August may be a short month, but Mrs. Rollans and the other teachers have dived right into using technology to help our students grow. Teachers attended professional development sessions over the summer, have taught all of our students about acceptable use on...

A group of second-grade girls at Blackland Prairie Elementary have been learning to code in Scratch over the last three weeks. The girls have self-selected projects and have been in control of their learning. They have gone through tutorials as well as worked with...

Mrs. Pelzel's kindergarten students studied about maps and then created maps of their own cities. Mrs. Rollans worked with them to use coding mice to navigate through their cities. It was great listening to them problem solve as they realized some of their roads...

Mrs. Williamson and Mrs. Rollans worked with Mrs. Williamson's fourth graders to explore the elements of drama. The fourth graders were given a general description that they needed to create a slideshow with at least four elements of drama and some way to illustrate...

This year, the second-grade students at Blackland Prairie are collecting gently used clothing to donate to Easter Seals. They are going to give all funds they raise to World Vision to purchase goats for starving families in Africa. The students wanted to advertise to...

March was an amazing, technology-rich month at Blackland Prarie, even if it was a super short month! Our annual STEM-Fest was on March 8th. Students showed off their passion for all types of STEM projects. Several students continued their love of Scratch programming...