Classroom Overview

Our objective is to prepare MCS graduates for future technology challenges.  Students will be proficient using Microsoft Office, macOS and Apple software, as well as IOS and applicable applications on Apple iPad.  When students graduate from MCS, they will be proficient with the technology at their new school, whether the school uses Microsoft office, Macs or iPads.  Further, when using multiple devices and different software, they will know which technology is best suited for the task.  

 4th Grade 

Fourth year students use Apple MacBook Air computers.  Computer-to-student ratio is 2:1, meaning half of the students can use a computer at any given time. Students are not assigned a their own device.  They use any of the available devices and store their data on their thumb drives.  Students learn Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint as primary courses of study.   

5th Grade  

Fifth year students use Apple MacBook Air computers.  Computer-to-student ratio is 2:1, meaning half of the fifth grade students can use the MacBooks at any given time.  Sharing the devices is not a problem in our Montessori classroom program.  Students learn macOS, Pages, Numbers, and Keynote as primary courses of study. 

Additional Robotics &coding

Fourth graders code Wonder Workshop's Dot & Dash robots.  Sixth graders construct & control Lego's EV3 Mindstorm robots.

6th grade

Sixth year students use Apple iPads. Computer-to-student ratio is 1:1.  Students are assigned an iPad which is theirs to use for the school year.  Students learn iOS, Pages, Numbers, Keynote,  Camera, Contacts, Mail, Maps, Settings, Green-screen, Skyview, Stop-Motion, Hopscotch, Swift Playgrounds, and much more.  Sixth grade students also learn coding and robotics with Lego EV3 Mindstorms robots.  

All Grades

All students are introduced to the binary language, the inner workings of a computer, leaders in the technology world, such as Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates & Charles Simonyi, companies such as Google, HP, Apple and Microsoft and more.  Familiarization with current technology terms, companies and leaders, and their impact on society, is a necessary foundation to better understand computer science and it's role in our world.