The Library:
1997
was a
time of change in the Sargent Park Library. Now, this busy place is
now staffed with two part-time teacher librarians (Mrs. Einarson
N-4, and Mrs. Dawson 5-9),
a full-time clerk, a part-time parent volunteer, and 132
volunteer Student Library Assistants from Grades 5-9 working
every day before or after school, plus 56 Grade 4's who work
every other day.
Our library has an open and
flexible schedule through which the teacher/librarians, teachers
and students from Nursery to Grade 9 work co-operatively on
Resource-Based units that utilize the library's print, non-print
and computer resources. Sixteen additional computers have been
added to our original three, and this is an immense help in our
research projects. Our goal is to teach
independent learning skills to students in order that they may
function efficiently and successfully in the future. We are presently implementing a
Birthday Book Club in order to supplement our paperback
collection and also to take the opportunity to recognize Sargent
Park students on their birthdays.
You can e-mail
Mrs. Dawson or Mrs.
Einarson.
Elementary
Computer Lab:
The Elementary Computer Lab
at Sargent Park is one of the newest and most up- to-date labs in
Winnipeg #1 School Division. The lab contains 30 student work
stations and both a color and a laser printer. Since 2004, Windows XP is the operating on all machines and
there is direct access
to the Internet on all machines via a router. Students use a
variety of programs to enhance and enrich the curriculum in their
classrooms such as
World Book Multimedia CD-Rom, Publisher, Paint, Kid Works 2.0,
Student Writing Center, Creative Writer, Cross Country Canada,
Logo. As well students use single station CD's such as Math
Blaster and Where in the World is Carmen San Diego? Most classes
visit the lab 2 to 3 times a cycle. The lab is open at 8:00 a.m.
for student use. The lab facilitator is
K. Routhier.
Junior
High Computer 'Lab 10':
“A history of
Information Technology’s adaptation to the new Software
Environment in serving student needs.”
The IT Lab started in the Fall of 1992 with
26 386/25 MHz workstations. In the Spring of 1995, World Book Information Finder
CD-ROM, and Middle Search CD-ROM were
installed. In the summer of 1997, a new Pentium lab was installed and
the 'old' 386's were moved to the library to set up a Word
Processing and Online resource centre. In 1998, 'The Learning
Equation' was installed. With network saving of work in specific
folders and drives, all Junior High students can really get to
their program files from many different computers around Sargent
Park! In 2004, extra computers were added from the Pentium 2 generation used in
the Elementary Lab. In the summer of 2005, the older Dell computers were moved
from the Library to Room 10 and the lab continues to serve the Junior High
students with 35 computers.
The lab is open at noon and after school until 4:30 for student
assignments, research, keyboarding practice time, and Internet.
Lunch time is fun time with music, games, Email on the WSD mail
server, assignment work, Surfing the Net, animation and Power Point work.
Applied
Technology Department:
Sargent Park School has had an Industrial
Arts and Home Economics department since the early 1950's. The school originally
had two wood shops and two metal working shops. In the mid 1960's one wood shop
was converted to the current electronics shop and one of the metal working shops
was converted to the current Drafting Graphics class. In 1996, the metal shop
was removed and is currently an Elementary class room. In 1997 the wood shop
stopped being used. Today there are four sections: Foods and Nutrition,
Sewing and Fabrics,
Drafting, Electronics.
All four sections offer courses based on the current
curriculum and each section puts its own emphasize on staying as current as
possible with the new technologies. The drafting graphics program now has three
computers all of which are networked with the rest of the school and have their
own Internet connection. The Electronics shop has twenty computers. The teachers in all the areas
recognize the need to emphasize the relevance of modern
technology and how it will impact on the students future.
The applied technology department is comprised of Mrs. Dolynchuk
(retired in December 2005)
in the foods and nutrition department, Mr. Johnston in drafting graphics, Mrs. Skakum
in sewing and fabrics and Ms. Haines in electronics.
Sargent Park has students from several
neighbouring schools and serves nearly 500 students over the school year. The Sargent Park students account for
another 300 students.
