With a coalition of five different Rotary Clubs — including Culver City’s — providing the fiscal impetus and the CulverCity Education Foundation acting as the facilitator, one complete set of Epson Brightlink interactive projectors and clickers for the fifth grade classes in all five School District elementary schools and to the Social Studies Dept. at Culver City High School.
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From left, Leslie Adler, Executive Director of the Education Foundation; Interim Supt. Patty Jaffe; Janet Chabola of the Culver City Rotary Club, and Linda Black, President of the Rotary Club.
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Front, from left: front, Patty Jaffe, Janet Chabola, Leslie Adler. Back, the five members of the School Board, Patricia Siever, Kathy Paspalis, Steve Gourley, Scott Zeidman and Karlo Silbiger.
A technology grant of $27,946 has been awarded to the Foundation, which will forward the latest equipment to each campus.
Contributing to the grant were the Rotary Clubs of Culver City, Kaizuka, Japan, Manningham, Australia, and a Rotary District in Australia, along with the Ed Foundation.
The technology will be in place next month.
A demonstration of its use in a classroom to show the donors how the equipment enhances the learning experience for fifth graders.
