My friend is a special needs teacher @ PS 329 and her nomination for her school in a grant sponsored by Clorox went through! But that was the easy part. The hard part is getting to be one of the top 5 voted schools to receive the grant.
The info from the site:
Program Detail:
P.S.329 is Coney Island's best kept secret! The Surfside School is dedicated to all students, no matter what circumstances they may bring with them. The Surfside School is an elementary school with 518 students from pre-kindergarten through grade 5. The school population comprised of 64% Black, 24% Hispanic, 7% White, and 7% Asian students. The student body includes 3% English language learners and 20% special education students. Boys account for 52% of the students enrolled and girls account for 48%. The average attendance rate for the school year 2010 - 2011 was 93.7%. Students and staff are driven by the pursuit of excellence by focusing on standards driven instruction and a belief that all children indeed can learn.
How this Grant will Help:
We recognize that technology is an essential part of workplaces, communities and personal lives in the 21st century. Funding from the Clorox Power A Bright Future Grant will make it possible for us to make every effort to prepare our students for tomorrow's world by weaving technology into everyday learning. P.S. 329 students who struggled with reading a book or an article fluently because of the size of the font can now read confidently by magnifying a page with a swipe of a finger. By providing tablets in the classrooms, students can utilize the public library without leaving the classroom. The marriage of tablets and the public library will provide our students with an endless resource of books. In addition, our students will no longer be limited to paper and pencil. Instead, P.S. 329 students will have the freedom to create PowerPoint presentations, shoot movies, and record songs to proudly display what they have learned in the classroom.
You can either vote by registering or texting!
Link to direct site: http://www.powerabrightfuture.com/gallery/detail/?nid=1727
You can see if your local school is also participating and vote for them. But if you're not, please help her out! She started teaching only 1 year ago and it would definitely help out her and the school towards providing the school an educational tool that lasts.
Thank you all in advance and
45 days left to vote, lets see ATOT effect go!
Voting once per day! So keep voting every day if possible plis
The info from the site:
Program Detail:
P.S.329 is Coney Island's best kept secret! The Surfside School is dedicated to all students, no matter what circumstances they may bring with them. The Surfside School is an elementary school with 518 students from pre-kindergarten through grade 5. The school population comprised of 64% Black, 24% Hispanic, 7% White, and 7% Asian students. The student body includes 3% English language learners and 20% special education students. Boys account for 52% of the students enrolled and girls account for 48%. The average attendance rate for the school year 2010 - 2011 was 93.7%. Students and staff are driven by the pursuit of excellence by focusing on standards driven instruction and a belief that all children indeed can learn.
How this Grant will Help:
We recognize that technology is an essential part of workplaces, communities and personal lives in the 21st century. Funding from the Clorox Power A Bright Future Grant will make it possible for us to make every effort to prepare our students for tomorrow's world by weaving technology into everyday learning. P.S. 329 students who struggled with reading a book or an article fluently because of the size of the font can now read confidently by magnifying a page with a swipe of a finger. By providing tablets in the classrooms, students can utilize the public library without leaving the classroom. The marriage of tablets and the public library will provide our students with an endless resource of books. In addition, our students will no longer be limited to paper and pencil. Instead, P.S. 329 students will have the freedom to create PowerPoint presentations, shoot movies, and record songs to proudly display what they have learned in the classroom.
You can either vote by registering or texting!
Link to direct site: http://www.powerabrightfuture.com/gallery/detail/?nid=1727
You can see if your local school is also participating and vote for them. But if you're not, please help her out! She started teaching only 1 year ago and it would definitely help out her and the school towards providing the school an educational tool that lasts.
Thank you all in advance and
45 days left to vote, lets see ATOT effect go!
Voting once per day! So keep voting every day if possible plis
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