Birchwood
School
World Class Education
in a Globally Diverse Environment
A private
elementary school serving grades K through 8
| 4400 West 140th
Street Cleveland, OH 44135 Office: 216.251.2321 Fax: 216.251.2787 |
Core Curriculum
> Computer Instruction
The computer has become an essential tool for productivity, research,
and learning. It can also be used to teach computer programming. We
provide our students with training in all four aspects.
Beginning in the primary grades, students learn keyboarding skills
including typing skills and the general use of word processing software. In
the elementary and middle grades, students use spreadsheets,
databases, graphics, and design software.
In addition, with the advent of online coursework and web-based learning
centers, the options for learning through the Internet have become
endless. Teaching children how to navigate the web and guiding them to
providing educational experiences that were unheard of even five years
ago. With help of the Internet, we teach children how to get remedial help
or how to locate accelerated content. It has greatly enhanced our ability to
meet individual academic needs.
Also through the Internet, we recognize that options for research are
considerable. While understanding that not all activity on the Internet is
constructive, we point children to some of the exceptional sources now
made available to every classroom through government and university
sites. We make our students educated users so that they can take
advantage of the primary and secondary resources now available.
Especially in science, social studies, and mathematics, the use of Internet
sources has become an integral part of learning.
Finally, we teach children basic programming skills. In the primary and
elementary grades, they learn how to program in Logo, a programming
language developed at MIT, useful to children of all ages. In the middle
school grades, we provide high school coursework via online courses.
Link to grade level syllabi:
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade
Logo Programming Elective
> Computer Instruction
The computer has become an essential tool for productivity, research,
and learning. It can also be used to teach computer programming. We
provide our students with training in all four aspects.
Beginning in the primary grades, students learn keyboarding skills
including typing skills and the general use of word processing software. In
the elementary and middle grades, students use spreadsheets,
databases, graphics, and design software.
In addition, with the advent of online coursework and web-based learning
centers, the options for learning through the Internet have become
endless. Teaching children how to navigate the web and guiding them to
providing educational experiences that were unheard of even five years
ago. With help of the Internet, we teach children how to get remedial help
or how to locate accelerated content. It has greatly enhanced our ability to
meet individual academic needs.
Also through the Internet, we recognize that options for research are
considerable. While understanding that not all activity on the Internet is
constructive, we point children to some of the exceptional sources now
made available to every classroom through government and university
sites. We make our students educated users so that they can take
advantage of the primary and secondary resources now available.
Especially in science, social studies, and mathematics, the use of Internet
sources has become an integral part of learning.
Finally, we teach children basic programming skills. In the primary and
elementary grades, they learn how to program in Logo, a programming
language developed at MIT, useful to children of all ages. In the middle
school grades, we provide high school coursework via online courses.
Link to grade level syllabi:
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade
Logo Programming Elective
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