Dick Van Hoose
Pictured from left to right: Dick Van Hoose- Superintendent (Lorenzo ISD) Jerrod Pickering- High School Principal (Lorenzo ISD) Suzanne McGuire- Elementary Principal (Lorenzo ISD) Gilbert Trevino- Elementary Principal (Floydada ISD) Rex Holcombe- Technology Director (Floydada ISD) Christine Scroggs- Curriculum Director (Floydada ISD)Lorenzo and Floydada ISD Recieve T3 Grant
By incoming syndication
September 27, 2009
Great news has arrived in the classrooms of Lorenzo ISD!!
Lorenzo and Floydada will
receive over a half million dollars in a collaborative grant. This
grant will bring more
technology to the classrooms and provide intensive professional
development for our
teachers.
On Friday, September 11, Lorenzo learned they were selected as
participants in the
Target Tech for Texas(T3) Collaborative Grant. The grant funds were
made possible by
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and are aimed toward
districts who wish
to increase their technology use in the classrooms and provide the
training that
accompanies it. Lorenzo ISD who is also beginning their 1:1 Laptop
Initiative this year
will be purchasing technologies to help support those goals.
The following is a list of some the purchases that will be
made in each district:
• Teacher laptops for all elementary teachers
• Replace all computer labs in the district
• Promethean Activboards in every classroom
• A Mobile Interactive Television (ITV) cart
• Science Probes for secondary campus
• Adobe Creative Suite Software
The grant period will begin October 1, 2009 and last through
September 30, 2011. Over
that time, the Lorenzo teachers will receive numerous hours of
professional
development to help effectively implement these technologies in the
curriculum.
