Monday, June 18, 2012

Concerned about the achievement gap? Brian Williams, from NBC Nightly News, did a nice story explaining some of the factors contributing to the achievement gap. Go to the link and click "watch video." http://salisburyhorizons.org/
Congratulations to two Sandburg Elementary School instructional teams who secured District iPad Initiative Grants!  The 2/3 Leones Bilingues (Francys Jesson, Ashley Coblentz, Sara Batesky, and Sam Tai) won a grant for 60 iPads and two charging carts and the KG Alligators (Rick Hata, Andrea Louison, Qhoua Thao, and Sarah Carter) won 30 iPads and one charging cart!  With the other technology and Title I money dedicated to iPads, we expect to have 222 iPads at Sandburg next year!  In addition, there will be approximately 100 netbooks and 30 laptops, which will help us provide Sandburg students with robust and meaningful technology experiences across a range of platforms and devices ...