Cottage Lane Web Portal

CLICK HERE FOR THE CLASS WEBPAGE!!

The Cottage Lane Web Portal is the page that the students see when they open the internet in the lab and in the school. It contains many of the links to materials which we use in school. Check it out. Click on the Cottage Lane Web Portal in the menu above.

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How to Speed Up Your Chromebook!

Is your Chromebook running slowly? Try deleting the browser cache. It is simple, it helps and you can do it about once a week. Click here for a short video which will show you how.

You should also make sure to actually shut down your Chromebook at the end of each day. Don’t just close the lid. Here is how to do that.

Finally, make sure to close any tabs that you don’t need at the top of your browser.

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2020 Mock Election Results

The voting in Cottage Lane’s Mock Election is complete. Here are the results. Let’s see if our results match the national election!

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Nature Photography Contest Video

The Nature Photography project has come to a close. Click here to see a video of the photographs taken by the students in Cottage Lane. Thanks to all who participated.

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Happy Earth Day

Check out our celebration video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjkxmc_Yg9k

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Nature Photography Contet

Calling all Cottage Laners – join our nature photography contest, today! Click here for all the details.

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Essay Contest for 5th Graders!

Check out this Earth Day Essay Contest for 5th graders from the Rockland County Division of Environmental Resources.  Winners receive a certificate from the County Executive!  

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News Sites for Kids

Looking for kid friendly sites for news?  Try these:

Remember to treat news like any other information you look for on line:

  • Check multiple sites
  • Use sites you trust, first
  • Know the difference between fact and opinion
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Pollinator Plan

Here is a link to the Pollinator Plan.

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Practice Tests

Here is a link to the practice tests for New York State.

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Apps Encourage Children to make Purchases

There are a number of popular apps and games which enable children to use their parents credit cards to make purchases within the program.  Take a look at this New York Times article which describes both the problem, and what parents can do about it:

www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/technology/personaltech/children-charges-mobile-games.html

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