The Computer Club
Computer Club members explore the various aspects of
computer technology by trying a variety of software, conducting independent
projects, volunteering for community service projects and discussing
information and the printed word in books (print and on-line), magazines, newspapers, e-zines, poetry, lyrics, websites,
databases, and search engines. Club members run fund-raisers each year, go on
field trips to local literary or information technology sites, and read to
elementary school children in the elementary schools of the district.
Computer Club members (formerly the Literary/ Computer Club) were the original designers/webmasters of Bellport High
School's Web Page. They created and maintained this web site till 2006 after
putting it up in February 2001. The site now provides the community with
information on virtually all aspects of our high school. The club now focuses on
new technology.
Weekly meetings include discussions on current
books, articles, technology, digital art and web design. Members also confer
with the SCSD Website Club, and students taking the Web Design class. Computer
game tournaments are also organized in the fall and spring.
In the Library every Thursday during Activity Period.
Design advice for the Bellport High School Webpage
Teen Read Week - (October) The Club
organizes the Teen Read Pizza Party for those students who read three from their
own custom summer reading list of ten titles.
Safe Halloween - the Club decorates the Library for
a week in preparation for this event.
Pasta With Santa - (December) A fund-raiser for L.I. food charities; around the
Second Friday in December.
Suessville Trip - (March 2) to Brookhaven Elementary on the
birthday of Theodore Geisel.
Great New York Read-Aloud - (April) to Verne Critz Elementary to celebrate the joy and excitement of
reading.
Spring Film Festival - (May)
Hosts a variety of film genres
in auditorium - pizza, popcorn, soda and "Thumbs Up" movies.
Summer Reading Challenge - (May/June) to set up challenge of picking from
library summer reading or for those who submit
custom list of ten titles from which they will read three by Teen Read Week (see
above).
In the Library on one of the front display rack bulletin
boards.
The club usually takes a
Fall
Field Trip to New York City visiting:
The SONY Wonder Technology Lab,
550 Madison Ave. at 56th St.
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 2
East 91st Street on 5th Ave. "Doodle for Google" 5/21-7/5
Nintendo World
Lunch at Top of the Rock
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Group Info, 30 Rockefeller Plaza on 5th
Ave.
Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52nd Street
Microsoft Store or AT&T Store
Museum of American Finance, 48 Wall Street
Spring Field Trip on LI visiting:
I-CONN Science Fiction Convention at SUNY Stony Brook University
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