| Your Marquette Area Public Schools Education Foundation (MAPSEF) is proud to present the second and last installments to Marquette Area Public Schools for the purchase of Chromebooks used by every fifth grade student in the district. The check totaled $29,947.00 and was presented to MAPS at the Friday, September 12, 2014 Varsity Home Football Game during halftime. Grand total for fund raising was $79,947.00! MAPSEF extends a huge thank you for making this technology initiative possible in our local schools to community members that have donated. For more information contact T.I.M.E. Committee Chair Judy Vonck at 906-361-0167 and [email protected] or visit www.technologyinmarquetteeducation.weebly.com. |
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Your Marquette Area Public Schools Education Foundation (MAPSEF) is proud to present the first of two installments to Marquette Area Public Schools for the purchase of Chromebooks to be used by every fifth grade student in the district. This initial installment of $50,000 marks the halfway point for the total funding goal of $100,000. MAPSEF has commitments of $20,000 to the project. With your help we can raise the final $30,000 before school starts in September. For more information contact T.I.M.E. Committee Chair Judy Vonck at 906-361-0167 and [email protected] or visit www.technologyinmarquetteeducation.weebly.com.
MAPSEF extends a huge thank you for making this technology initiative possible in our local schools to community members that have donated. To those that have not yet donated, know that any amount of support you can offer is greatly appreciated; send your tax deductible donations to MAPSEF at 1201 W. Fair Ave, MQT and include T.I.M.E. in the memo line of your check. “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.”
― John Bunyan A ginormous thank you to all that have donated to date. We have collected $56,805 and are ordering the Chromebooks this month. To help push us to the Goal of $100,000 we are running a reminder event called Every Dime Gives Kids T.I.M.E. Any amount of money will assist in reaching the goal and meeting the needs of our students. We do appreciate each donation, even those as small as a dime! Make your donation today, help us offer the best possible Technology In Marquette Education because after all.... IT's about T.I.M.E.! This morning Marquette Area Public Schools Education Foundation Board Director Judy Vonck accepted a check from the UP Catholic Credit Union for T.I.M.E. Their contribution will fund three devices and brings us closer to our $100,000 goal. Thank you to the UP Catholic Credit Union and all donors, see the full list of donors on our Wall of Thanks which is regularly updated.
Look, these may not be our students but they are still a representation of how our students are sure to respond to some of the technologies we used to LOVE! Take a quick look at this ABC blog post, Hilarious Video: Kids React to Old Computers. The video strongly suggests that our community must take action on the words of Superintendent Saunders in his late-April 2014 community update, "MAPS students are steadily falling behind their peers in the necessary computer skills to prepare them for college and work readiness." Our schools must prepare each child for the world outside the classroom by being able to keep up inside the classroom. This will allow for our students to successfully compete with their peers locally, across the state, through out the nation and on a global scale. The fact that technology advances so quickly we have to give our students T.I.M.E. in all ways possible. After all "IT's about T.I.M.E." MAPS Education Foundation made the decision just yesterday afternoon to fully fund an entire classroom. This means that we are $10,000 closer to the goal of $100,000. The Lawrence Fund, which also supports two scholarships annually to graduating seniors of Marquette Schools, is a partner in this financial backing. If the community continues to support this project we'll raise necessary funds in no time flat to meet the technology needs or or students, preparing them with 21st century skills to be career and college ready.
Thanks for your support in sharing our campaign Mining Journal, you got it right on the title of this article; IT's about T.I.M.E. Marquette Area Public Schools Superintendent Bill Saunders speaks to a fifth-grade class at Cherry Creek Elementary School during a press conference Tuesday morning. The district is looking for public support for its new Technology In Marquette Education program, which will put a Chromebook computer in the hands of every fifth-grader at MAPS. (Journal photo by Jackie Stark) Technology...
Merriam-Webster.com defines TECHNOLOGY as the use of science to solve problems or the equipment itself created by technology (the use of science to solve problems). At ten characters IT's a puny word for the multitude of devices which seem to be shrinking in size yet expanding the possibility of humanity's future, and more directly the daily lives of our young minds ready for learning. We at the MAPS Education Foundation aren't the only organization to realize the importance, take a look at how others are funding TECHNOLOGY in schools and why: Bubba Watson Sentry-Foundation NEA Tech Companies Commit $750 Million |