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GO PATRIOTS!
Let's make it 6!
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There are four essential questions we ask ourselves to guide our instruction:
- What do we want our students to learn?
- How will we know if they learn it?
- What will we do if they do not learn it?
- What will we do if they already know it?
Question 2 is answered through many forms at FHES. Some of our most important student data comes from quick, daily informal assessments that teachers review quickly in the moment to determine next steps for instruction. A popular method is what we call an exit ticket. An exit ticket is when students respond to a few questions (typically 1-3) immediately after the whole group lesson. This informs the teacher whether or not students demonstrate understanding of the lesson's objective/standard. Our reading, writing, and math workshop models provide teachers with opportunities to work with small groups of students who are paired based on this real-time data. This allows for efficient re-teaching or extension of a skill or concept. Exit tickets in addition to rubrics, skill progressions, unit assessments, anecdotal notes, and observations are some ways teachers reflect on each student's performance over the course of a quarter to complete progress report ratings. We have high expectations for our students and with a strong home-school connection, they will continue to achieve and surpass those expectations!
Please help us show appreciation to our school counselors Donna Hill & Velma Campbell!
National School Counseling Week 2018, "School Counselors: Helping Students Reach for the
Stars," will be celebrated
from February 5-9, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of
school counselors within U.S. school systems. National School Counseling
Week, sponsored by the American School Counselor Association, highlights the
tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school
success and plan for a career. National School Counseling Week is always
celebrated the first full week in February.
Fairfax County Public Schools employs
close to 700 school counseling professionals, including school counselors,
directors of student services, and career center specialists. These
professionals are committed to preparing students to become lifelong learners
and productive members in a global society with a focus on social emotional
wellness, academic success, and college and career readiness. Thank you to all
of our school counseling professionals for the tremendous work they do!
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Jump Rope for Heart is Here! Help Us Support the American Heart Association! Click the link for more info and photos from the kickoff!
- FHES Spelling Bee is Wednesday night at 5:00 PM!
- Join your Freedom Hill Parent Liaison Ann Fiems on Thursday, February 8th for a presentation about the Fairfax County Public School system and its wealth of resources for parents and students. Click here for more info!
- Wednesday Staff Jeans Day Theme - Tie-Dye! Students are welcome to participate!
- Art teachers seeking old long-sleeve dress shirts to use as smocks for painting! Please consider a donation.
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It's still cold outside, but
spring is just around the corner. The next FHES
garden committee meeting will be held on Thursday, Feb. 15th) at
8:00am-8:45am in the STEM lab. A group
of parents meets with Mr. Misch to help with spring planning and the farmer’s
market held in May.
If you have ideas to make the
garden a fun way for our kids to learn more about science, organic farming, or
markets, please join us! For more information, please email Franz Misch
at ffmisch@fcps.edu or Gilbert Gimm
at gilbert_gimm@hotmail.com .
- More photos from the Marymount STEAM event!
- National History Teacher of the Year Award – Consider a Nomination!
- Summer Camps and Institutes: Grades 3-11 (For school year 2017-18)
- Rising 7th
Graders - Kilmer MS
Shifting Gears Program!
- Friday is
always Spirit Day! Wear an FHES shirt or our colors red and
white!
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Science Fair
- Tuesday, February 20th, 6:00-8:00 PM! Click here
for all the information you need!
- Kilmer MS
Rising 7th grade curriculum night for parents and students - February 8th
at 6:00 PM
- School Safety and Threat Assessment
- Student
Registration Welcome Center Webpage Launched
-
11th Chinese
New Year Celebration to be held in the Luther Jackson Middle
School on February 10, 2018
- Rising K and
1st grade students – Immersion
Program Info
- Elementary
Magnet School Information Nights to Be Held February 5, 6, and 8; Online
Application Opens on March 1
- Pay for
Student Fees Online
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Valentine's
Candy Grams sold February 7-14! Funds raised will be
used to support sixth grade celebration activities.
- Follow us
and many other staff members on Twitter! https://twitter.com/FreedomHillES
- School website
- https://freedomhilles.fcps.edu
- Get your
books ready! READ-A-THON is coming to Freedom Hill March 5-16. This
event was our biggest school fundraiser last year and we're hoping to beat
it this year! Looking forward to another AWESOME 2 weeks of
READING!!
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Wednesday
- Cristy Nowak, 5th grade teacher
- Ian Dowling, PE teacher
- Shana Bernabela, 4th grade teacher
Thursday
- Katherine Cadena-Gonce, front office assistant
Saturday
- Megan Pauley, Head Start assistant
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