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The our project staff wishes to congratulate Harmoney Elementary School and Kendall Elementary School for joining Digital Tools. We welcome Mary Pat Chelson and Judy Davis, 5th and 6th grade teachers at Kendall Elementary School and Charles Collier and Lynn Boice, 5th & 6th grade teachers at Harmoney Elementary School, to the project.  We hope you learn a lot about how to use computers to improve student learning, as well as, how to improve your technology usage competency.  Welcome!

Charles Collier, Harmoney Elementary School
Lynn Boice, Harmoney Elementary School	“How am I supposed to make this thing work?” is a question I remember asking when I first sat down at a computer several years ago.  I still ask myself that same question from time to time.  Technology remains a mystery to me.  I’m hoping to solve this mystery as a participant in the Digital Tools Grant.  That is the main reason why I attended a class at Mt. Baker High School in the summer of 1999, and decided to apply for this technology grant with my teaching partner, Charles Collier.           Having grown up as a child of an elementary school teacher from the Custer area, technology was a foreign word for me until just a short time ago.  Now that I’m married to a high school educator, and recording grades has become a huge time factor at home for both of us, using technology has become a priority.  It makes good sense to use technology to complete data collection tasks and reports that are required of educators.  It’s a great way to organize information!           As a graduate of Ferndale High School, WWU, and a native resident of Whatcom County, I have personal interests that echo the natural surroundings of my home in Everson, Washington.  My husband and I live in a  log home on a five acre lot several miles south of the Canadian border.  We enjoy riding bicycles, cross country skiing, following Mariners baseball and gardening.  A day of clam digging and beach combing at Birch Bay is also a favorite way to spend summer days with family and friends.  Learning to golf is on my list of things to do in the near future.
Mary Pat Chellson, Kendall Elementary School Students hard at work in Mary Pat's classroom	Hi, My name is Mary Pat Chellson. I  teach 5th grade at Kendall Elementary in the Mt. Baker School District. Our school is located in the foothills of the Mt. Baker National Forest. I  have been teaching nine years, starting as a first grade teacher and moving up to fifth. I have taught first, second and third grade. I will be teaming with a sixth grade teacher during this grant. Our project includes creating a virtual museum of the Kendall area including "visits" to all area of the curriculum. We will  chronicle the history of our community as it relates to the natural resources.  Kendall is a new school this year and the school combines the staffs of two schools that have combined. We have about 550 students  K-6. There is much history in the area and through the development of a virtual museum we plan share our learning with the Kendall community and the world.                               Remembering Our Past, Challenging our Future
Judy Davis, Kendall Elementary School Students in Judy Davis' class returning from tree planting	I am Judy Davis and I teach grade six at Kendall Elementary School.  Kendall Elementary School is in the Mt. Baker School District, approximately twenty-five miles northeast of Bellingham, Washington. Our school is in a very scenic rural area.  The Mt. Baker ski area is just a forty minute drive east of Kendall.  The Nooksack River and Kendall Creek are only minutes away.  Both waterways are viable salmon habitats.  Kendall has 567 students currently enrolled in grades, 1-6.  Twenty-eight percent or our pupils are ESL students.      I have been teaching in the state of Washington for nineteen years and have worked in several school districts throughout the state.  My experiences range from grades, 1-10.  I taught Advanced Achievers for several years and "focused classrooms" for three years. I have a degree in science.  In the past, I have worked with state and federal agencies involving animal behavior studies, water quality and forest practices.  My husband and I have spent time traveling in Europe, Canada, Mexico and the United States.      My co-worker and I are excited about working on this grant next year.  We plan to have students create a visual history of growth and development of the Kendall area and its effects on local animal habitats.