Alberta Success Stories

Our Special Ed. students use Essential Skills programs every week. These programs offer good curriculum support and excellent reinforcement of skills. Both the children and the teachers like the programs and find them very user friendly.

Lynn Brandt, Computer Teacher
Eugene Coste School, Calgary, Alberta

Essential Skills programs are being used in the computer lab and in the classroom. Our students find them very motivating and rewarding. The programs are wonderful at addressing skill deficiencies. The Marks Manager is an excellent feature.

Sharon Turnbull, Grade 1 Teacher
Galbraith School, Lethbridge, Alberta

Essential Skills programs are used every day in our school when each teacher brings their class to the computer lab. We find the programs useful for all aspects of both Language Arts and Math. These are highly motivational programs that we would definitely recommend.

Lynn Cowie, Grade 3 Teacher & Technology Guide
A.B. Daley Community School, Livingstone Range, Alberta

Our school won the Garfield Weston Award for Academic Excellence for elementary public and independent schools in the province. We won first place this year and second place last year even though we also have a very high ratio of special needs students. Essential Skills is the main software tool that we use. The classroom teachers choose to use it year after year because the programs are so effective in teaching and reinforcing the basic skills. The children can work independently at their own ability level and they love the ongoing reward and reinforcement.

Kathy Ronda, Special Needs Coordinator and Teacher
Immanuel Christian Elementary School, Lethbridge, Alberta