Fernway School An IB Candidate School

Fernway School “Welcome to the Fernway Family” –One of five K-4 Buildings: Boulevard, Fernway, Mercer, Lomond, Onaway –Built in 1927 –15 Classrooms, 3 per grade level –Over 350 students –37 staff members

The Mission of the Schools The District will nurture, educate, and graduate students who are civic-minded and prepared to make ethical decisions; who are confident, competent communicators, skillful in problem solving, capable of creative thinking; who have a career motivation and a knowledge of our global and multicultural society.

Our Mission: Civic-minded, ethical students Student Mediation Student Group on Race Relations (SGORR) makes annual visits to the 4 th grade Family Service Projects

Our Mission: Confident, competent communicators Curriculum centered on effective and varied expression Readers Theater Reading groups Writers Workshop Kindergarten Journaling Performances

Our Mission: Skilled Problem Solvers Curriculum-centered problem solving Chess Club Enrichment Programs International Baccalaureate programme Successmaker computer program Science Lab field trips

Our Mission: Creative Thinkers Curriculum centered on creative outcomes of learning Music and Art classes Art Club 3 rd grade Musical 4 th grade Poetry Play

Our Mission: Career Motivated Students Scientist in the schools Parent career visits and volunteerism

Our Mission: Global and Multicultural Knowledge Mandarin Chinese taught weekly International mindedness a focus of IB

The Mission of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IB) “The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right."

Transdisciplinary Themes Who we are Where we are in place and time How we express ourselves How the world works How we organize ourselves Sharing the planet

Learner attitudes and attributes

Some of our essential agreements

Some of our wonder walls

Featured Country: Nearly two-thirds of Haiti is made up of mountains. Tortuga, a small island off the northern coast of Haiti, was once a favorite hiding place for pirates. Resource : Haiti Once the richest French colony, Haiti is now the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. One of Haiti’s national symbols is the palm tree, which is thought to represent a tropical island paradise.

Current Kindergarten IB planner Who We Are New places, New Faces! Central Idea: People find out more about themselves and others by trying new things and making new friends.

Current 1 st Grade IB planner Who We Are Dude! Central Idea: People build relationships with families, friends and within communities.

Current 2 nd grade IB planner Who We Are Choices! Central Idea: People make choices in various settings and their actions have a consequence.

Current 3 rd Grade IB planner How We Organize Ourselves TEAM: Together Everyone Achieves More Central Idea: Members if communities collaborate to establish and implement organizational systems.

Current 4 th Grade IB planner Who We Are Investigate, Innovate! Central Idea: Technology and innovations impact people’s well-being.

Inquiry ~ a driving force to our learning!

Action Fernway School… changing the world one action at a time!

Kindergartners Nathan Ballman Ryan Byrnes Jenna Englander 1 st Graders Kemora Baker Kennedy Cole Charlotte Glasper Briana Gomez Elizabeth Halloran Lauren Hilbert Johnathan Kallergis Jabori Mateen Martez Sams Matilda Spadoni Ramsey Vallot 2 nd Graders Jaylah Alexander Ethan Byrnes Caroline Danford Damarion James Kylan Marshall Liesel Prude Iko Umosen Jayiana Wilson 3 rd Graders Owen Bauer James Boyd Cody Englander Timothy Flynt Katherine Halloran Ross Halloran Oliva Kuhel Amani Redden Jamia Weakley Andrea Yasinsky John Yasinsky 4 th Graders Jihad Arif William Glasper Connor Richard Madison Stovall

September Birthdays

Upcoming and recent fieldtrips! 9/25 Hassell to planetarium 9/27 Harden to planetarium 10/3 Hayduk to planetarium 10/12 Hannah to planetarium 10/29 Mardell to planetarium 10/30 Mohney to planetarium

Fernway Important Dates! 9/14 Fernway Back to School Bash 6:30-8:00pm 9/17 Rosh Hashanah - School Closed 9/19 Kindergarten Open House/Curriculum Night 6:30pm 9/19 Grade 4 Open House/Curriculum Night 7:00pm 9/20 Grade 3 Open House/Curriculum Night 7:00pm 9/26 Yom Kippur – School Closed 10/4 Picture Retake Day 10/8 Tour Your School Day 9:30am-noon, 1:00-2:30pm 10/10 Fernway PTO Meeting 7:00pm 10/13 Fernway Fall Festival 1:00pm 10/25 & 10/26 Conference Day – No Classes

Fall Festival Donations Needed In October, Fernway School will celebrate the new year with our Fall Festival and Silent Auction, the year’s biggest fundraiser and favorite event. We are looking for parents to help with the Silent Auction by soliciting restaurants, stores and other local vendors to donate great items for our auction. All the money raised through this PTO sponsored event goes right back to the school to help fund many events and programs such as field trips, new reading software programs, gym equipment, etc.

PTO News! ABC School Donation Program Support Fernway School While You Shop! Sign up for a Heinen’s Preferred Customer Card and register for the Tasteful Rewards program. Select (or reselect) FERNWAY as the school of choice at Heinen’s will make a donation of 1% of your purchase to PTO. ABC School Donation Program Support Fernway School While You Shop! Sign up for a Heinen’s Preferred Customer Card and register for the Tasteful Rewards program. Select (or reselect) FERNWAY as the school of choice at Heinen’s will make a donation of 1% of your purchase to PTO.

PTO News! Show Your Fernway Spirit! Fernway car magnets now available! Want another way to show your Fernway pride? Fernway car magnets are now available for $2. The magnets will be available for purchase at the Back to School Bash and other PTO events, along with your favorite Fernway spirit wear.