Our computer lab classes  have reasearched, designed, and constructed websites for CyberFair, an international website contest.
2010-2011 contests will be ThinkQuest and Global Virtual Classroom.

Our networked computer lab is equipped with 2010 desktops (Windows) and projector. Students learn how to share files within a network and become proficient with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), keyboarding, graphic design, digital photography, Dreamweaver website design, concept mapping, Flash animation, audio file manipulation, Glogster, Hot Potatoes HTML assessment, PhotoStory and Movie Maker (video production), and use Internet resources for research and WebQuests. Grades 3-8 study a basic Spanish vocabulary and apply what they learn with constructive, high-order cognitive projects.

We employ a mobile lab to classrooms to implement activities within the core curriculum classrooms. Grades 1-5 rooms are equipped with SMARTboards and projectors. Grades 6-8 are equipped with whiteboard and projectors. Middle school students have computer lab instruction on a daily basis. The 2010 school year includes interaction with new technology, Student Response Systems, also known as "clickers." This technology allows our teachers to provide ongoing assessment that engages all students during classroom discussion.

Our school uses FastDirect Communications as a parent & student portal. We also use Moodle as an online classroom in the upper grades. Many quizzes, assignments and exercises are interactive and web-based. Forums, blogs, online glossaries and collaborative learning are all features of Moodle. New for 2010-11 is ThinkQuest, a learning platform that also offers collaborative project competitions. Students around the world use ThinkQuest as a global classroom to exchange ideas and work together on learning projects. Also new is Global Virtual Classroom contest, in which schools are paired with two other schools from around the world to work collaboratively on a specific website research project.

Our computer technology curriculum complies with the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) established by the International Society for Technology in Education. We believe in applying current and emerging technology as a vehicle for methodology and authentic learning. Students create constructive and open-ended projects to meet NETS-S standards designed to develop critical thinking skills. Visit Teacher Technology Resources to examine the digital tools we use in our curriculum.

Visit these sites to view student work:

Spokes: Inside Competitive Bicycling 2010 CyberFair Gold Award Entry

Rock On! 2009 CyberFair Platinum Award Entry

Join the Movement--Recycling Today to Save Tomorrow 2008 CyberFair Gold Award Entry

Students Against Methamphetamine 2007 CyberFair Gold Award Entry

Shurley Method Language Instruction used for grades 1-5