The vision of the Holyoke Public Schools (HPS) is to provide our students with technology rich learning environments, helping them to achieve their fullest potential in a surrounding conducive to responsible, effective teaching and learning. Accessing and manipulating information using technology will create a learning climate where self-directed learning and collaboration become part of everyday life for the students of the HPS. Students will use the technology to work through complex and comprehensive materials developing lifelong learning and problem solving skills. The administration, school committee, and staff of the HPS make it their mission to provide the children of Holyoke with up-to-date educational technology.
It is the vision of the HPS to immerse all students, through technology, in learning as a lifelong process.
Director of Technology and Operations: Leonard Gibbons,
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Help Desk Phone: 413-534-2175
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District Technology Documents |
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Massachusetts Department of Elementary and
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Frameworks |
These are the on-line Massachusetts Department of Education frameworks in English, Arts, History, Math, Health and Science. The frameworks help shape the curricular content and expectations in Massachusetts schools. |
MCAS Test Items |
2006 on-line test questions and answers are provided for all areas tested from Grades 3-10. The test questions may be useful to students and parents to familiarize themselves with the content areas included in the test. |
| Massachusetts Recommended K-12 Instructional Technology Standards |
The Department of Education and the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (MTLC) have worked with a group of educators and business partners to revise our K-12 Instructional Standards. These standards incorporate the ISTE NETS and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills into three broad standards, which are broken down by grade level. |
National Educational Technology Standards
for Teachers (NETS) |
These are the ISTE National Educational Technology Standards and Performance Indicators for Teachers which focus on preservice teacher education, define the fundamental concepts, knowledge, skills, and attitudes for applying technology in educational settings.
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School Reviews |
This site provides free, detailed profiles by state of all public schools in the United States. The site also shows school district rankings by expenditures per student and graduation rates. Drop-out rates and student absentee rates are also available. A comprehensive accumulation of date. |
| Student Technology Standards |
These proposed standards (draft form at this point) are what the state Department of Educaction expects K-12 students to know and be able to do in order to use technology for learning. Some of the expectations are quite ambitious (A kindergarten student should "master" the ability to recognize and name the major components of a computer and understand their basic functions). |
