Our library and career center houses and distributes local multimedia resources. To determine technological literacy, the counseling staff screens students newly enrolled to the school. Technology use is a required element across the curriculum. Math classes require at least one assignment each semester that requires the use of a spreadsheet program for analysis. Science classes require at least two assignments each semester that require Internet research, e-mail communication, or teleconferencing with researchers.
Students complete the assignments, filtering out unreliable sources in their final reports.
Social studies classes assign at least one activity each semester that requires the use of multimedia technology as a tool during student presentations. Physical education teachers are adapting tech into their lessons, with P.E. teachers having access to a book of Internet sites for their field. To ensure that our students gain the technology knowledge they need, we have established an ongoing staff development calendar with regularly scheduled teacher training workdays. Our students have many avenues to access career guidance and exploration, using the resources of the Career Center and our growing School to Career program. All 10th-grade students spend time in a computer lab exploring career choices through the program Choices, which explores careers and training options.