Technology @ RPS

At Rutgers Preparatory School, we believe strongly that students can’t prepare for their future using the tools of our past.  This is why the RPS Community is dedicated to providing our students and faculty a fully integrated array of technological tools to enhance teaching and to encourage learning.  From our campus-wide wireless network to our “smart” classrooms, it is our goal to prepare your child for success in college and beyond.

• Every classroom at Prep from Kindergarten through the Upper School is equipped with projectors (and many have digital interactive whiteboards), which allow faculty and students to take broader advantage of technology.  Whether it is a digital presentation or a collaborative exercise, faculty teaching and student learning are enhanced by this integration of computer, Internet, and projection technology.

• Serving the whole community, our dual platform network of laptops and desktops is connected by a high speed TLS to the World Wide Web and all the resources it offers.  Two traditional computer labs support our Computer Education Program, one lab is specifically designed as a digital photography lab, and our fourth lab supports academic research and the academic curriculum.  In addition, sixty laptops are available for student use and for teachers to use with students in their classrooms.

• The Library/Media Center, in addition to maintaining a fully automated catalog of materials, subscribes to numerous electronic resources including EBSCO, a periodical database, ProQuest Newspapers, Facts on File, and Galenet. These broad-based reference tools, among others, are available to the RPS Community anywhere on or off campus.  In addition, RPS participates in the JerseyCat statewide interlibrary loan system.  The Library/Media Center also has audio-visual equipment, including digital video cameras, LCD projectors, and iPods, which can be borrowed by members of the community.

• Our faculty and students use a state-of-the-art web 2.0 content management system to extend their collaborative learning.  MOODLE allows faculty and students to communicate digitally beyond the school day and the campus boundaries.  Whether it is simply looking up the homework, contributing to a conversation through a forum, or developing a wiki to share with the class, this is a key component of our education for the 21^st century.

As Rutgers Preparatory School continues to provide an education to fit our students’ futures, it shows why it was chosen a Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of education, whose report aptly concluded with these thoughts:

I felt energized by seeing what this fine school is doing for its students…to walk around the grounds or through the buildings to see a school that radiates standards, commitment, and a careful sense of devotion to its students…Rutgers Prep families expressed great interest to me in helping the school attract visitors to see what a splendidly humanistic and academic institution the region has in its midst.