Fernway 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 4th 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
• 3rd grade Musical
• 4th 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."
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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
Attribute of the week:
I think about my learning.
I think about what I do and
how I can improve.
Some of our essential
agreements
Some of our
wonder walls
Featured Country:
India
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India is the world’s seventh largest country
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The Taj Mahal, one of the Seven Wonders
of the World was built back in the 17th
century for the wife of Shah Jahan.
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Chess was invented in India.
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India is where the religions of Hinduism,
Sikhism, Buddhism, and Jainism began.
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India’s national fruit is the mango. There
are over one hundred varieties of mangoes
in India.
Resource:
Previous Kindergarten IB
planners
• Who we are
People discover who they are
by learning, working, playing
and having new experiences
• How we organize
People use signs and tools to
communicate, organize and
stay safe.
• Sharing the Planet
Conflicts can be solved
peacefully.
Current Kindergarten IB planner
• How we express ourselves
Exploring and responding to literature helps people discover
and express ideas and feelings.
Previous 1st Grade IB
planners
• Who we are
People build relationships by
living, working, playing and
learning with other people
• Sharing the planet
People protect natural
resources through careful
conservation.
• How we organize
People fulfill their needs and
wants by selecting different
goods and services.
Current 1st Grade IB planner
• How we express
ourselves
Literature informs,
unites, and entertains
individuals and
groups.
Graphic courtesy of Ellen Seguin, Fernway parent
Previous 2nd
Grade IB planners
• Who we are
People make choices in
various settings and their
actions have a consequences
• How we organize
People make, buy, sell and
use goods and services to
survive and enjoy life.
• How the world works
Many events in the natural
world occur with predictable
changes.
Current 2nd Grade
IB planner
• Sharing the planet
Living things impact the
environment in which they
live; the environment also
impacts living things.
Previous 3rd Grade IB planners
• How we organize
Members of communities
collaborate to establish and
implement organizational
systems
• How we organize
Cultures exhibit both change and
continuity across time and place.
• Who we are
People develop and acquire skills
to solve problems.
Current 3rd Grade IB planner
• How we express
ourselves
Authors and
illustrators
communicate ideas by
using a variety of
techniques and styles.
Previous 4th Grade IB planners
• Who we are
How people respond to
technologies and innovations
impacts their well-being
• How we express
ourselves
Artifacts give insights into the
habits and behaviors of
cultures throughout time.
• Where we are in place
and time
People immigrate and migrate
because of challenges and
opportunities.
Current 4th
Grade IB planner
• How we organize
Decisions promote or deny
equal opportunities and
social justice.
Inquiry!
PTO IB/Arts Integration
• The 2-4 grade
students saw Susan
Weber perform
“Buckeye Picnic,”
about regional
history, then the 4th
grade had
afternoon
workshops about
economics.
THANKS,
PTO!
Happy birthday to…
February 21 – March 17
Kindergarten
Grade 1
Grade 2
Cole Klein
Martez Sams
Kaden Pulley
Azraa Cozart
Elise Boyd
Samira Wingo
Larmy Vallot
Abigail Floyd
Ezra Dykema
Julia Molnar
Mahlyk Lee
Grade 3
Grade 4
Peter Khayat
Campbell Johnston
Amelia Berg
Nathan Dewey
David Carpenter
Josh Floyd
Kaila O’Neal Prosper
Jade Dixon
Avery Dunn
DeJanae Braxton
Kimball Call
Madeline Green
Fernway staff
Mr. Q (Quarterman)
Ms. Brown
Mrs. Ferreri
Mrs. Luksenburg
Upcoming and recent fieldtrips!
• 2/23
Ms. Cachat to science lab
• 2/24
Mrs. Hannah to planetarium
• 2/27
Mrs. Berggrun science lab
• 2/28
Ms. Cachat to Shaker Library
• 3/1
Mrs. Mohney to Art Museum
• 3/5
Mrs. McGill to science lab
• 3/5
Mrs. Berggrun to science lab
• 3/7
Ms. Paskewitz to science lab
• 3/8
Mrs. Mohney to science lab
• 3/8
Ms. Brown to science lab
Fernway Important Dates!
• 2/22
• 2/28
• 3/1
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3/2
3/10
3/11
3/14
3/16
3/17
Third Grade Musical 2:00 & 7:00
4th Grade Fairy Tale trials
Mrs. Harden 10:00 am. Mrs. Hassell 1:00 pm
4th Grade Fairy Tale trials
Ms. Hayduk 1:00 pm
Professional Day (no classes K-6)
Night for the Red & White
Turn clocks forward!! (Spring forward)
PTO Meeting 7:00 pm
Conference Day ( no classes K-8)
Family Skate at Thornton Park 2:30 pm
PTO News!
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AWARDS WON BY FERNWAY CHESS CLUBS
2004 Grade Level Championship Tourney/Grade 1 Division – 2nd Place
2004 Shaker Schools Chess League/3rd Grade Division – 2nd Place
2005 State Chess League Tournament/4th Grade Division – 2nd Place
2005 – Shaker Elementary League /Grade 3-4 Division – 2nd Place
2005-06 Scholastic Chess League/K-5 Division – 2nd Place
2006 Shaker Schools Chess League/K-2 Division – 1st Place
2007 Shaker Schools Chess League/K-2 Division – 1st Place
2007 Shaker Chess Tourney – Grade 3-4 Division – 2nd Place
2008 Northeast Ohio Team Championships/Grade K-5 Division – 2nd Place
2010 Greater Cleveland Chess League/K-5 Division – 1st Place
2011 Shaker Chess League/K-5 Division – 1st Place
A Record 159 Students are Named AP Scholars
The Shaker Heights High School students and June 2011 graduates have
been named AP Scholars by The College Board in recognition of their
outstanding performance on three or more Advanced Placement (AP)
examinations.
Former Fernway students honored include 2011 & 2012 graduates:
Anna Baerman, Zachary Findling, Christopher Hearey, Spencer Murray,
Daniel Urban, Joseph Becker, Anamaria Boyd, Kelsey Sullivan, James
Berick, Adam Cohen, Kelsey Desmond, Gabriel Gordon, Nathan
Immerman, Leo A. Katz, Nia Morgan, Sabrina Paskewitz Drew, Zofia
Prochoroff, Erica Schoonover, and Spencer Seballos.
National Scholars to be Honored
36 Shaker Heights High School seniors have been recognized
by one or more of the national Merit, National Achievement,
and National Hispanic scholar programs.
Former Fernway students honored include:
Nia Morgan, Anamaria Boyd, and Spencer Seballos.
Spencer Seballos has also been selected to receive the 2012
gold Medallion Hispanic Heritage Youth Award for Science.