Technology at Spartanburg Day School
Our goal is to advance the appropriate use of technology both throughout the school as well as within our students’ lives. Subject specific software and selected web sites are utilized to reinforce concepts in our current curriculum. Technology fundamentals, such as keyboarding, word processing, spreadsheets, databases and multimedia, are integrated into core classes. Our students learn and utilize research skills, as well as safe use of the Internet.
Our mission is to provide the highest quality education by exposing students early to different forms of technology, including hardware, software, as well has utilizing these tools in various teaching styles. We strive to prepare our students to enter the colleges and universities of their choice, armed with the skills to use current technology to its fullest and to be able to adapt to new products rapidly entering the market place.
Current Status
- Our ratio of student to computer is 1 computer for every to 2.81 students.
- All of our classrooms have internet access with the addition of wireless connections in some parts of our Upper and Middle Schools.
- We currently have 3 computer labs on campus, the Lower School has a dedicated Windows lab, and the Middle School has a new Windows/Mac lab, while the Upper School has a dedicated Mac Lab. All labs have LCD projectors in the rooms to allow teachers and students to present their work on a large screen format for the whole class to see. In addition to the mounted projectors in the three computer labs, we also have 6 classrooms in the Middle and Upper School equipped with digital projectors.
- Our Library and Fine Arts Building have integrated multi-media systems whereby our faculty and staff can present movies or interactive PowerPoint to larger audiences.