The Child ID Program

Hoover Elementary families participate in a program conducted by the Dubuque Police Department in establishing child ID records complete with fingerprints and DNA sample.

he concept here is not just to collect fingerprints and DNA samples to establish a computer record of a child's vital statistics in the event he or she turns up missing (perish the thought), but these days, who can argue with a parent being too careful? But here's the good part of all this: It's an opportunity for parents, teachers and the Police Department, who conducted the ID Night at Hoover and other schools in the District, to impress upon kids that we love them and want to protect them.

It's somewhat dramatic, after all. Perhaps it is the first time for children to get fingerprinted (and this is for a good thing), but just imagine the ink, paper towels, the admonishments... "don't touch your face or your clothes!" Nonetheless, the whole affair went extremely well, and several parents took the DNA swab kits home to complete the process: a swab of the inner cheek to capture small numbers of cells to establish a DNA pattern that is unique to every individual on the planet.

This is a three-minute video produced by the Clarke College Communications students to fulfill a class requirement in their Basic Video and Audio Class. It's a little masterpiece. Some of these students will be accepting Emmies and Oscars before long.

Instructions For Those Outside of Our School Network (The General Public)

We are now providing a choice of RealPlayer applications for you to download and install on your computer to enable you to view the video and audio files. One is RealPlayer8 and the other is RealOne Player, which is an excellent player with many new features. It's easy to install, so just follow the on-screen steps. You will be required to register with Real.com, but these are free software applications (there are versions you can pay for if you choose, but they are not necessary for basic viewing and listening).

Which Player is Best for Me?

Of the two types of free players available, RealPlayer 8 is the traditional player that is free and will work beautifully to access Web based multimedia files from our site. There is also a new player available, which is also free, called RealONE. Either player will probably work for your operating system. If your system is older (Windows 95, NT), however, you may want to use the RealPlayer 8 software. If you are running a newer, faster system like Windows 98, ME, XP, or 2000, go for the RealOne player.

Macintosh Owners:

You can get a RealPlayer for Macintosh, Visit Real.com to download their free player options. Remember, look for the FREE players. They are sometimes difficult to find on their Web site.

Oh, and one more thing... sometimes when you click on a sound or video file in our Web site with the RealPlayer installed, you get a little commercial window that pops up on your desktop. It's annoying, but a small price to pay for the privilege of having the free RealPlayer on your system. Just click it off, and it will disappear.

Instructions For Machines on our School Network (Teachers and Staff)
We are recommending (and IT is supporting) RealPlayer8. This is for ALL computers on our network (in all school and administration buildings throughout the District). This includes all Windows 2000 machines. Click here to get the free player from our network server. If you do not have administrative priveleges, please call your building media specialist to help you.

 

 
   
   

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