Champions Forever

Champions Forever performed at Fred Assam Elementary School on Wednesday, January 19. We saw a "spin"-tacular show!

Bruce & Diane Crevier along with family members put on a terrific show ~ including students and staff as participants! Their message : Champions Win the Game!

G = goals

A = attitude

M = morals

E - excellence

Be sure to check out their website for more pictures and information! www.champions-forever.com

Polar Plunge ~ brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

It's official! I will be participating in the Polar Plunge! This is an event that helps raise money for the Special Olympics. Participants will be experiencing the bone chilling water as they plunge into a . . . dumpster!

Come watch and cheer on the "plungers" at Brandon Valley High School on January 29, 2011. The more money we raise, the more opportunities we create for athletes to experience the life-changing benefits of participating in Special Olympics - all at no cost to themselves or their families.

If you would like to pledge me and help support Special Olympics ~ check out my website at http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/susanfoster/2011-brandon-polar-plunge

Putting the Pieces Together

At the School Improvement and data team meetings on December 21, 2010, the staff decided that we would like to challenge ourselves to focus more on Marzano's Instructional Strategies. These are strategies that have a high probability of enhancing student achievement for all students in all subject areas at all grade levels. Taken from the book Classroom Instruction That Works by Robert Marzano, there are nine categories of strategies that have a strong effect on student achievement. Each week, we will focus on one strategy

January 10 - 14: Identify similarities & differences
January 17 - 21: Summarizing and note taking
January 24 - 28: Reinforcing effort & providing recognition
January 31 - February 4: review identify similarities & differences

February 7 - 11: Homework & practice
February 14 - 18: Nonlinguistic representation
February 21 - 25: Cooperative learning
Feb. 28 - March 4: review any of the instructional strategies

March 7 - 11: Setting objectives & providing feedback
March 14 - 18: Generating and testing hypotheses
March 21 - 25: Questions, cues, and advanced organizers
March 28 - April 1: review using any of the instructional strategies

April and May: continue using instructional strategies
April 4 - 8: Dakota STEP assessment for grades 3 - 5; SAT assessment for grade 2

If you would like more information regarding each instructional strategy, check out this website!
http://gets.gc.k12.va.us/VSTE/2008/

Champions Forever

January 19, 2011
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Champions Forever assembly for grades JK - 5. Parents are welcome to join us!
Fred Assam Elementary gymnasium
http://champions-forever.com/

Pizza Ranch is the place to be!

Pizza Ranch East 10th Street is the place to be on the first Tuesday night every month!

Help support our school! Head on down to the East 10th Street Pizza Ranch on the first Tuesday night of every month during the school year. Pizza Ranch will donate 10% of dine-in and carry-out sales directly to Fred Assam Elementary School.

Join Us for Roller Skating!

The Fred Assam Elementary PTA will be sponsoring a roller skating evening of fun on Thursday, January 20. The fun begins at 6:00 pm and continues through 8:00 pm. Carousel Skate is the place to be! The cost is $4.25/skater. (no checks, please!) If I can skate ~ so can you!

Science Fair

BRANDON VALLEY DISTRICT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE FAIR

Monday, February 14, 2011

4:30 - 7:00 PM

Brandon Valley High School Commons

Project Check-In: 3:30 - 4:30 PM

K through 5th grade students are eligible.

Science Fair entry forms are due Friday, February 4 to the homeroom teachers. Project guidelines: 1) projects can include results of experiment, or information on topic of student's choice; 2) up to three students may participate on a project; 3) use of electricity is discouraged. 4) projects must fit on a 3' x 3' table; 5) projects must be safe for the viewing public. No animals or insects, no open flames, and no exposed electrical wires.

Additional information or questions can be directed to Colleen Lunstra at karlco@alliancecom.net.