November 2005 — News/In Brief
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COMPUTER ASSOCIATES GRANT EMPOWERS TWO UNDERPRIVILEGED NY SCHOOLS. Computer Associates (http://www.ca.com) has awarded a $30,000 grant to MPowering Kids (http://www.mpoweringkids.org), a nonprofit organization that provides tutoring, mentoring, and cultural enrichment for underprivileged children. The grant will be used to purchase laptop computers, wireless Internet connections, educational software, printers, digital cameras, and a multimedia projector for new mobile technology labs at Drexel Avenue Elementary School and Westbury Middle School in New York. MPowering Kids has also created a comprehensive technology curriculum designed to fully leverage the capabilities of the new technology labs and help integrate technology into learning. This will enable students to improve their core content skills, while preparing themselves for their academic and professional futures.
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