Dear Parents,                                                                               May 2008 7th & 8th grade – The eighth graders, who are still having trouble, please find the lessons on my newsletter page (Homework link) at www.sasaints.net.  We will be typing some next year also.  For the seventh graders, they will need to practice over the summer so they don’t lose all of their hard work.  Please, continue to monitor your children and express to them how critical it is that they practice typing at home, in order to achieve their goals. I still have a small number of students who are not practicing on their own; please make sure that your child is practicing WITHOUT looking at their hands/keys. 5th & 6th grade – Ergonomics - Students are expected to use home row at all times and to use the proper finger for each key. To type comfortably, students should keep their wrist flat/straight, feet flat on the floor, eyes level with the text on the screen, sit up straight, and their thumbs resting on the space bar. It is critical that students practice typing at home in order to achieve their goals. Several students are not practicing on their own; please make sure that your child is practicing WITHOUT looking at their hands/keys. Please have all students practice typing on this site: http://freetypinggame.net/default.asp or in another typing program. An excellent program is Type to Learn 3. You can download a 30-day free trial of this at www.sunburst.com. “Wall of Fame” Top of the Class Claire Rembecki 1st place Riann Rikard 2nd place Clayton Mayer 3rd place Brittney Simpson Great Job!   REMINDER: All students are given space on the network (P drive) for their assignments/projects. Students must save their work to this drive in order for it to be there the next time they login. If they save it anywhere else, all of their hard work will be lost.   Did You Know? Q: Sometimes my computer freezes up.  Is there something I can do besides shutting it off to get it working? A: Sometimes Windows will get itself all tied into a bunch and there is no choice but to cut the power to your computer and restart (you should wait at least 10 seconds before re-booting). But before you do something so drastic, try pressing the Ctrl+Alt+Del buttons first (hold down Ctrl , then Alt , then Del ). If you use the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination, you'll find that a box will appear that allows you to choose the offending program from a list and force it to shut down.  In fact, it may even have the words "not responding" next to it on this list.  Just click to highlight the offending program, and then click the "End Task" button to shut the individual program down.  If you get another box a few seconds later asking you to wait or "End Task," choose to End task.  You’ll probably get another box asking if you want to send to Microsoft, just click “Don’t Send”. Finally, if you notice that your computer just freezes after awhile, especially if it takes about the same amount of time to freeze each time you use it, you may have a problem with overheating.  Make sure the computer has plenty of room to breathe—several inches all the way around is the minimum.  If you're blocking vents, you're asking for trouble.  Also, remember that some computers have vents on the bottom of the case, so if you stick it on a shag carpet, you may be blocking airflow.  Oh, if you do suspect overheating is a problem (and the machine has plenty of ventilation room), checking the CPU fan may be a good idea too. HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE SUMMER EVERYONE SEE YOU IN AUGUST!!! God Bless, Mrs. Emily temily <at> sasaints <dot> net