Schools in Bellevue, Washington - Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Sacred Heart School, (Paperback)

Chapters: Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Sacred Heart School, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 11. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart is a private, Roman Catholic, all-girls middle school and high school in Bellevue, Washington, USA. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle. Forest Ridge was established in Seattle in 1907 as Forest Ridge Convent of the Sacred Heart by the Religious of the Sacred Heart. The school relocated to Somerset Hill in Bellevue in 1971. The 2007 to 2008 school year was the 100th school year at Forest Ridge and the graduating seniors will be the centennial graduating class. The school is a member of the Society of the Sacred Heart schools and is part of the global Network of Sacred Heart Schools. Forest Ridge educates girls grades 5 through 12. During the 2007-2008 school year, which ended June 9, 2008, 367 students, 187 middle schoolers and 180 high schoolers, attended Forest Ridge. In 1996, Forest Ridge was one of the first schools in the United States to participate in the Anytime Anywhere Learning program. Each student and teacher has their own laptop for use in class and at home. As one of the pioneers in this 1 to 1 laptop learning endeavor, Forest Ridge has more than a decade of experience implementing the latest technologies into the learning environment. As of Fall of 2008 all students and faculty will be on the Tablet PC platform which allows even richer educational experiences through inking capabilities, paperless assignments and a more natural student interface. The school requires a standardized laptop for each student attending thus enabling more efficient and streamlined support for the 1 to 1 program. Forest Ridge now uses Lenovo laptop computers. Following the goal of "wise...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=113938