MKA Recognized as an Apple Distinguished School

MKA is pleased to announce that it has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School for 2013 to 2015 for its unique implementation of Apple technology in its 1:1 Laptop Learning Initiative for grades 4-12, and its use of iPads for grades Pre-K-3. The Apple Distinguished School designation is reserved for programs that meet criteria for innovation, leadership, and educational excellence, and demonstrate Apple’s vision of exemplary learning environments.

“The selection of MKA as an Apple Distinguished School highlights our success in providing a highly personal, technology-enriched learning environment that engages students and prepares them to be prepared and confident in an increasingly technology-driven world,” noted Headmaster Thomas W. Nammack on learning of the award. “We are delighted that Apple has recognized our achievements in this way.”

At MKA, Middle and Upper School students and all faculty work from a common platform of MacBook Airs, together with an identical suite of software, to ensure equal and ubiquitous access to all.  Students are prepared for the responsibility of assuming full administrative rights on their machines from 4^th grade on, and faculty take part in an annual summer Technology Institute, together with regular workshops, to augment their professional development and ensure that they remain at the cutting edge of integrating technology into the curriculum.

Since implementing the program in 2010, MKA has secured a national reputation for excellence in the field of educational technology.  Designated as the “Spotlight School” at the 2012 Laptop Institute in Memphis, TN, where members of MKA’s faculty and administration led workshops ranging from integrating technology into the curriculum to using students as Laptop Leaders in the implementation and continued development of a successful 1:1 program, MKA is regularly visited by teams of educators from across the country and across the world interested in implementing 1:1 laptop programs in their own schools and districts.