Doral Academy's Garden Club is pleased to announce the creation of "The
Green Dragon", the school's very own reading garden!
Click here to view the official flyer and
pictures of the garden's construction. We would like to thank Home Depot
for sponsoring the garden in its entirety. Happy Reading!
Doral Academy is very happy to announce many improvements for the
upcoming school year. We thank you for your continued support and
dedication to our school.
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New partitions, sinks, and
toilets were added to our bathrooms
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300 new books were purchased
for the media center
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Voyager Passport, a reading
intervention program that targets the school's lowest 25th
percentile in reading comprehension, will continue to be implemented
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Science Dailies:
Supplemental science materials for daily practice of the scientific
method
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Portable Science Lab: A
portable cart with running water to facilitate lab demonstrations
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An additional computer
station has been added to every classroom in 2nd - 5th grade
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A four station mini computer
lab has been added to every 4th grade classroom. This completes our
goal of having mini computer labs in each 4th and 5th grade
classroom, which facilitates the students' access to Carnegie
Cognitive Tutor
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The following software
subscriptions were renewed for the 2009 - 2010 school year:
Carnegie
Cognitive Tutor (renewed for three years): Web based math tutor
aligned to 4th and 5th grade curriculum
Safari
Montage: Video resources that are available to teachers for
curriculum enrichment
Accelerated
Reader (A.R.): A means to motivate students to read and promote a
reading community in the school. A.R. exams and aligned books are
available to students of all ages
STAR: Software
that provides continuous feedback to students and teachers about
their independent reading level
