The Bronco Buzz
September 25, 2015
UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE FORKS
- Monday, September 28- Language Arts Vertical Team @ GOES
- Monday, September 28- Begin Reach Higher Week
- Tuesday, September 29- ILT @ 8AM
- Tuesday, September 29-Special Education Vertical Team @ BHS
- Tuesday, September 29-Science Vertical Team @ BHS
- Wednesday, September 30- Math Vertical Team @ BES
- Thursday, October 1- PLC
- Friday, October 2- End Reach Higher Week
WINS FOR THE WEEK!
- Our wonderful PTSA provided some fantastic treats for us during the extended hours of Early Release.
- Speaking of Early Release, we thank you for taking the time to sit down with so many parents. We saw many parents leave with smiles on their faces knowing that their students were cared for and in great hands!
- Hooray! Five Forks Middle School has earned the title of a Green and Healthy (G&H) Taking Action School. Our school's environmental representatives, Mary Chamier, Bill George, and Julie Spence, led our school's team to help students develop the necessary 21st century knowledge and skills that foster life-long attitudes and behaviors that improve our environment and community.
- STEAM is picking up STEAM...our Labdisc Sensors have arrived and we are going to use them to support learning at high levels!
- We survived this week...FALL is here...and October is just around the corner! You all ROCK!
COUNT ME IN AWARD... Nancy Kimbrell
Instructional Highlights of the Week
STEAM Highlight
Our eight mini Labdisc sensors have arrived! We purchased these sensors using the funds awarded to us from the STEM Innovation grant this past summer. They will provide our students with the ability to measure a variety of factors including external temperature, ambient temperature, humidity, voltage, current, air pressure, heart rate, GPS, and pH. The sensors can be easily implemented in a classroom activity or lab experiment. Furthermore, they communicate wirelessly to a student’s tablet or laptop for data logging and graphing purposes. They could be beneficial for the data collection in students' science fair projects!
Here's a link to demonstrate what they can do: Sensors
What the Heck is PBL?
Our main area of focus for STEAM this year is Project-based learning. Several of our talented FFMS teachers have received training from our district in PBL and are coordinating successful lessons within their classrooms. Here's a brief article that introduces PBL and provides some context on how it can be effectively implemented.
Conferences, Ready, Set, GO!
COMING SOON!
Gone Google!
TECH TIPS
eClass Updates for October
Digital Citizenship and more!
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GOOGLE APPS FOR EDUCATION
Google Gooru
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
October
4- Jessica Smith
8- Pam Underwood
10- Zac Cogdill
12- Dennis Turnham
14- Scherrie Grim
14- Ellen Loving
17- Dan Vatlavec
18- Hazel Johnson
19- Jennifer Van Gorder
20- Ana Maria Ghulam
22- Kim Rafferty
25- Zoila Lopez
28- Kelly Branam
29- Stephanie Lacock
31- Gwen Johnson
31- Eric Morrow
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Five Forks Middle School's Bronco Buzz
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