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The INDEPENDENT, April 18, 2001
HS technology curriculum updated for employment standards
Revamping the technology
program at Banks High School
to prepare students to partici
pate fully in the technological
world of today and tomorrow is
the goal of an advisory team
that presented their conclu
sions to the school board at the
April ninth meeting.
Studies by the Oregon Em
ployment Department indicate
that future opportunities for
Banks students depend upon
having a solid foundation in the
applications of computer skills.
Gary Hartman, director of the
Technology/Assessment De
partment, said that the commit
tee had established a goal ‘Io
provide every student with ex
posure to the core area” of
technology skills.
The advisory team, com
posed of teachers and admin
istrators from BHS, community
members active in the high-
tech industry and a Portland
Community College consultant,
analyzed the current curricu
lum. Strengths included key
boarding at the junior high lev
el, current course offerings,
and teacher involvement in en
hancing their skills. Areas iden
tified for improvement included
the need to revise standards,
including databases and spread
sheets in the curriculum, in
creased exploration of career
opportunities at both the intro
ductory and advanced level,
and increasing enrollment of
girls in computer classes.
After discussion of industry
needs and standards for entry-
level positions and examination
of a variety of documents, the
team developed a proposed
twelfth grade technology stan
dard. Foundation skills are in
tegrated into required courses
and a new course, “Computer
Technology Concepts,” will be
developed. The new course
would introduce students to
both theory and application in
database development, enter
prise systems, network design
and administration, software
engineering, technical support
and writing, and web design
and administration. If ap
proved, the course will be intro
duced in 2001-02, with a rec
ommendation that it be a grad
uation requirement beginning
in 2005. The team also recom
mended revisions and addi
tions to elective courses, and
expansion of current offerings
to better prepare students to
enter the workforce.
Hartman introduced four
students from the InfoTech pro
gram currently in operation.
Info Tech provides students an
opportunity to participate in on-
the-job training in information
technology. Students Graham
Linn and Rory Young unveiled
the district’s new web site.
Webmasters Linn and Young
are responsible for the layout
and content as well as building
and maintaining the site. They
work closely with district ad
ministrators, especially super
intendent Marilyn McGlasson.
McGlasson said that Linn and
Young have created an excel
lent web site and done a great
job of turning ideas into reality.
The site includes general in
formation about the district and
each school, job openings, a
map, State Report Cards and
lots of additional information.
The students have been focus
ing on developing and main
taining an eventsecalendar for
each school. Future plans for
the site include developing
teacher, sports and club pages.
The
site
is
online
at
www.banks.k12.or.us
Students Kelly Zietz, Colin
Douglas and Nick Mailer are
responsible for the front line of
technical support in the district.
These highly trusted students
provide maintenance and up
grades for all 300+ devices in
the district. They fix problems
in hardware and software, in
struct teachers and other stu
dents in ways to avoid prob
lems, and set-up and adminis
trate the network. All support
issues are first directed to
these students. They are avail
able daily in the elementary
and high school and every oth-
er day in the junior high. Both
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sed the competence of these
students, without whom the
district would not be able to
support or utilize its current
level of technology.
Ester Lee, Banks Elemen
tary Principal, said that over 50
percent of the student body
participated in the annual Bat
tle of the Books on April 6.
Character Counts students for
the fourth six weeks are: Shea
Rue, Kyle Braukman, Abigail
Hardie, Justin Miller, Chelsea
Mathews, Mitchell Arias, Kelvin
Applebee, Andrew Jimenez,
Sean Goplen, Nicole Purvis,
Alicia Duyck, Amanda King,
Stephanie Case, Brad Mark
ham, Jordan Tijerina, Stepha
nie Kuiper, Elise Button, Tess
King and Sarah Vanderzanden.
Tammy Schraeder, Oregon’s
winner of the 2000 Elementary
Teacher of Mathmatics and
Science was also honored.
Lee said that 110 students
have signed up to participate in
the Science and Technology
Fair, May 3.
Academic Excellence week,
March 12 - 16, at Banks High
School was highlighted by two
events. Cranial Pursuit finals
were won by the teacher team,
ably opposed by the winning
student team. The National
Honor Society inducted Se
niors Heather Bays, Rose
Strassel, Shauna Ness, Chel
sea Larson, Allen Herinckx and
Scott Jansen; Juniors Kristen
Wilhelm, Pasapong “Pup” Ga-
monwet and Evgeniya Verov-
skaya; Sophomores Michelle
Dickinson, Leah Orlowski, Gre
tchen Bayless and Bruce Duy
ck; Freshman Krista Donoven,
Megan Jurasek, Rachel Partin,
Jared Hatch and Danielle Van-
dehey.
Ted Faro, Banks Junior High
Principal, congratulated three
students for their efforts in the
annual poster contest spon
sored by Metro and AK Media
for Earth Day. From a field of
1800 entries, Ryan Evers and
Ashley Dudley were selected
as finalists and Jessica Reser
received an honorable mention
for her poster of a lightbulb
containing the earth and the
slogan “Recycling, It’s a bright
idea!” Faro also congratulated
Josh Williams and Ban Wil
liams for their first place finish
es in state wrestling competi
tion.
In other business the board:
• Received information on
new Fire Fighter course.
• Encouraged donations and
attendance at the Banks Com
munity Auction, Saturday, April
28.
• Approved board and su
perintendent evaluation instru
ments.
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