Could not agree more!!!

Inspired and hopeful are just a few words to share the impact of the work and vision of the Standards Based Learning and Grading Thought Leaders Team! We dug deep to continue shaping this journey! What an honor to serve alongside these teachers, parents, and administrators! 💙

Using inquiry to learn more about weight and capacity in 3rd grade today! Laughter, joy, and excitement! Thankful for thoughtful lesson design by another amazing teacher leader! 💙

Making financial literacy relevant and meaningful to these awesome first graders! Lots of real world connections and movement in this lesson designed by another remarkable teacher leader! 💙

Wow!!! Hats off to all of our FJH and FHS teachers who shared their authentic assessment journey at the Authentic Assessment Exhibition! You each are truly redefining the measure of student success! Inspired! Goal 2 in action! 💙

Congratulations WW Kindergarten graduates! The resilience, commitment, and perseverance shown by the teachers, students, and administration this year was celebrated. Thank you parents for trusting us with with your most precious gifts, your children! Go Colts! 💙 👨‍🎓

As we are going into finals this week it has really struck me that I didn't hear one student talking about learning. It's all about playing the game of points.

What fun it was to see the smiles of parents as they zoomed in to watch their 2nd grade students share their research projects in Mrs. Elizabeth Walsh’s 2nd grade classroom! Finding ways to partner with parents even in this pandemic school year! FISD Beliefs in action! 💙

Presentation Day!!! So much work has gone into these projects and we are so happy to have students showing off this week! #resilienttogether Friendswood ISD FISD Teaching Learning

So proud of these Kindergarten and 1st grade teachers from Cline and Westwood for their commitment to creating true standards based learning environments in their classrooms! Their willingness to learn and adjust has been so impressive in a year to remember! 💙👏

Authentic Assessment Dream Team is still dreaming even with 7.5 days of school left! Casting vision for work around Goal 2 into next year and the roles they will play in leading and modeling this learning and risk taking! Inspired by this team today! 💙👏🌟

Congratulations  Cline Kindergarten graduates! We could not be more proud of our students, teachers, administrators, and parents! This year has truly taken the strength of community! Cline Ponies- You did it! 👨‍🎓 💙

2nd grade Standards Based Pilot teachers created our first ever 2nd grade standards based report card to be implemented next year in our pilot classrooms! They began creating teaching rubrics and identifying success criteria all focused on student ownership! What a team! 💙

Mrs. Lauren Jones’ Westwood 1st graders published their first book today! Their book was inspired by the amazing Mrs. Jennifer Quigley! Here’s a toast to you amazing authors! A moment these writers will never forget! 💙

Welcome to the Elementary/Intermediate Principal Team Ryan Kopp! Mr. Kopp was approved by the board this evening as the new Principal at Bales beginning next school year! We will miss Mr. Patton in this role but know he will shine in his new one! 💙

Courageous, Visionary, Honest, Student Centered, and Passionate are just a few of the words I would use to describe this team! Our Standards Based Learning and Grading Thought Leaders culminated our learning journey today around the work of transforming our grading, practices! 💙

Kicked off our journey with our 4 new elementary/intermediate coaches today with lunch, learning, and vision! Goal 3 coming to life- building a culture of coaching and growth for all! 💙

Summer Learning and Leading with these PK-5th grade Math Leaders! Thankful for their time in the summer to shape the vision and direction of mathematics instruction in FISD! 💙👏

2nd grade Standards Based Learning and Grading Pilot Teachers hard at work today creating teaching rubrics to guide instruction and assessments aligned to standards! Love the commitment of these teachers even in the summer! 💙☀️

Incredibly proud of these math leaders as gave of their time this summer to engage in deep discussions on essential math standards and scope and sequence revisions! Thank you Mr. Ryan Kopp and Mrs. Emily Stanley for coming by to honor the work of these leaders! ☀️💙