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TECHNOLOGY
The twenty-first century emphasis on digital skills has prompted schools to closely examine the ways technology is used by staff and students. Capital Day School views technology as a way to enhance the learning experience. Teachers combine computers with content in ways that challenge and engage students. The school’s culture of responsible digital citizenship fosters a lifelong awareness of the role technology plays in students’ lives.
All students in kindergarten through the eighth grade attend technology classes. Students in kindergarten through fifth grade attend class twice a week. Kindergarten students practice basic computer skills, terminology, and functions. Students in grades one through three focus on the development of keyboarding skills. Supplementary learning activities and STEM-based projects help students improve logical decision making skills. In the fourth grade, students develop introductory coding skills and gain proficiency in software- and web-based presentation tools. Fifth grade students receive
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
The Physical Education program is a vital part of the curriculum. In the Preschool, a variety of physical activities and games provides opportunities for the development of gross motor skills while developing listening skills, self-discipline, and sportsmanship.
In lower school, healthy habits and an appreciation of physical fitness are fostered through a variety of organized physical activity. Sports skills are developed through games, fitness exercises, and organized playground activities.
For middle school students there is a wide variety of traditional and nontraditional physical education activities taught, including flag football, floor hockey, baseball, volleyball, basketball, golf, Frisbee golf, ultimate Frisbee, cricket, kickball, and tumbling. An understanding of the relationship between diet and exercise and a healthy body is stressed. The program provides students a base with which to develop physical skills that will enable them to keep physically fit and active for the rest of their lives.
LIBRARY
The Capital Day School library is an inviting space with a diverse and broad collection of about 7,000 volumes.
Library knowledge begins in the Preschool when children come to the library once a week for story time and to check out books. In the Lower and Middle School grades, library skills are taught along with the research or reading the students are doing in their classes. Middle School students are scheduled to come into the library with their teachers, as well as individually, depending on research and book selection needs. The library also operates as the center of interdisciplinary unity for the Middle School. It is open for middle school students at lunch recess and for all students before and after school.
training on Google Apps for Education, learning new ways to collaborate, communicate, and create with technology. Middle School students attend technology classes four days per week for a nine-week rotation period. Active learning experiences are created to address topical issues in technology and prepare students for the demands of high school. Sixth grade students obtain hands-on experience with computer hardware and basic troubleshooting. Seventh grade students revisit coding concepts while analyzing and creating websites. Eighth grade students study programming, logic, robotics, video creation and editing, and their role in an increasingly digital world.
The computer lab is also used for classroom projects, homework, and extracurricular activities. For example, middle school social studies classes research and build presentations for KYA and KUNA events. Eighth grade students also use the lab to design and create the school’s yearbook.