HP Awards More Than $7 Million in Education Grants to Schools in the United States and Puerto Rico

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www.hp.com - HP Pamela Bonney, +1 650-857-5316 pamela.bonney@hp.com or HP Media Hotline +1 866 266 7272 pr@hp.com www.hp.com/go/newsroom HP (NYSE:HPQ) is awarding 149 K-12 public schools and two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United States and Puerto Rico more than $7 million in technology, cash and professional development training.

The grants, part of the 2008 HP Technology

for Teaching Grant initiative, mark five years of the company's commitment to innovative educators who are transforming student achievement through the use of technology in the classroom, while encouraging student interest in careers in technology, engineering, math and science, including environmental science.

Since 2004, HP has contributed a total of nearly $60 million in HP Technology for Teaching grants to more than 1,000 schools in 41 countries worldwide. During the past 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.

"Teaching excellence, combined with innovative tools and resources, positively contributes to student learning," said Yvonne Hunt, vice president, Global Social Investment, HP. "In our fifth year of the HP Technology for Teaching Grant initiative, we remain committed to helping teachers empower students through effective uses of technology that are fundamental to education."

Since the inception of the HP Technology for Teaching initiative, grant recipients have reported a positive impact on teaching and student achievement as a result of the program. For example, DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., redesigned a computer science course to add collaboration and provide more immediate feedback. The HP technology awarded from the grant enabled this new approach to instruction, and the course completion rate increased from 86 percent to 99 percent.

At Lake Street School in Spencer, Mass., teachers used HP technology for a hands-on solar system project. Students in two classes using HP technology showed dramatic improvement and received average test scores of 80 percent and 93 percent, while students studying the same material without HP technology had an average score of 55 percent.

"The HP Technology for Teaching program is emblematic of the success students can achieve when given access to the technology and skilled teachers that they deserve," said Leslie Conery, deputy chief executive officer, International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). "As a result of HP's generous donations, grant recipients are prepared to effectively use these new HP technologies to improve student learning."

K-12 grants

HP is awarding nearly $4.1 million in cash and equipment to teams of five teachers at 110 K-12 public schools in the United States. Extra consideration was given to schools serving low-income students and projects including a math, science or environmental component.

The award packages, each valued at more than $38,000, will include an HP Tablet PC with Microsoft(R) Windows Vista(R) Tablet PC Edition, a multimedia projector, an HP digital camera, an HP Officejet printer/scanner/copier and a $500 cash award for each teacher.

This year, HP also is providing grant recipients with an HP Designjet Z2100 printer. These printers will allow schools to perform in-house large-format printing, alleviating costs typically spent with external printing companies.

Teachers also can participate in a professional development program sponsored by HP and led by ISTE, during which they will receive customized mentoring and learning opportunities and can participate in an online learning community to share best practices.

In addition, Microsoft has agreed to donate five licenses of Microsoft Office Enterprise and five licenses of Microsoft Student 2008 to each school receiving a 2008 HP Technology for Teaching grant.

Grant recipients represent schools in 37 states as well as in Puerto Rico. In many grant proposals, teachers and students plan to use mobile technology outside the classroom to learn about their environment and then enhance their learning inside the classroom through the Internet.

Higher education grants

HP is awarding 39 two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United States and Puerto Rico more than $3 million in cash and equipment. Each recipient package is valued at $77,000 and will include numerous HP products, such as HP Tablet PCs, and a faculty cash award.

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

This year, Microsoft has generously agreed to donate 21 licenses of Microsoft Office Enterprise to each institution receiving a 2008 HP Technology for Teaching higher education grant in North America.

