williams school technology fundraising drive
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Williams School Technology Fundraising DriveNovember PTO Meeting
November 12, 2009Williams SchoolAuburndale, MA
Williams School Technology Fundraising
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Why are we here?
Our school & classrooms are poorly equipped
There are insufficient funds in the Newton School’s budget to close the gap
Our children should have modern classrooms now
We believe we can close the gap!
November 12, 2009
Williams School Technology Fundraising
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We are Behind the Curve
Technology in the district ranks only in the 22nd and the school in the 43rd percentile
Approximately 1 modern laptop for every 10 students at beginning of the year
6 LCD projectors and 1 ELMO for 13 classrooms at beginning of year
November 12, 2009
Note: MCAS reported laptop ratio is 4.5 students/laptop; these include end of life units that can not run all requisite software
Williams School Technology Fundraising
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Our Goal is to Close the Gap
Student/computer ratio of 2:1
An LCD and ELMO projector for each classroom
Smart Boards
November 12, 2009
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Not Cheap – But We Can Do It! Goal of $136,000 - $500
per student
We’ve already made real progress
Resulting in: LCDs in each class About 10 new laptops
November 12, 2009
Please help however you can! Look for more info in the coming months
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Not Sure Who to Contact?
November 12, 2009
Williams School PTOCo-Presidents: Carie Michael; Donna Whitham, Katie Greeley,
Wendy Hurwitz
PTO Fundraising Committee
Chairs: Gail Sokoloff and Carol Bradford-Roe
PTO Technology Committee
Chair: Deborah GelchTechnology Fundraising
CommitteeChair: Brian Gorin;
PTO Liaison: Katie Greeley
Individual Giving
Corporate and
FoundationEvents
Marketing and PR
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