The organizational structure of class groups is becoming more flexible at Elvehjem Elementary School . In addition to traditional same-age classrooms, the school has a multiage or looping format for some classes. The students of these classrooms have the benefit of retaining the same teacher for two years as well as leaning to work with children of different ages. All the computers at Elvehjem are networked together. The Computer Lab is equipped with 18 Macintosh Computers.
All students receive one hour of computer instruction in the lab each week.
In addition, each of the classrooms has two Macintosh computers for students to access during instructional time. Fourth grade students learn keyboarding skills using AlphaSmart keyboards in their classroom during a 6 week session. Fourth and fifth grade students are instructed in the use of the Internet during their lab times. The LMC is equipped with Macintosh as well as IBM computers, with access to research through CD ROM programs and the Internet. Students use the Search Plus system to look up and the Circulation Plus System to check out library materials.