Schools seeking donations in California
Anderson Village Elementary School - San Jose
Brian Bernstein Computer Lab Associate writes: The Computer lab is used by over 425 students in grades K-5, we are a Title I, Program Improvement School. The teachers and students have worked very hard to bring their test scores up. Our school has over 97% of its students in minority groups and 90% of these students are on free Breakfast and Lunch programs. For most of these students the only opportunity to use a computer is at school. We try to give the students every opportunity to learn how to use the computer for research and writing papers, with an after school program. We currently have laptop computers in the lab that are old, slow and work intermittently. As is the case with most California school district's ours cannot afford to replace nor maintain them. Presently only 10 of the 36 lab computers are fully functioning. The students need new or updated computers, to be able to compete with other students with better socioeconomic backgrounds.
Seeking 36 Pentium 4, or better, PCs or comparable and 2 Macintosh G5 computers. Please contact Brian Bernstein via e-mail, alternate e-mail, or call 408 605-1921.
Teacher Jack Riviere writes: My middle school students have learned to create webpages with Dreamweaver, create animation with Flash, create artwork with Photoshop, and to create videos with Premiere Elements. However, since each class has only 4 computers to share, many students have not had the opportunity to learn as much as they desire. We would greatly appreciate at least 4 more computers (either desktop or laptop) for students to use in our classroom. Extra copies of Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop, and Premiere Elements would be nice too. Check out our class website at www.mycabrillo.com and imagine how much more could be done with your help. Thank you.
Seeking Pentium four (or better) PCs. If you can help, please email Mr. Riviere or phone 408-423-3773
Gregory Gardens Elementary - Pleasant Hill
Donna Langner, writes: Over 450 students in grades K-5 use our school computer lab. Many of the computer monitors we use in the lab have screens that flicker and can no longer be adjusted. Our computer lab is used daily by students for reading intervention classes, research, class projects, and we are trying to incorporate technology into their studies. We are seeking 17 inch or larger flat panel monitors to replace the over 5-year-old second hand models we are now using. As in the case with most California school districts ours cannot afford to replace nor maintain any of our current equipment. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Please email Donna Langner or call 925 827-3979
Golden Valley Middle School - San Bernardino
Elliott Gotfredson, MicroComputer Specialist II at this school, writes: We are a low-income public middle school and we provide several minority groups with the best education we can afford to give. With recent budget cuts we cannot afford Technology for our school and we are currently running eight year old computers that cannot run the modern software we need to help our teachers educate the kids and do the things that would help the kids prepare for High School and jobs that are becoming more technology oriented every day! Pretty much any computer less than 5 years old would be a massive improvement to our campus, and we would make very good use of anything we can get. We are currently running Pentium II class computers that are severly limited and we cannot provide the in-class technology training to our kids.
We are seeking Pentium 4 or better and that would be a massive improvement. We'd prefer anything by Dell as the rest of the District has them but we realize that we can't be choosy or we reduce our chances of getting anything! They would need to be complete systems (the computer and monitor (crt or lcd) at least, we can probably fund mice and keyboards) and working. We don't have the funds to purchase replacement parts to get non-working systems running again. G4 Macintosh machines that can run OSX would be also useful to us too as we can run both and bulk up our number of modern computers on campus! Anything all-in-one is fine! If you can help, please e-mail Elliot, call (909) 881-8168 or send mail to: 3800 Waterman Avenue, CA 92404
Leadership High School - San Francisco
Mr. Mark Isero writes: Like most schools in California, we have no tech budget. We're trying to survive on Pentium IIs, and it's getting really difficult. We serve 99 percent students of color, 80 percent of whom will be the first in their family to attend college. Ninety-five percent of our graduates go to four-year universities. About 60 percent are free-and-reduced lunch. Please consider donating your computer(s) to our school! Our students would appreciate your generosity so much.
Seeking 5 Pentium IV PCs with 512+ MB RAM, XP and Office capable. No monitors, mice, or keyboards are necessary. If you can help, please e-mail Mr. Isero or call 415 806-8175. The school is located at 400 Mansell St., Ste. 136, San Francisco CA 94134
Frank Carmody, math teacher, writes: Our school is lacking in the technology resources present in other high schools in the district. We are seeking Pentium 4 computers and crt or lcd monitors as well as peripherals to use as student learning systems. We plan to implement linux on the systems using a multiple desktop approach to maximize our resources and to develop paperless classrooms. Morse High School has great kids, who if given the opportunity will achieve great things.
If you can help, please e-mail Mr. Carmody, write him at Morse High School- 6905 Skyline Drive - San Diego, CA 92114, or call 619 262-0763 ext. 3019. (He also says, "We can arrange transport from any area donation location.")
Morse High School (second request from this school)
Derrick Mitchell, computer tech, writes: I am the computer tech in an inner city high school facing many challenges. One of which is replacing the 15 computers we just had stolen from our library. Our minority student population has been utilizing the library computers everyday for research projects. We cant afford the replacement of these computers and are desperately seeking your assistance. Thanks.
Seeking Macs - G4 or G5 and I could use keyboards/mice to go with comps and a laser printer. If you can help, please email Derrick Mitchell or phone 619 262 0763 X2231
Redding CDC - Robyn Carter writes: I currently do not have any computers in my classroom, and the only one available to my 28 fourth and fifth graders is my own laptop I bring in to school every day. My students take turns using the laptop daily as part of our classroom's writers' workshop program. They type their writing, scan the art they create to illustrate their work, and "publish" their text and images in Adobe InDesign. The printed books are then bound and shelved in our classroom library for other students to read. The students spend weeks putting together early drafts of their work, "workshopping" these drafts with classmates, and revising their books, so the final products are quite polished and professional looking. Donations of Macintosh computers (desktop or laptop, no PCs, please) that run Microsoft Word and Adobe InDesign would be greatly appreciated! If you can help, please e-mail Ms. Carter or phone 415-706-9019
The School of Arts & Enterprise - Pamona
Michael Finazzo, IT Specialist, writes: Our lab computers are older systems used by over 400 students and teachers daily and are not dependable. We are seeking Pentium 4, or better, PCs or Macs of equal speed. We are currently trying to enrich each student's educational technological advantage by allowing them to learn, utilize and incorporate technology in their studies. E-mail Mr. Finazzo call 909-618-3826, or write: Michael Finazzo, The School of Arts & Enterprise, 295 N. Garey Ave., Pomona, CA 91767