OK! The first month of school is officially behind us.  As always, getting started is tough, but it didn’t take long to get into the swing of things.  I hope everyone had a great month.  It was great seeing all the returning students and parents and especially welcoming our new arrivals.  

Speaking of new arrivals, we now have Photon Robots and teachers are beginning to learn how to use them in the classrooms.  

Kindergarten & First Grade

The Kindergarten received their seat assignments and we began the year learning the names of the different parts of the computer.  We also started some exercises for use of the mouse and hand/eye coordination using KidPix.  

First Grade took it a step further and we reviewed what we learned last year about the computer parts and everyone did a great job remembering.  Everyone created a Name Tent for their desk using Kidpix.

Grades Two through Five

Second and Third Grade started the year off with a review of the computer parts and also started right using the interactive Kahoot software for review..  Third grade did a review of the computer parts they learned last year. To celebrate the coming of Fall, the Third Grade also created some wonderful Fall pictures using KidPix.  They are hanging in the hall outside the Technology Center.

Fourth Grade has started their trek through Google Docs.  We began with familiarizing ourselves with the main toolbars and learned about fonts, font sizes, colors and some other formatting options.  .

Fifth Grade began the year reviewing the different parts of the computer using Kahoot. The students in 5^th grade received their Chromebooks and started using them immediately.  If you haven’t applied for insurance, you can go to the link: https://securranty.com/stpschool.

Grades Six, Seven and Eight

Grade Six wrote a recap of “How they Spent their Summer Vacation” and presented to their classmates. Sounds like they all had a GREAT summer!  We will begin learning about Google Slides and the many different tools available for adding text, pictures, animation and sounds.  We will continue this and at the end, each student will do a presentation to the class on assigned topics.

Grade Seven started off the year by creating a slide show of what they did over the summer.  Some travelled with their families, some went to different camps and others spent time with friends and families.  Overall, it was a great summer. The students will start learning about the use of Tables in Google Docs.  They will apply this knowledge in the near future for projects in other areas such as Science and Math.

Grade Eight also began the year with a slideshow of how they spent their summer as well.   Many traveled to some great destinations and shared their experiences with their classmates. They also created “Word Searches” for their Prayer Partners.  The theme was “Hello Prayer Partners, nice to meet you".

Mr. D