Educational Websites:

www.starfall.com          PreK to Grade 1

www.abcya.com          Kinder to grade 6

www.coolmath4kids.com          Grades 1 to 8

www.funbrain.com          Grades 1 to 8

Required supplies: All students in grades 4 to 8 must have a flash drive.

Flash Drives may be purchased through the school at a cost of $5.00.
 

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Parents, please discuss this information with your child.  Our childrens safety is important!

1) MEETME: A dating social media app that allows users to connect with people based on geographic proximity. App users are encouraged to meet in person.
2) WHATSAPP: Popular messaging app that allows users to send texts, photos, voicemails, and make calls and video chats.
3) BUMBLE: Similar to "Tinder." The dating app requires women to make the first contact. Kids have been known to create fake Bumble accounts that falsify their age
4) LIVE.ME: A live-streaming video app that uses geolocation to share videos so users can find out a broadcaster's exact location. Users can earn "cins" as a way to "pay" minors for photos.
5) ASK.FM: Known for cyberbullying. The app encourages users to allow anonymous people to ask them questions
6) GRINDR: A dating app geared towards the LGBT community. The app gives users options to chat, share photos, and meet up based on a phone's GPS.
7) TIKTOK: A new mobile device app popular with kids. It's used for creating and sharing short videos. With very limited privacy controls, users are vulnerable to cyber bullying and explicit content
8) SNAPCHAT: One of the most popular apps in recent years. While the app promises users can take a photo/video and it will disappear, new features, including "stories", allows users to view content for up to 24 hours. Snapchat also allows users to see your location.
9) HOLLA: A self-proclaimed "addicting" video chat app that allows users to meet people all over the world in just seconds. Reviewers say they have been confronted with racial slurs, explicit content and more.
10) CALCULATOR:: Only one of several secret apps used to hide photos, videos, files and browser history.
11) SKOUT: A location-based dating app and website. While users under 17 old are unable to share private photos, kids can easily create an account with an older age.
12) BADBOO: A dating and social networking app where users can chat, share photos and videos and connect based on location. While the app is intended for adults only, teens are known to create profiles.
13) KIK: Allows anyone to contact and direct message to your child. Kids can bypass traditional messaging features. KIK gives users unlimited access to anyone, anywhere, anytime.
14) WHISPER: An anonymous social network that promotes sharing secrets with strangers. It also reveals a user's location so people can meet up.
15)HOT OR NOT: Encourages users to rate your profile, check out people in their area and chat with strangers. The goal of the app is to hook up.

Hello and welcome to my page. I would like to share some information about my background. I became involved in education when my daughter, Christina entered kindergarten at Saint Anne School in 1986. I subbed in her school for a few years until a Title-1 Computer Assisted Instruction Computer Lab was installed in 1988.  I managed the lab for 15 years. During this time I started night college. My goal was to earn a teaching degree. In 2003 I achieved my goal!  My degree is in Special Education/Elementary Education.   I taught in Saint Anne School for eleven years as their fourth grade teacher. When Saint Anne School closed, I was fortunate to apply and be hired at the school of my childhood-Saint Timothy!  I was back in technology and loving it. When we merged, I stayed as Technology Teacher until our principal Ms Milewski asked me to return to 4th grade. I loved being back in the classroom and caring for my children.

I returned to Technology in May of 2017, after recovering from breast cancer.   This September I will begin my 33nd year in education as Technology Teacher at BTRCS.  I’m looking forward to an exciting and rewarding year!

If you have any questions or concerns, I can be reached at mpolakow@btrcs.org

Thank you,

Mary Niemann-Polakow