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St. Patrick School Receives $2,500 Best Buy Teach Award to Enhance Technology in School Curricula

(Louisville, KY) – St. Patrick School announced today that Best Buy has awarded a $2,500 Teach Award to the school for integrating interactive technology into the curriculum. The funds will be used to enhance the annual Creek Study. The students collect data on the creek in back of the school, and working cooperatively with another school, share the information via email. With the new DVD players and a recorder purchased through this grant, students will be able to share not only their findings from this study, but also how they collected the data, via DVD recordings with several schools.

Best Buy started the Teach Award Program in October, 2003, to reward schools that creatively integrate interactive technology into their curricula. All accredited, public and private nonprofit elementary, middle and secondary schools located within 50 miles of a Best Buy store were eligible to apply. Awards of $2,500 were given to 1,300 schools to sustain or enhance existing educational programs.

“Today, teachers across the country are using technology in new and exciting ways; we want to support and recognize their efforts to engage students and make learning fun,” said Paula Prahl, VP of Public Affairs for Best Buy. “The Teach Award program helps creative educators enhance their curricula. By committing dollars to the communities in which we work and live, we can more fully support our employees, our customers and their families.”

Visit www.BestBuy.com and click on Community Relations for more information about how Best Buy supports communities and the education and technology-based partnerships and programs it supports.

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