2008 HP Technology for Teaching grant recipients

More information about the 2008 HP Technology for Teaching program and grant recipients is available at www.hp.com/go/hpteach. This year's recipients are listed alphabetically by state, below. Grant recipients that demonstrate success within the first year may have the opportunity to apply for the HP Technology for Teaching Leadership award, which is a reinvestment grant of higher value. -0- Alabama Aliceville High School, Aliceville Gadsden State Community College, Ayers Campus, Gadsden Arkansas Huntsville Intermediate School, Huntsville University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Arizona Flagstaff Middle School, Flagstaff California Allan Hancock Joint Community College District, Santa Maria California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Clover Avenue Elementary School, Los Angeles Cucamonga Elementary School, Rancho Cucamonga Fairmont Charter School, Vacaville Francisco Middle School, San Francisco High Tech High Los Angeles, Lake Balboa Innovation Middle School (08-09), currently Kroc Middle School (07-08), San Diego Luther Burbank High School, Sacramento Mountain Shadows Middle School, Nuevo Mira Loma High School, Sacramento Rio Vista Elementary School, Canyon Country University of California, Riverside University of Redlands, Redlands Vintage Parkway Elementary School, Oakley Winston Churchill Middle School, Carmichael Colorado Adams City High School, Commerce City Barone Middle School, Meeker Carmody Middle School, Lakewood Colorado School of Mines, Golden Connecticut E. O. Smith High School, Storrs Florida Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee Florida Southern College, Lakeland Indian River Elementary, Edgewater Margate Middle School, Margate Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach Port Salerno Elementary, Stuart Georgia Eastside Elementary, Senoia Ed S. Cook Elementary School, Atlanta Ficquett Elementary School, Covington Hartwell Elementary School, Hartwell John Johnson Elementary, Bainbridge Memorial Drive Elementary, Waycross Veterans Memorial Middle School, Covington Villa Rica Middle School, Temple Hawaii University of Hawaii at Hilo Idaho Madison High School, Rexburg Illinois Ames Middle School, Chicago Rockford Environmental Science Academy, Rockford Indiana George Rogers Clark Middle School, Vincennes Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Tri-State University, Angola Iowa Clarke College, Dubuque Clear Creek Amana Middle School, Middle Amana Wilson Elementary School, Ottumwa Kansas Ogden Elementary School, Ogden Royal Valley Middle School, Mayetta Kentucky Fallsburg Elementary School, Louisa University of Kentucky, Lexington University of Louisville, Louisville Louisiana Central Lafourche High School, Raceland Maryland Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore Massachusetts Ipswich Middle School, Ipswich Lynn English High School, Lynn Michigan Albion College, Albion Michigan Technological University, Houghton University Preparatory Academy Elementary School, Detroit Washington Middle School, Calumet Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo Minnesota Bertha-Hewitt School, ISD 786, Bertha Dassel-Cokato Middle School, Cokato Vermilion Community College, Ely Mississippi Key Elementary, Jackson Tylertown Lower Elementary, Tylertown Missouri Heber Hunt Elementary School, Sedalia Matthews Elementary School, Sikeston Nevada Twin Lakes Elementary School, Las Vegas New Hampshire Henry Wilson Elementary School, Manchester New Jersey Camden County College, Blackwood Port Monmouth Road School, Keansburg Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick Weymouth Township Elementary School, Dorothy New Mexico Sonoma Elementary School, Las Cruces New York DeWitt Clinton High School, Bronx Frederick Douglass Academy V, Bronx General Herkimer Elementary School, Utica Grover Cleveland High School, Ridgewood Mount Pleasant Cottage School, Pleasantville New Day Academy, Bronx Newark Valley Middle School, Newark Valley P138M @ Park West, New York P721X-Stephen D. McSweeney OTC, Bronx PS 9: The Ryer Avenue Elementary School, Bronx PS 16: Queens, Corona PS 122: Mamie Fay School, Queens Red Creek Central High School, Red Creek Sharon Springs Central School, Sharon Springs State University of New York, Stony Brook, Stony Brook Steinway Intermediate School 141, Astoria Twin Parks Upper School/I.S. 129X, Bronx Volney Elementary School, Fulton North Carolina CamTech High School, Camden North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro North Carolina Central University, Durham R.J. Reynolds High School, Winston-Salem Richmond Primary School, Hamlet Ohio Antwerp High School, Middle School, Elementary School, Antwerp Crestwood High School, Mantua Canterbury Elementary School, Cleveland Heights Clinton Elementary School, Columbus Huy @ Gladstone Elementary, Columbus Noble Elementary School, Cleveland Heights Phillips Elementary School, Marietta West Mound Elementary, Columbus Oregon Hood River Valley Center for Alternative Learning, Hood River Hosford Middle School, Portland Pennsylvania Bedford Elementary School, Bedford Burgettstown Area Middle/High School, Burgettstown Chatham University, Pittsburgh Propel Charter School-McKeesport, McKeesport University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester Puerto Rico Jose C. Rosario, Isabela Rhode Island Carl G. Lauro Elementary School, Providence Salve Regina University, Newport South Carolina Claflin University, Orangeburg Hillcrest Middle School, Dalzell Lugoff Elementary School, Lugoff Tennessee Mt. View Elementary School, Etowah Texas Bethune Academy, Houston Bill Worsham Elementary, Houston Bob Lewis Elementary, San Antonio Cathey Middle School, McAllen LaCoste Elementary School, LaCoste Lakeside 5th Grade Learning Center, Plainview Mabank High School, Mabank Pasadena Memorial High School, Pasadena Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View Shotwell Academy, Houston Southern Methodist University, Dallas Rice University, Houston Trinity University, San Antonio University of Texas at San Antonio W.T. White High School, Dallas Utah Centerville Elementary, Centerville Vermont Fisher Elementary School, Arlington Williamstown High School, Williamstown Virginia Norfolk State University, Norfolk Washington Oak Harbor High School, Oak Harbor University of Washington, Seattle West Virginia Keyser High School, Keyser Petersburg Elementary School, Petersburg Poca High School, Poca Wisconsin Madison Area Technical College, Madison

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