Pittsburgh Public School First to Use Cutting Edge Typing Program

Second Grade Students Welcome Keyboard Town PALS to Their Curriculum

The Jeffrey Primary School in Glenshaw, PA will be the first in the Shaler Area School District to integrate Keyboard Town PALS (KTP) into its curriculum. This coming September, the school’s second graders will be introduced to the educational and entertaining program that uses successful association and memory techniques, through stories told by fun and adorable live puppets.

KTP was founded by Rita Herman, CEO and professional educator and Donna Katz, President and former private school administrator. They enlisted the help of several members of the Emmy-Award Winning teams behind Misters Rogers’ Neighborhood, as well as Warner Brothers’ Looney Tunes and Hanna Barbara cartoons.

Currently, Keyboard Town PALS is the only company that offers teaching material for typing by using the Purposeful Associative Learning System (PALS). The company claims that no parent or educator will ever want to return to the mindless drills and endless exercises used by other programs.

“When I first listened to Donna speak about the program and what it could offer our students, I really thought that it would be a perfect fit for the level of technology instruction we have available to us,” says School Principal, Kara Eckert. “I quickly realized that this program could serve as a stepping stone to the other projects and programs that we will be unveiling over the course of the next year.”

KTP has also developed a readiness program called, “Typing for Tots.” Mrs. Eckert intends to implement the program in the Kindergarten curriculum, pending the approval of a new grant opportunity. Jeffery Primary School’s extremely supportive Parent Teacher Organization is happy to cover the cost of implementing both programs in the school next year.

Mrs. Eckert looks forward to beginning the KTP program, “Since beginning as Principal of Jeffery Primary, it has been my goal to continuously provide our students with progressive technology in the classrooms. With these programs we are just taking another step in the right direction!”

On Thursday, June 11^th, The Keyboard Town PALS method will be introduced to the administration and teaching staff of Jeffrey Primary, along with other representatives from the Shaler School District at a unique school in-service given by KTP creators Rita Herman and Donna Katz, using actual puppets featured in the KTP presentation.

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