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HP Awards More Than $7 Million in Education Grants to 170 Schools Across the United States

Posted on: Monday, 15 May 2006, 12:05 CDT

HP (NYSE:HPQ)(Nasdaq:HPQ) is awarding 170 schools across the United States and Puerto Rico more than $7 million in mobile technology, cash and professional development as part of its 2006 HP Technology for Teaching grant program.

Grant recipients include 130 kindergarten through 12th grade public schools and 40 two- and four-year colleges and universities. During the 2006-07 academic year, projects through this program will impact nearly 45,000 students.

The program is designed to improve student achievement through the innovative uses of technology in the classroom while encouraging student interest in careers in science, technology, engineering and math.

From 2004-2006, HP has contributed a total of $36 million in Technology for Teaching grants to more than 650 schools worldwide. Over the last 20 years, HP has contributed more than $1 billion in cash and equipment to schools, universities, community organizations and other nonprofit organizations around the world.

"HP empowers students and teachers with technology and training because we know it contributes to improved student achievement," said Bess Stephens, vice president, Philanthropy and Education, HP.

Since the inception of the HP Technology for Teaching initiative, grant recipients have reported a positive influence on teaching and student learning as a result of the program.

"The HP Technology for Teaching grant has provided our teachers with equipment and training to impact our students' success," said Jeff Hunt, principal at Surprise Lake Middle School in Milton, Wash., a 2004-2005 grant recipient. "Our results after just one year of applying the grant include increased student attendance, teachers observing students working harder and producing more detailed work, and student scores in math have improved."

K-12 grants

HP is awarding $4.5 million in cash and equipment to teams of five teachers at 130 K-12 public schools in the United States. Preference was given to schools serving low-income students and projects including a math or science component.

The award package, valued at more than $35,000 for each team, will include five HP Tablet PCs, five HP multimedia projectors, five HP digital cameras, five HP PSC all-in-one printer/scanner/copiers, software and accessories, and a cash stipend for each teacher.

Teachers also will participate in a professional development program led by HP's partner, the International Society for Technology in Education, during which they will receive mentoring and customized learning opportunities and will participate in an online learning community for teachers to share best practices.

One example of a grant-winning initiative is at P.S. 8M, the Luis Belliard School in New York City, where fourth and fifth grade students will achieve city and state science standards through their study of the New York City environment, including its ecology and geology, and the effects of pollution. They will use the HP-donated technology and software to collect and analyze data, and create a digital documentary detailing their investigation and findings.

Higher education grants

HP is awarding 40 two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United States and Puerto Rico a total of $2.8 million in cash and equipment. Each recipient package will include HP products and a faculty stipend valued at more than $69,000.

The higher education grants support course redesign to help increase the number of students graduating with degrees in engineering, computer science and business. The program aims to enhance student success as faculty members adopt technology-enhanced instruction in their classrooms.

For example, instructors at Chandler-Gilbert Community College in Chandler, Ariz., will integrate HP Tablet PCs into a redesign of engineering and mathematics courses to increase retention of students who struggle with traditional lecture methodology. The HP Tablet PCs will allow students to engage in lectures through conceptual questions and problems, virtual simulations, real-world examples and simulated labs. They also will enable instructors to gain instant feedback from students, evaluate comprehension and immediately restructure lectures according to student need.

2006 Technology for Teaching grant recipients

More information about 2006 HP Technology for Teaching program and grant recipients is available at www.hp.com/go/hpteach. This year's recipients, listed alphabetically by state, include:

