{"id":5381,"date":"2022-10-19T21:59:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T02:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.risd.org\/RichardsonWestJH\/?page_id=5381"},"modified":"2024-09-25T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T20:02:00","slug":"mag-jh-westtech","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.risd.org\/RichardsonWestJH\/mag-jh-westtech\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnet TECHNOLOGY Page"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Inspiring Innovation in<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Students enrolled in a magnet program must remain in good standing both with grades and behavior as outlined in the West Magnet Contract<\/a>, which parents and students sign each year.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Technology<\/b><\/i> is where it all began in 1997.\u00a0 The District designated Richardson West Jr High, a highly innovative school in its own right, as the first junior high magnet school.\u00a0 Through the lens of Technology, West aligned itself between the Math Science Technology Magnet, which opened in 1995, and The Arts, Law, Sciences Magnet at Richardson High School, and became a dynamic prism through which <\/span>students could prepare themselves for each experience in the refracted pathways of light ahead.\u00a0 West Tech, as it was commonly known, created technology pods between classrooms throughout the school so that students had the newest and best technology close-at-hand to work on individual and group projects.\u00a0 West teachers led the way, incorporating technology into every subject, every classroom, every day.\u00a0 The District provided focused, specialized professional development, along with hands-on learning live, in the classroom via a dedicated Technology Specialist who continues to model, train and support every teacher’s growth in the use of technology.\u00a0 Visual Arts was next added to the unique components available at West Jr High Arts & Technology Magnet.\u00a0 One-to-one netbooks replaced the need for technology pods, and the school remains a trendsetter in the use of instructional technology and inspiring innovation through the arts.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Propels students a year ahead into the Richardson High School Robotics magnet strand<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t The West Robotics magnet strand prepares students for the RHS Robotics magnet program curriculum.\u00a0 Additionally, students learn project management skills and work in a collaborative environment, completing group projects together.\u00a0 These projects give students exposure to different topics in engineering and computer science.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p> The West Robotics magnet strand utilizes the VEX IQ systems for robot construction.\u00a0 We gain programming knowledge through various online tools, such as MIT-developed Scratch, Autodesk-developed TinkerCAD and robot simulator CoderZ.\u00a0 Our program uses 3-D printing, as well as hands-on circuit building and programming with Raspberry Pi.\u00a0 Students in our Robotics Club compete in local and national VEX competitions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\tIt's not a faith in technology. It's faith in people.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTECHNOLOGY<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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