIDGE WEEKLY SCHEDULE AND EVENTS

Monday, October 10th--REACH Fine Arts and College and Career Awareness 

Priority Day

Tuesday, October 11th--REACH Math Priority Day

Wednesday, October 12th--Safety Drill and REACH Science Priority Day

Thursday, October 13th--Fall Break NO SCHOOL 

Friday, October 14th--Fall Break NO SCHOOL

FOSSIL RIDGE INTERMEDIATE SPOTLIGHT

*Happy Birthday Mrs. Fernandez**

Fossil Ridge "Get Your Brain On" Students for the Week of Oct. 2nd-8th...

Congratulations to last week's "T-Rex" Students...BE EXCELLENT!

Mrs. Myers' Science 7 Students learning and having fun with a "Density" Lab on 

Friday...

FOSSIL RIDGE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

"Exit Ticket: Formative Assessment" (YouTube)

"Putting the FORM in Formative Assessment" (Edutopia)

HAVE A GREAT WEEK

BE EXCELLENT!

Week of October 3rd - October 7th

WEEKLY QUOTE/THOUGHT
"As educators, we must provide our students the necessary
support and structure to embrace failure and remain
persistent, recognizing that the journey (not destination)
is where the real learning occurs."  --Dawn Mitchell

FOSSIL RIDGE WEEKLY SCHEDULE AND EVENTS

Monday, October 3rd--REACH Fine Arts and College & Career Awareness Priority

Tuesday, October 4th--REACH Math Priority Day and Social Studies Team

Reflection

Wednesday, October 5th--REACH Science Priority Day and Faculty Meeting (2:10PM)

Thursday, October 6th--REACH Language Arts Priority Day and School Pictures

Make-Up Day

Friday, October 7th--REACH Social Studies and PE Priority Day

FOSSIL RIDGE INTERMEDIAT SPOTLIGHT

**Happy Birthday Mrs. Debbie Crawford...Monday, October 3rd**

**Happy Birthday Mrs. Sarah Myers...Tuesday, October 4th**

Holy Cow, we have our very own "Rock Star" at Fossil Ridge!!  Congratulations to Fossil Ridge's very own Mrs. Guisinger for not just completing the St. George Marathon, 

but running a personal best time of 2 Hours and 57 seconds! Another example of the

EXCELLENCE of Fossil Ridge!

Congratulations to Fossil Ridge "T-Rex" Students for the Week of Sept. 26th-30th...

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

September 26th-30th...

"Fossil Ridge Reads" Week was a huge success, our students are reading at an amazing

rate, with some Language Arts classes reporting 100% student completion of at home

"free reading" for the week...EXCELLENT! This past week students participated in a

"Fossil Ridge Reads" poster contest, continued competition between 6th and 7th Grades, 

and visits from several Dixie State University Athletes. Special thanks goes out to 

Mrs. Wiese, Ms. Gubler the Fossil Ridge PTA, and Dixie State University.  

It was truly a GREAT WEEK TO BE A T-REX!

FOSSIL RIDGE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

"We See You" (Lone Peak High School. YouTube)

"Bring on the Learning Revolution" (Ken Robinson. TED Talk)

LET'S MAKE IT A GREAT WEEK TO BE A T-REX!

BE EXCELLENT!