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What would Dick and Jane say if they stepped out of the pages of the classic reading series decades ago and into today’s classrooms?
“Come, Dick. Come and see.” See the boy pulling a suitcase to school? Why are all those machines blinking?
School classrooms have come a long way from the simpler era of Dick and Jane, with the surge of technology. Now laptop computer carts are rolled into classrooms. Students use ActiveBoards, whiteboards, document cameras and the Internet daily. Most local schools have moved into the tech age in a big way.
The Almanac’s back to school report this week gives a snapshot of what’s going on in the area’s public schools from kindergarten through high school. The focus is on effective teaching to motivate and guide students to be successful lifelong learners.
Changes also are taking place on the facilities scene. One of the oldest and smallest schools in the county, Woodside Elementary School, accomplished an “extreme make-over” in 22 months after passage of the bond measure that funded it. Building projects are under way in the Menlo Park district and at Menlo-Atherton High School.
Changes in leadership also have taken place. Eric Hartwig, a former Menlo-Atherton High School principal, is the new superintendent of the elementary Las Lomitas School District. New principals are Matt Zito at Menlo-Atherton, Lawrance Thomas at La Entrada, Allison Liner at Encinal, and Jennifer Warren at Ormondale.
For links to Almanac stories on five local school districts, go here: http://www.almanacnews.com/toc.php?i=87 .
