This website was created through a collaborative effort between Mrs. Dieken of Chaparral Elementary School and Ryan Cota, a junior of the Computer Information Systems (CIS) program at Cal Poly Pomona University. The project was supervised by Dr. Preiser, assistant chair and professor of CIS.

Development of this site was one of the first few phases of a pilot community service project in which Cal Poly CIS students, taking a service-learning section of the Spring 2005 Interactive Web Development course, developed websites for Chaparral Elementary School teachers. This was done through the use of Macromedia's Dreamweaver software. In addition, the teachers have been trained to maintain their web pages using Macromedia's Contribute software.

There are three main purposes to this site: 1) To share information about the classroom and up-to-date news, 2) to act as a resource to parents that will aid them in helping their children to get the best education possible, and 3) to act as a learning resource for students with fun, kid-safe games and activities.

We hope that you find the information on this site to be helpful and informative. Suggestions and comments are always welcome!