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We tweet! The following message went out to parents from Ms. Stile on 10/4/18 We are a very active community on Twitter. It is a fantastic tool used by our school community to celebrate all the amazing things happening at Heathcote School. Check out our classes at https://twitter.com/HeathcoteSchool To tie it all together and celebrate…
I often get asked about headphones for students. It’s a difficult question to answer on many fronts. Price is one concern, but so is durability. A microphone is an important consideration since students use apps like Seesaw to record their learning. And their age. A kindergartner has different needs than a 5th grader in terms…
Welcome parents! For the 2017 Open House all of the Specials teachers presented in the Library. Big thanks to all the parents who attended two sessions. Below is the full presentation from all the Specials as well as an annotated version of the Technology portion. I addition, the contact details for all Specials are at…
The Scarsdale School District has purchased a blogging platform to create a common base of knowledge and writing experiences for students, in line with the Teachers College Reading & Writing Project curriculum. Students will begin to develop digital literacy skills as well as learn to curate their own portfolio as they grow. Here at Heathcote we have introduced blogging to…
How do we keep students safe while still allowing them access to the amazing tools available in 2016 and beyond? Today I am leading a Parent Coffee about Internet (and Technology) Safety geared toward the parents of 3-5 students. Attending in person is not always possible, so to ensure the entire community has access to the…
How do we keep students safe while still allowing them access to the amazing tools available in 2016 and beyond? Today I am leading a Parent Coffee about Internet (and Technology) Safety geared toward the parents of K-2 students. Attending in person is not always possible, so to ensure the entire community has access to…
We’ve been tweeting! The following message went out to parents from Ms. Stile on 10/20/16: We are a very active community on Twitter, we have even paved the way for a district-wide Twitter initiative! It is an amazing tool for our school community, to celebrate all the great things happening at Heathcote School. To see…
Welcome parents! For the 2016 Open House all of the Specials teachers presented in the Auditorium. We borrowed a page from the Ignite style of presentations. Ignite presentations are 5 minutes long with slide that move every 15 seconds. We adjusted the format a bit to 3 minutes per teacher to ensure all our presentations were…
How do we keep students safe while still allowing them access to the amazing tools available in 2016? Today I led a Parent Coffee about Internet (and Technology) Safety geared toward the parents of students in grade 3-5. This was the second in a series, building on last weeks presentation geared toward grades K-2. Thank you to…
How do we keep students safe while still allowing them access to the amazing tools available in 2016? Today I led a Parent Coffee about Internet (and Technology) Safety geared toward the parents of K-2 students. Thank you to all the parents who were able to attend, we had a great conversation. Attending in person…