After School Technology Magnet Fun

by Carmen

As you all know, our school has an amazing Magnet program, a specialized technology class for the talented, one for each grade in each academy. We have to take an after school program which is really a lot of fun instead of torture like many people think. There are many classes ranging from computers to robotics to my favorite, graphics design. One weekday, depending on which grade you are in, per week from 2:30 to 4:00. We get to come and build, create, or just enjoy ourselves.

The first half of the year, I got to go with my class and take a computer hardware class with Mr. Valia. We learned the different parts about computers and how it works. We even learned when the first one was produce. We got to see amazing pictures. At the end of the after school class for that first half of the year, we got to design a web page telling what we learned and about a specific computer part that we were assigned to.

The second half of this Magnet after school program, which is right now, I am taking Robotics with Miss Obler. She taught us what to call the Lego parts instead of just calling them “this flat holey thing”. There were a lot of pieces to this magnet program. We are now building and finishing our first project. I really can’t wait until the second.

The after school program is a very fun, but educational, opportunity and therefore offers us many jobs that we can choose from when we grow up!