On Tuesday, November 1 at 5 p.m., Maury County Public Schools announced the student winner of the 1:1 naming contest for the school district’s laptop-based digital curriculum project.
Also revealed at the press conference was the new logo associated with the 1:1 program name along with dates and information on deployment of devices. A winner & runners-up was also announced.
The DIPLOMA program is the school district’s effort to provide MCPS classrooms a cutting edge digital environment where students will have access to digital devices and laptops for learning and study. In fact, every 3rd through 12th grade students will receive a laptop to take between school and home. Kindergarten through second grade will use their devices in the classroom.
Maury County Public Schools, partnership with Discovery Education will work to train local teachers to integrate technology effectively to make immersive activities for students and to further learning. Discovery Education, a leading provider of digital content for K-12 classrooms, is a subsidiary of Discovery Communications, the parent company of the Discovery Channel.
Superintendent Dr. Chris Marczak announced the winner of the school district’s student naming contest for the new curriculum, Spring Hill High School junior Luke Nicholson credited for creating the naming the program DIPLOMA. In addition, two others were also recognized, Alan Senske, a sophomoreξat Spring Hill High School, and Wesley Thompson, an eighth-grader at Culleoka School, as runners-up in the naming contest. Alan Senske came up with the name MIT, My Individual Technology, and Wesley Thompson came up with ELITE, Empowering Learners in Technology Everyday. The three students each received their own laptop computer, a $100 Best Buy gift card and a $50 Amazon gift card.
For more information on the new DIPLOMA program visit online at www.DIPLOMA.cool
About Maury County Public Schools: MCPS serves more than 12,000 students on 22 campuses in southern Middle Tennessee in the cities of Columbia, Spring Hill, Mt. Pleasant, Culleoka, Hampshire and Santa Fe.
