St Elizabeth School

St. Elizabeth School provides an extensive technology program with laptops in each classroom and a state-of-the-art technology lab. In addition to informal instruction in the classroom, computer classes are offered for grades two through eight, and students are taught to use various application programs, hardware and accessories. Through the New Yo... rk State Department of Education Title IID Grant Program, the school uses video conferencing equipment to use distance learning for improvement in mathematics and integrated subjects, in collaboration with the Hudson River Project. St. Elizabeth School mentors public schools in Districts 9 and 10, now known as Region 1, as part of the program. The grant also involves work with Young McDonald's Farm, a telerobotic aqua-culture farm in New Jersey. With the assistance of Daniel McVeigh of Columbia University, the students monitor data on various sensors at the fish hatchery and green house (which features an ecosystem utilizing fish and aquaponic grown plants and flowers) and use remote interaction with robots to control maintenance systems. They have also recreated parts of the farm at the school, setting up tanks and building robots with the help of a scientist at the University of Maine. Thanks to the donation of a very generous alum, students are now participants in WeatherBug Achieve, a weather technology station . They monitor readings from the station, installed on the west side of the building, and participate in online interactive lessons using the data and images from their own station and others all around the world. The Beaumont Foundation of America recently provided $32,500 worth of 15 new wireless laptops, a laser printer, several digital cameras, and a data projector. The equipment will be used across all areas of the curriculum, including the new Science Center. William Cullen '70 was instrumental in securing the grant. Students in grades kindergarten through two receive early exposure to the computer through the Orchard-Lexia reading program. Literacy ...Read More