Green Dragon Foundation Provides New Computers at Kelly Elementary School
Miss Harvey working with a 3rd Grade Student
The Green Dragon Foundation visited Kelly Elementary last week and saw first-hand how their donation was enriching the educational opportunities for students. According to Brooks Gronlund, Green Dragon Foundation President, “Our mission is to provide and direct funding for the realization of educational, cultural, and athletic programs and capital improvement projects for the enrichment and enhancement of the students of the entire Lewisburg Area School District. In keeping with our mission, we presented a check for $30,000 in support of 21st Century Classrooms at Kelly Elementary School in January. At that time, I was happy to make the donation and now, I am ecstatic to see our donation being put to use! What a difference our donation is making for these young learners.”
According to Mr. Dustin Dalton, Principal of Kelly Elementary, “With the Green Dragon Foundation donation, we were recently able to purchase a new computer cart containing 25 laptop computers.” The Foundation got to see first-hand how their donation was working. Miss Abigail Harvey was using the computers in her music and related arts classroom. Since this particular music lesson was a combination of two classrooms, some students were able to have their own computer while some had to share. Miss Harvey projected her computer screen on a large white screen so that the students could follow along with the lesson. The third grade class started out by listening to two pieces of music and tried to identify the instruments involved. Miss Harvey directed the students to the website, musicroom-MissHarvey.wikispaces.com. She instructed the children to read about Ludwig van Beethoven while listening to music. Afterwards there was class discussion. Miss Harvey also explained to the third graders that they could also view “Classics for Kids” for more music and stories. When the lesson had ended, she told the children that they could visit this site at home this evening.
According to Dr. DiRocco, LASD Superintendent, “The world has changed, we live in an increasingly global society, and education must change as well. We have an obligation to prepare children for their world. Our district needs technology in every classroom to ensure each child is exposed to a 21st Century learning environment. Recent studies conclude that technology rich instruction results in significant increases in student achievement. Technology enhances instruction opportunities and engages students by creating an authentic, experiential learning environment. We want to equip our students with the technology tools necessary to transform the future of education.” DiRocco continued, “This generous donation is helping us reach the district’s Vision 2020 technology goals. We are very grateful for their support”.
Miss Harvey and her 3rd Grade students
Kelly Elementary School 3rd Grade Students
Miss Harvey and her 3rd Grade Students
Kelly Elementary School 3rd Grade Students