Students learn the use of digital cameras and digital image editing. Basic instruction lasts for two weeks, and the remaining time is used for advanced instruction and student graphic arts projects. Students who have successfully completed this class may then use the equipment and their expertise in support of other classes or school activities. These students are also prepared to enter the graphic arts segment of the High School Art Curriculum. Students who are following a particular stock may take data from the Internet to make their own graphs of the quarterly or annual performance of stocks they are following.
Students bookmark sites for both daily stock updates and for corporate information.
The most common sites are Dow Jones sites, Forbes , Fortune, and other financial periodicals with on-line information. They may focus on one of a variety of academic areas and may use a variety of sources from .edu sites to academic quiz game sites. Many of these students also participate on either the Varsity or Junior Varsity Scholastic Bowl Team. The Collaborative Resource teacher is a facilitator for this group. The equipment in the Collaborative Resource Room is used in a wide variety of staff and classroom support activities.