Tahoma School News Updates – And Should Your Kindergarten Student Use An iPad?
0From 2014 So Far: Stock Market Success, Creep Concerns, and Looming Levies.
Tahoma High School Team Wins Gold
Washington Council for Financial Education holds a statewide Stock Market Game every Fall. The game lasted ten weeks, and involved teams from more than 324 high schools. Each team begins with a virtual cash balance of $100,000 and work to construct the most profitable portfolio.
The Tahoma High School team generated a return of 16.89% above return by the Standard and Poor 500, and produced a final return value of $121,889.55. The Tahoma High School team that took first place was comprised of students Daniel Pettengill, Mitchell Grove, Gino Peterson, Russell Hendrickson, and was coached by Debbie Wood.
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Tahoma School District Reassures Concerned Parents of Lake Wilderness
Parents of Lake Wilderness students were concerned when some of them saw a man video-recording the school parking lot from the sidewalk along Witte Road.
The District told parents the man had a complaint with the District regarding traffic flow and school parking. Maple Valley Police and school security are involved and the man is not permitted to set foot on campus, the letter stated.
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Two Levies Will Be Voted On By Tahoma School District Voters In February
Two levies – one for maintenance and operations, the other for technology – will be put to a vote next month. The school needs the money to make up for state funding, as well as to “keep doing what we’re doing,” according to District spokesman Kevin Patterson.
The technology levy has the goal of offering a 1:1 student-to-technological resource ratio in classrooms. The District wasn’t quite clear on what technology is involved in that ratio. The Covington-Maple Valley Reporter states that the District “doesn’t have plans to give every student a laptop or other piece of technology that they can take home every day.”
According to Patterson, the District’s philosophy is that “technology tools reflect our education. We buy them to help kids in classrooms.”
Also of note: the kindergarten kids are getting iPads. An interesting idea, particularly since the iLABS (Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences) of the University of Washington disproved the efficacy (and demonstrated the danger) of TV learning, though that may be different than the interactivity provided by an iPad.
We also recommend reading these two articles from The Atlantic:
Discovering That Your 18-Month-Old Is Using An iPad << particularly fitting.
The Touch-Screen Generation << really long, really thorough.
Read the original article here.
How do you feel about young students using touch-screens? And the fact that if the school decides it, all parents must go along with their child using an iPad at school?
Comment below! Also, please get in touch if you have other Tahoma school news.
