Each student may rent a laptop computer from the school. The laptops may be taken home for homework, Internet connection, and family use. The teachers in the sixth grade are learning to integrate technology into lessons and instruction. Seventh grade students will have the opportunity to join the laptop program in the second semester of 1998-1999. These are the same students who participated in sixth grade, so they will have much computer experience already.
Students often use their laptops to create power point presentations and reports.
These students will be able to help the seventh grade teachers learn technology skills. At Clark, learning is a cooperative effort. Classes are blocked into instruction in math, language arts and reading. Students select from reading or foreign language in the 7th and 8th grade, while all 6th graders have reading. All students select from vocal or instrumental music.