November 1, 2021
Dear 5th Grade Parents,
I hope you and your families had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed Halloween if you celebrate the holiday.
This year, we were the fortunate recipients of a grant from the Woodcliff Lake Education Foundation to provide a new Chromebook for each fifth grade student. These Chromebooks remain at school, and the students take them from class to class to use for a variety of learning experiences throughout their day. In order to make the best use of these devices, each fifth grade Chromebook has been enrolled with Dyknow, a web tool that allows teachers to monitor students’ screens, websites, and applications during school hours. Beginning in the upcoming days, the fifth grade teachers will use Dyknow to assess students’ progress in realtime, monitor their access to specific websites, and keep them focused on their lesson activities. This program has been used by Woodcliff Middle School for several years as well and been successful in enhancing technology use.
If you have any questions about our use of this program, please feel free to let me know.
Sincerely,
Stefanie Marsich
Stefanie Marsich
Dorchester School Principal
201-930-5600 ext. 166