CENTURYLINK GRANTS
Eight Albuquerque schools receive money to help teachers with tech support
New Mexico phone and internet provider CenturyLink Inc. recently announced the winners of the CenturyLink Clarke M. Williams Foundation’s Teachers and Technology grant program including more than $32,000 to eight Albuquerque schools.
The 9-year-old program awards grants of up to $5,000 to schools in the company’s local service areas to teachers who have developed specific plans to implement technology in their classrooms in an innovative way.
“The winning teachers’ grant applications outlined a clear plan for how they would use the requested technology to help grow their students and enrich their classroom experience,” said Larry North, CenturyLink vice president of operations for New Mexico, in a statement.
“We are pleased to be able to help these passionate educators expose their students to science, technology, engineering and math (SgTEM) concepts in their daily school lives,” he said.
New Mexico grantees include: ALBUQUERQUE ACADEMY was awarded $4,620 to purchase Google Expeditions, a virtual reality platform that allows students to go on teacher-led virtual
field trips. Teacher Susan Geores submitted the project. CIEN AQUAS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL in Albuquerque was awarded $5,000 to purchase Google Chromebooks to support expeditionary learning and increase student engagement and skill development. Teacher LeeAnn Trzcienski submitted the project. LEW WALLACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in Albuquerque was awarded more than $3,000 to provide students with handson, challenging STEM robotics activities. Teacher Jennifer Bayley submitted the project. MANZANO DAY SCHOOL in Albuquerque was awarded $5,000 to purchase iPads, Osmo, Cubelets and Bloxel sets for students to foster creativity, problem
solving and critical thinking. Teacher Leanne Kimbrough submitted the project. PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY in Albuquerque was awarded $5,000 to help students bridge the gap between digital and physical play. Teacher Tia Turner submitted the project. SAN FELIPE DE NERI CATHOLIC SCHOOL in Albuquerque was awarded $1,700 to purchase the Front Row Education math subscription to follow the motto, “Everyone can be good at math!” Teacher Jessika Romero submitted the project. SOUTH VALLEY ACADEMY in Albuquerque was awarded $5,000 to purchase 10 Chromebooks, a drone camera and other cameras to create interactive Geostories using maps, videos, photos and
text to share stories of their community with their pen pals in Africa. Teacher Jennifer ChavezMiller submitted the project. S.R. MARMON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in Albuquerque was awarded more than $3,000 to foster creativity, problem solving and critical thinking in the classroom. Teacher Diane Thomas submitted the project.
The New Mexico grants were among more than 300 nationwide selected from more than 2,300 applications. The company said it will begin taking applications for the 2017-2018 program on Oct. 1 through its online application site.