 Technology at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School
St. Francis School employs technology throughout the campus and curriculum to maximize the learning experience for the students, support the faculty and staff, improve communications amongst parents, faculty and staff, and in general streamline the operations of the school. The school’s local area network connects the approximately 290 on-campus computers and servers, and is connected via fiber-optics to the wide area network maintained by the Catholic Diocese of Memphis. The Diocese provides the school with email services and internet connectivity, which includes firewall, antivirus and content filtering services.
The school uses Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, XP Professional and Office 2010 Professional client, and Windows 2003 Server, computers. These provide a powerful and consistent user interface for all students, faculty and staff, campus wide. Dell client and HP server computers are used. Client computers are on a 5 year replacement schedule.
Some of our Facilities
- Lower School Computer Lab (26 computers)
- Middle School Computer Lab (27 computers)
- All-School Computer Lab (27 computers)
- Library (15 computers)
- Virtually all Kindergarten – 8th grade classrooms, Labs and the Library have Ceiling Mounted Multimedia LCD Projectors
- 3 Multimedia LCD Projector and Laptop Portable Carts
- Virtually all Kindergarten – 5th grade, some 6th – 8th grade, and all Plus classrooms provide several student computers each
- Digital Presenters (document cameras) in all Kindergarten – 5th grade, 7th grade Science, Middle School Art, and all Plus classrooms
- SmartBoards (interactive white boards) in 5th – 8th grade Math and Science, and Middle School Spanish classrooms
- Student Response (clicker) system for use in 8th grade Science classroom
- WeatherBug Weather Station and Weather Camera
- 25 Robots and Related Programming Facilities for use by 5th - 8th grade Science Classes
Some of our Applications
- Accelerated Reader
- Discovery Streaming Video
- BrainPOP
- Star Reading Level Assessment
- IXL and ALEKS Mathematics Assessment and Learning System
- TellMeMore Spanish Language Learning Program
- Follett Library System
- AdministratorsPlus School Database System
- IRIS Emergency Notification System
- Security Cameras
- Perimeter Access Control
Edline - Connecting the School and the Families
The Edline website is used to securely post information for students and parents:
- Separate parent and student accounts are provided.
- 3rd – 8th grade student’s grades are uploaded weekly to Edline for parents to view.
- 3rd – 8th grade student assignments are posted by the individual teachers.
- All grades provide weekly newsletters and other relevant information posted by the individual teachers.
- 5th – 8th grade student accounts include a File Locker that allows documents to be safely transferred online between home and school so students can do work at home.
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