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Mr. Kevan Vogt - Principal.
Mrs. Karen Skeen - Vice Principal |
| On my desk is a two-inch pile of
information I took off the Internet. This information contains part
of the instructions for using the school's new data-based student records
system. When I have problems with the program I can ask others for
help or read the instructions. Since we have a new
program, I often need to read and find answers for myself. With all
the new advances in technology we still need to be good readers. As
Bill Gates said, "People cannot become truly knowledgeable without
being excellent readers. While multimedia systems can use video and
sound to deliver information in compelling ways, text is still one of the
best ways to convey details. (Bill Gates, found of computer software
giant Microsoft.")
With the technological explosion, reading experts believe that the average worker in a position of average responsibility is expected to read up to one million words in a single week! A typical business person is required to read:
The more we read, the better we read and the more we enjoy reading. We need to encourage our children to read. Or even better, we could model the importance of reading. Kevan Vogt Principal |
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