Integrated Resource Technology Program

St. Mary’s technology program exceeds both national technology education standards and the Sacramento Diocese Technology Literacy Skills. Our curriculum for K-8th grade integrates technology skills into core academic curriculum areas of Language Arts, Social Studies, Science and Mathematics. Our Scope and Sequence insures the introduction and mastery of technology skills at age-appropriate levels.

During the regular school day in St. Mary’s state of the art computer lab, all students receive technology instruction in a way that reinforces the educational concepts being taught in the classroom. Students are challenged to create projects that make use of multiple technology skills including:

• Basic Computer Operations

• Keyboarding

• Word Processing

• Graphics

• Databases

• Spreadsheets

• Multimedia Applications

• Internet Exploration and Research

*For further information please contact St. Mary's computer lab instructor, Alice Brown at Technology Clubs

St. Mary’s students have the opportunity to expand and build on the technology skills they are learning during the regular school day. Specialized curriculum actively involves lessons in math, science, critical thinking, problem solving and physics. Enrollment in COMPUTER EXPLORERS TechStar technology clubs are offered for beginning (K-2^nd), intermediate (3^rd-5^th) and advanced (6^th-8^th) grade students.

TechStar club members are welcomed into a progressive curriculum that begins with foundational skills that rapidly lead to advanced knowledge, exploring and developing new ideas, and creating hands-on projects in an educational setting designed to make learning fun. TechStar club topics change quarterly and enable members to broaden their view of technology in the following ways:

club members are welcomed into a progressive curriculum that begins with foundational skills that rapidly lead to advanced knowledge, exploring and developing new ideas, and creating hands-on projects in an educational setting designed to make learning fun. r club topics change quarterly and enable members to broaden their view of technology in the following ways:......as an application tool for use in business, education and art

......as it relates to the study of engineering and/or applied computer science and computer technology

......as a skill building tool to support general educational disciplines (reading, math, science, social studies)

Working together in small groups, club members actively experience robotics, engineering, programming, video production and many other cutting-edge technology tools.

*For more information contact Collette Howell at