Technology is a valuable and powerful tool that enhances the mission of St. Nicholas.  The school’s decision to encourage the use of technology is based on the following assumptions:

• Technology is an important extension of creativity, thought, and endeavor;

• Technology has the potential to teach methodology and has the ability to enhance how children learn.  Technology augments the ability of teachers to enhance their curricula with new insights and the ability of students to take increasing responsibility for their own learning; and,

• Technology greatly facilitates communication among the members of our immediate community and with the rest of the world.

Computers, related technologies, and a campus-wide fiber optic network allow all students to have access to information.  Using the library and/or classroom computers, students learn research and communication strategies.  In the younger levels, computers and related technology are used as a resource in instruction.  Older students use word-processing skills in their written work and gain familiarity with various applications such as keyboarding programs, databases, spreadsheets, and graphic presenters.  Middle and Upper Primary students meet for keyboarding classes twice each week.