We at St. Mary’s believe in providing our students with excellent computer building blocks. This is achieved through formal computer classes, integrating curriculum with technology and student access to computers. Beginning in 2nd grade, each class has scheduled weekly computer class with the computer lab teacher plus scheduled computer lab time with the student’s classroom teacher. Students also have access to computers in their classrooms and the library. Beginning with the 2007 school year, we will also add a mobile laptop lab for the upper elementary students allowing for even more access to technology.
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As quoted in the Final Report from the Computer Science Teachers Association Task Force “It is clear to us that whatever is achieved in high school depends upon the effectiveness of student access to technology and achievement of computer-related learning milestones at the elementary level. So if elementary schools provide students with these first building blocks of computer fluency, secondary schools will be able to implement more comprehensive computer science programs themselves.”
St. Mary’s ultimate goal is that the use of computer technology will become a fundamental component of each student’s academic experience.
The computer curriculum for the 2nd –5th graders is a progressive program building year to year. Our younger students, prekindergarten through first grade have access to student computers in their classrooms as well as weekly visits to our computer lab. Computer technology at this level is a tool to enhance learning skills in the areas of phonemic awareness, reading and math skills, and beginning keyboarding strategies.
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