technology

Technology enriches our curriculum by providing alternatives for exploring, presenting and understanding. Technology skills are applied in subject-matter learning, enabling students to acquire skills in context. By the time they have completed sixth grade, our students problem-solve, choose the tools most appropriate for accomplishing a task efficiently, and use the Internet to research, synthesize and present information cogently.

Preschool

Preschool students are introduced to various computer programs such as KidPix®, developing important keyboard and mouse skills. We emphasize appropriate use and terminology to enable children to gain fluency in the proper function and use of technology.

Lower Elementary

Students begin the Elementary technology curriculum by learning how to log onto the Kingsley network, launch personal settings and work with age-appropriate software. Individualized lessons focus on a particular tool, function, or feature of specific software programs.

When students are proficient in basic skills, they learn about saving, accessing and printing documents independently. Projects are directly linked to ongoing classroom activities, such as creating word matching cards and short word processing documents that support the broader language arts curriculum.

At the third-grade level, students use technology in their weekly science lab meetings, as well as in their classrooms to create research reports using Microsoft Word® with downloaded images or KidPix illustrations, all under teacher supervision. Students also begin to explore digital photography.

Upper Elementary

Upper Elementary students use technology in the classroom for research, word processing, idea organization and presentation. Students work collaboratively with various software programs and receive guided instruction on the use of the Internet. We added a Multi-media Library and Technology Center to work in close partnership with the classroom environments allowing students and faculty to further expand their learning and instruction with technology.

Weekly science lab instruction incorporates technology by encouraging students to utilize print and multimedia resources. Students research topics of study and then use various technologies to present their ideas to their peers, teachers and parents. Sixth grade students may use PowerPoint®, for example, to accompany their senior project presentations.