Students are under adult supervision at all times and all visitors to campus must first report to the main office. Staff have continuous access to the office via phones in classrooms and portable radios. How We Use Technology to Teach Highland Elementary School provides a wide variety of instructional software programs to insure the use of technology across the curriculum. Every classroom has at least two networked computers. Highland Elementary also has a 30-station technology lab fully equipped.
All computers are readily accessible during the school day to all students and staff.
Through the use of MS Works and MS Office students develop and write portfolios at each grade level. All classes integrate technology into the regular curriculum. In order to improve reading scores, Accelerated Reader was installed on each computer. The teachers can also assess the students reading levels and progress with Star Reading. In addition, K-1 students enjoy their time on the computers integrating The Breakthrough to Literacy Program into the normal reading program.