Dr. Seuss Week!

Happy Dr. Seuss Week!

For both Kindergarten and PreK this week we will be talking about and reading about Dr. Seuss!  Some Kindergarten classes have already heard Dr. Seuss Pops Up!, so they will be hearing about the Sneetches this week.  If they have already heard that, we will be reading a biography about Dr. Seuss.  The PreK will all be hearing Dr. Seuss Pops Up!

In technology news, Donna will begin re-imaging computers this month.  She will be putting on a program called "Steady State" on all of the student stations.  Steady state is a program that causes your computers to go back to its original settings after it is shut down. This helps your computers so that if the kids do something weird to them, it is gone the next morning.   How does this affect you?  This means that every night when you shut down your computer, if you have marked any favorites, they will disappear when you turn them on in the morning.  If you have loaded anything, saved anything to the desktop, it will be gone.  This will only be on the student computers!  It is always a good idea to save everything to your own home directory (your "h" drive).  If you don't remember how to do this, just ask me, I can help! 
 I have been teaching the kids in the Media Center to click on "Kids Links" on our Library web page.  This should be your home page when you open Internet Explorer. This way, we don't have to rely on "Favorites." 
We also have decided on which software programs we will be using.  Our technology committee went through all of our software (which is A LOT!!) and tested it, and aligned them to the Common Core Standards for K and The Gold Standards for PreK.  A BIG thank you goes to Megan Wilson, Nikki Kunde, and Laura Bianchi!!  When Donna is finished you will be receiving some CD ROMs that you can use on your computers.

Have a great week!