The "STAR" Techs are coming!

Thanks to Mrs. Massa, the "Science and Technology" teachers had their December meeting today. Big plans are ahead. One of the events will be the introduction to the "STAR Techs". Each month, one STAR student from each class will SHINE! Also, we will re-introduce "Knowledge is Power" with a twist. Egbert's favorite game will be topped off with a "Jeopardy" flavor to it. Our teachers are starting to gather up some interesting game-show type questions. Along with academics, we will entertain some trivia-type questions as well. All questions will run by Egbert's famous gameshow celebrity, Mrs. Edelstein. If you didn't know it by now, Mrs. Edelstein has been a game show contestant on "Wheel of Fortune" and "Millionaire". Please Stay Tuned... There's more to come!

Are your students good listeners?

Some students are visual... others are good listeners. If you have students who would benefit from listening to an audiobook while reading the book, please see our media specialist/librarian. Mrs. Edelstein has ordered and received a very large collection of audiobooks, which she has started to install on iPods. Yes, Egbert now has iPods! "Holes" and "Harry Potter" collections were among the first audiobooks to be imported onto iTunes. Please visit the library and checkout the "audiobook" section... you will be very impressed!

DOE Outlook E-Mail Account

Many teachers have updated their DOE Outlook E-Mail accounts. When the helpdesk resets the passwords, I will forwarded them to you. The website to check DOE mail is http://mail.nycboe.net

Checkout "ACUITY"

ACUITY is a website purchased by the DOE. It allows teachers and staff to find out how the student through data that was generated by the ELA & Mathematics assessments. The only way to log onto this website is to use your OUTLOOK username and password. If you don't have an OUTLOOK account, please see Mr. Friedman. ACUITY identifies the students strengths, short term weaknesses and long term weaknesses. Please attend the lunchtime PD's. PD dates TBA soon.

Mr. Zink's class

I want to offer my sincere "thanks" to Mr. Zink's students for helping me setup their classroom computers last Friday. They displayed excitement as well as knowledge, setting up 5 computers, a printer, the internet hub & cables. Special thanks to Taylor, Juan and Donte. This classroom deserves a SMART Board!

Library/Media Center Dedication Ceremony

On Wed., Sept. 26, we celebrated the opening of the new LIBRARY/MEDIA CENTER with a dedication ceremony, thanking Councilman James Oddo for his generousity and Michelena DiBuono for her vision. Adrienne Stallone, I.A. Principal & Claire Edelstein, IS2 librarian, organized a lavish affair, including student speeches, student videographers & digital photographers, decorations and refreshments. Our students also prepared a montage of archived photos saved by Anne Devlin. Special guests included, Councilman Oddo, Mrs. DiBuono, Anne Devlin, along with Rick Wexler, Adam Newman, James DeFrancesco, Lisa Livorsi and Toby Jabitsky. Special thanks to Michael Schiavo for his artist flare. A fab time was had by all!

New Computer Software

Last year, we purchased computer software for both Mac and Dell cpus.

Available Mac software: Garage Band, Print Shop, AppleWorks, Grolier Encyclopedia.
Available PC software: Print Shop, eInstruction, Grolier Encyclopedia, Rosetta Stone

PLEASE SEE ME, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HAVING THESE TITLES INSTALLED ON YOUR COMPUTER.

Possible choices for this year...

MICROSOFT OFFICE 2007
FINAL CUT STUDIO (video editing)
MAC iLife '06
UNITEDSTREAMING (online streaming videos)
ROXIO TOAST TITANIUM V8 COMPLETE PACKAGE (burn dvd's)
A FIELD TRIP TO THE RAINFOREST
A FIELD TRIP TO THE SKY
SCIENCE SERIES (LAB 10) INCLUDES:
ANIMALS, DINOSAURS, HUMAN BODY, PLANTS, SENSES, WEATHER, ASTRONOMY, SIMPLE MACHINES, & MATTER
WORLD BOOK Encyclopedia 2006
EINSTRUCTION CPS RF SYSTEM W\ 32 RESPONSE PADS
ALGEBRA ONE, ALGEBRA TWO & GEOMETRY
CLICK IT
PRINT SHOP 8
ORCHARD BUNDLE DEV. HS 7-12
ORCHARD BUNDLE TOOLS FOR TEACHERS K-12
ORCHARD BUNDLE SCIENCE 4-10
ORCHARD BUNDLE LANG. ARTS GR 7-9
ASPIRE READER-READS+SPEAKS TEXT FROM ANY SOURCE
GLOBAL & US HISTORY DATABASES
MATH A & BASIC MATH DATABASES
READ 180 AUDIOBOOKS
DESTINY (LIBRARY SOFTWARE)

PLEASE MAKE COMMENTS WITH NEW SOFTWARE IDEAS!