Alaska Goldenview Middle School, Anchorage Arkansas Central Elementary School, Harrisburg Arizona Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Chandler Mission View Elementary School, Tucson Mohave Community College, Lake Havasu City California Bryte Elementary, West Sacramento California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo Costano Elementary School, East Palo Alto Jefferson Elementary School, Carlsbad John Gomes Elementary, Fremont John Marshall High School, Los Angeles McKinleyville Middle School, McKinleyville Mt. Diablo High School, Concord Pine Street School, Bishop Rancho Milpitas Middle School, Milpitas San Diego City College, San Diego San Lorenzo Valley Elementary, Felton Sinnott Elementary School, Milpitas Three Rivers Elementary School, Three Rivers University of California San Diego, La Jolla University of the Pacific, Stockton Colorado Colorado Christian University, Lakewood Colorado State University, Fort Collins Falcon Elementary School, Falcon Lincoln Junior High School, Fort Collins PIONEER School for Expeditionary Learning, Fort Collins Florida Chets Creek Elementary School, Jacksonville Clermont Elementary School, Clermont Eckerd College, St. Petersburg Indian River Community College, Fort Pierce Madeira Beach Middle School, Madeira Beach Palmview Elementary School, Pompano Beach Sandy Lane Elementary, Clearwater Sleepy Hill Middle School, Lakewood Sunset Elementary School, Miami The Quest Center, Hollywood Toledo Blade Elementary, North Port University of South Florida, Tampa Valrico Elementary, Valrico Westside Elementary School, Clewiston Wildwood Middle School, Wildwood Winston Park Elementary, K-8 Center, Miami Georgia A.L. Burruss Elementary School, Marietta Berrien Middle School, Nashville Ellijay Elementary School, Ellijay Georgia Institute of Technology, Savannah Griffin Technical College, Griffin Spalding Drive Charter Elementary School, Atlanta Valdosta State University, Valdosta Whitesburg Elementary, Whitesburg Wynbrooke Elementary Traditional Theme School, Stone Mountain Idaho Homedale Middle School, Homedale Skyview High School, Nampa Illinois Clay City Community Unit School District #10, Clay City Curie Metropolitan High School, Chicago George Washington Elementary School, Schiller Park Parkland College, Champaign Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Thomas J. Waters Elementary School, Chicago Unity Point School, Carbondale Indiana Chesterton High School, Chesterton DePauw University, Greencastle Kansas Wilbur Middle School, Wichita Kentucky Bluegrass Community and Technical College, Lexington Lewis County High School, Vanceburg Morehead State University, Morehead Louisiana Atlanta High School, Atlanta Cut Off Elementary, Cut Off Harry Hurst Middle, Destrehan Julius B. Nachman Elementary School, Alexandria Maine Eastern Maine Community College, Bangor Maryland Centreville Middle School, Centreville College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore William Paca Elementary, Baltimore Massachusetts Arlington High School, Arlington Avery School, Dedham Babson College, Babson Park Balch School, Norwood Bunker Hill Community College, Boston H. Olive Day Elementary School, Norfolk Hale Middle School, Stow Mildred Avenue Middle School, Mattapan Sutton Memorial High School, Sutton University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst Michigan Olivet Middle School, Olivet Minnesota Cass Lake - Bena Middle School, Cass Lake Mississippi University of Southern Mississippi, Long Beach Missouri Barnwell Middle School, St. Charles Carrollton High School, Carrollton Fredericktown Intermediate, Fredericktown Montana Poplar Elementary School, Poplar Superior Elementary School, Superior New Jersey Clinton Public School, Clinton Malcolm X Shabazz High School, Newark Montclair State University, Montclair Saddle Brook Middle/High School, Saddle Brook New York Hannibal High School, Hannibal Herbert H. Lehman High School, Bronx Hugh C. Williams Senior High School, Canton Lido Elementary School, Long Beach Millennium Art Academy, Bronx MS 223 The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology, Bronx P.S. 130 Manhattan, New York P.S. 188 Island School, New York P.S. 212 Queens, Jackson Heights P.S. 33X, The Timothy Dwight School, Bronx P.S. 335K, Granville T. Woods, Brooklyn P.S. 8M, The Luis Belliard School, New York St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill Stockbridge Valley Central School, Munnsville SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego North Carolina Durant Road Elementary School, Raleigh Watauga High School, Boone Ohio Franklin Local Digital Academy, Duncan Falls Maize Elementary School, Columbus North Canton Hoover High School, North Canton Ohio University, Athens Arts IMPACT Middle School, Columbus University of Dayton, Dayton Virginia Stevenson Elementary, Riverside Washington Elementary, Coshocton Waterford High School, Waterford Oregon Dorena School, Dorena Dry Hollow Elementary School, The Dalles Gregory Heights Middle School, Portland Metropolitan Learning Center, Portland Oregon State University, Corvallis Riley Creek Elementary School, Gold Beach Wy'east Middle School, Hood River Pennsylvania A.D. Eisenhower Middle School, Norristown C.E. McCall Middle School, Montoursville Independence Charter School, Philadelphia James R. Lowell Elementary School, Philadelphia La Salle University, Philadelphia Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell The Pennsylvania State University, University Park Peters Township High School, McMurray Seneca Valley Intermediate High School, Harmony Puerto Rico University of Puerto Rico in Ponce, Ponce Rhode Island Washington Oak School, Coventry South Carolina Byrd Elementary, Graniteville Clemson University, Clemson Walhalla Middle School, Walhalla Tennessee Bolivar Middle School, Bolivar South Pittsburg Elementary School, South Pittsburg Texas Blinn College, Bryan Hillcrest Elementary, Plainview John E. Codwell Elementary, Houston Moorhead Junior High School, Conroe Sanchez Middle School, El Paso Spring Forest Middle School, Houston University of Houston, Houston William B. Travis High School, Austin Wills Point High School, Wills Point Utah Clearfield High School, Clearfield Vermont Alburg Community Education Center, Alburg South Royalton School, South Royalton Virginia Camp Allen, Norfolk Carroll County High School, Hillsville Graham Park Middle School, Triangle Narrows Elementary/Middle School, Narrows Rocky Run Elementary School, Fredericksburg Thomas Harrison Middle School, Harrisonburg University of Virginia, Charlottesville Woodley Hills ES, Alexandria Washington Todd Beamer High School, Federal Way Washington State University, Pullman Wisconsin Milwaukee Academy of Science, Milwaukee Spring Valley Middle-High School, Spring Valley Thurston Woods Campus, Milwaukee

About HP

HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended Jan. 31, 2006, HP revenue totaled $87.9 billion. More information about HP is available at www.hp.com.

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Source: Business Wire

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