T-Rex Rising Weekly Focus: August 2018

Monday, August 27, 2018

Week of August 27th - August 31st...ITS A GREAT MONDAY TO BE A T-REX!

WEEKLY MESSAGE
We are off to a great start at Fossil Ridge! The first two weeks have seen numerous successes and celebrations of teaching and learning...our new 6th graders have even figured out where all their classes are! :) We have worked hard to ensure that school-wide expectations, classroom expectations, and learning expectations have been clearly communicated with each one of our 920 students. One of our school-wide goals/challenges this year is to find the "Hidden Gems" among us at Fossil Ridge, to seek out the stories of our kids, and to ensure that ALL 920 feel important and loved. Learning begins with relationships. Relationships are critically important at Fossil Ridge, and are at the heart of everything we do...because that's How We Do Things at Fossil Ridge Intermediate!

"Every Kid Deserves a Champion"-Rita Pierson (YouTube 8min)

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Monday, August 27th...PLC Early Out Day (school ends at 11:45AM)
Tuesday, August 28th...REACH Math Priority Day
Wednesday, August 29th...Picture Day (Science Classes), School Community Council Meeting (9:30AM), and REACH Science Priority Day
Thursday, August 30th...REACH Language Arts Priority Day
Friday, August 31st...REACH Social Studies & PE Priority Day and School-Wide Reading
Monday, September 3rd...NO SCHOOL (Labor Day Holiday)

Weekly "T-REX" Students with Fabulous Social Studies Team

SHARING, LEARNING, CELEBRATION OF SUCCESS

Weekly "Get Your Brain On" Students

Weekly "PLINKO" Students with Mr. Howell

"How Collaborative Teams Improve Instruction" Solution Tree

Richard DuFour: "Groups vs Teams" (YouTube 3 minutes)

Ms. Trammell teaching Gratitude with a Read-Aloud!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK

BE EXCELLENT!!

Monday, August 20, 2018

WELCOME BACK!! August 20th-August 24th, 2018

WEEKLY MESSAGE
Welcome Back to School... “It’s a Great Day to be a T-Rex!” At Fossil Ridge Intermediate School we are passionately committed to the fundamental purpose and benefits of the Professional Learning Community Framework. We believe our everyday focus should rely on our PURPOSE (core beliefs and commitments), PASSION (relentless desire), and INTENTIONAL EXCELLENCE (continued growth and reflection)!

Our shared Purpose at Fossil Ridge is doing “whatever it takes” to Ensure High Levels of Learning for ALL Students, no matter their background, special circumstances or abilities. As a result, we have worked diligently to align our Purpose, Beliefs, and Daily Practices to meet the unique needs of all our students. This process, dedicated teachers, and hard work has created a culture of collaboration and teamwork, which defines the “way we do things” at Fossil Ridge Intermediate. Due to this well established culture our students and teacher teams have soared. We have seen an increase in our end of level test results (SAGE) in each of the last six years. The teacher teams at Fossil Ridge are responding to the “Big 4” questions of a high functioning team and school through ongoing collaboration to answer and reflect on the following:

What do we want our students to learn?
How will we know if students learned it?
How will we respond when students don’t learn it?
And what will we provide to those students that have learned the necessary concepts and skills?

At Fossil Ridge Intermediate School, we look forward to an EXCELLENT year, highlighted by positive relationships, a laser-like focus on learning, high expectations for success, measurable growth, and celebrations of achievement. Lets make it a GREAT YEAR TO BE A T-REX!