Rebecca VanSant’s 6th grade math class at West Middle is an exercise in constant motion. Keeping 11- and 12-year-olds engaged in fractions, percentages and geometry requires planning and flexibility. On any given day you will find her circling her class providing one-on-one support and tuning in to student-led conversations.
It’s this collaborative piece of K-8 math classes in Fort Zumwalt that many adults would find surprising. Students work together to find solutions and learn from each other’s thinking. VanSant and middle school math teachers create opportunity for students to learn from each other. It’s in this environment that they learn to communicate their strategies, experience constructive criticism and open their own thinking to classmates who have found another route to the same solution. Building the workforce of tomorrow one middle school math problem at a time. It’s in our mission: Educate, empower and equip students to excel. #FZEquipToExcel
The City of O’Fallon recognized the FZSD Work-Based Learning Program this fall with its annual Volunteer IMPACT award. The Work-Based Learning Program offers students the opportunity to train to be life and workforce ready. For the past two years students have supported the Renaud Center in day-to-day custodial duties, providing a pristine facility for the community and gaining valuable work experience.
The Volunteer IMPACT Award, which stands for “Inspiring Meaningful Partnerships and Community Teams,” is hand picked by the Mayor of the City of O’Fallon, Bill Hennessy, and Volunteer Services staff. It recognizes a community partner who contributes to the success of the City of O’Fallon. The O’Fallon City Council recognized the program at its Nov. 21 meeting.
You can connect with big events for the 2025-2026 school year from any of our websites. In the Events section, use the See All Events button. Arrow through the calendar and hover over an event to add it to your calendar. Use the Subscribe To A Calendar button to sync any of our calendars with yours. All of these features are also available through the FZ App, free for Apple or Android. Updates coming to go.FZSD.us/QuickCalendar after Winter Break.
Tis the season! Concert season, that is. Our bands, choirs and orchestras are on stage and in the community spreading cheer. Check for times on our school websites.
Elementary school is such a busy place! Of course students are working on reading, writing and arithmetic, but there’s also coaching, collaboration and creativity. Building scholars with soft skills for the workplace of the future. #FZEquipToExcel
Why are flags at half-staff? In accordance with state statute, flags should fly at half-staff each Dec. 7 in remembrance of those members of the US armed forces who lost their lives Dec. 7, 1941 during the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor.
Congratulations to the newest Grow Your Own Teachers, Kellyanne Flaherty and Aidan Vogt. These South High seniors have been selected by the not-for-profit Fort Zumwalt Education Foundation to receive a forgivable loan of $4,000 per semester for eight semesters as they attend a Missouri university to become teachers in a high needs area. Kellyanne plans to teach secondary math. Aidan plans to be a Special Education teacher. Both will return to Fort Zumwalt to teach.
Since 2005, the Grow Your Own Teacher program has put 19 teachers into FZSD classrooms in areas such as Special Education, secondary science and math, world language, and industrial tech. Eight more teachers are currently in the program, studying at Missouri universities.
The foundation sold out it's annual trivia night last month, one way it raises funds to support the work of growing teachers for hard-to-fill positions. Learn more at go.FZSD.us/GYOT
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Celebrating Excellence! Congratulations to Hope High's Jason Rubin and the Early Childhood Center's Jennifer Kist, honored with Emerson Excellence in Teaching Awards! Learn more on our website: https://www.fz.k12.mo.us/article/1882555
Welcome Back! We start December with an A day at the high and middle schools and an E day at elementary. Remember, you can always check the cafeteria menu from your school website or in our FZ app, the one with the white icon. Just click menu, then dining and have a great day.
What happens when students set goals, make a plan and track progress? They achieve! Jennifer Douglas’ fourth graders set a goal as to how much they would raise to contribute to the school-wide fundraiser. Mrs. Douglas added the incentive of pieing her in the face and they exceeded their goal by about 15 percent! So, as the temperatures dropped Tuesday, her class celebrated the short week and a goal achieved. #FZEquipToExcel
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Thank you substitutes! You answer the call! You Educate, Empower and Equip Students to Excel. You Matter!
Tonight, tomorrow night and Saturday the FZN Panther Players present: Antigone Now. Learn more and get tickets: https://nhs.fz.k12.mo.us/o/nhs/article/1873010
The holidays are almost here! Ring in the season tonight, tomorrow night or with two chances on Saturday to catch White Christmas at West High! Info and tickets: https://whs.fz.k12.mo.us/o/whs/article/1830156
A packed house for Apprenticeship Signing & Information night. 24 #FZSD students signed into the program. 3 received their #USDOL certified apprenticeship certificates, having completed 2,000 hours of work with one of our 20 partners. More at go.FZSD.us/Apprenticeships
Thank you to our Support Professionals who provide so many services to our students each day. You educate. You empower. You Equip Students to Excel. You Matter!
You still have two chances to catch@ZumEastHigh Lionheart Thespians' production of "The Importance of Being Earnest" tonight at 7 and tomorrow at 2 p.m. Get tickets through the calendar item at ehs.fz.k12.mo.us 📸SWilber
Kindergarteners settle in to work on the sounds letters make and how to write them. They also learn how pictures and words work together and how to express what else they wanted to know by building statements that started with “I wonder …. “
If you’re wondering about kindergarten for next fall, set a calendar reminder for January to start watching go.FZSD.us/Kindergarten for updates on enrollment and more.
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Thank you Veterans
Today we honor those who have served. Thank you to our veterans and active duty military.
