Petal Upper Elementary

Welcome to the community of practice for Petal Upper Elementary School, a collaborative area where DOT Interns, teachers, and school administrators can communicate, network and share resources about using technology in the classroom. For news on Petal Upper Elementary please visit http://petalschools.com/petal_pue/site/default.asp.

2008-2009 Intern:  Greg Howard

2007-2008 Alumni: Chris Holland

Grades Taught at School: 5, 6

Location: Petal, Mississippi

School District: Petal Schools

Number of faculty: 47 teachers, 13 teacher assistants

Number of students: 597

Special academic programs/focus: gifted program, ESL, SPED, Accelerated Reader and Accelerated Math

Year school joined DOT USA program: 2008

Technologies currently available at the school: Interwrite boards, Microsoft Office 2007, computer lab with 29 desktops, 1 or 2 computers in each classroom for a total of 229 desktops. School has 15 cases of Interwrite PRS clickers.  There are also Cisco IP Phones in every classroom.