T-Rex Rising Weekly Focus: 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!