EFLS awards equipment to L.S. schools

LITTLE SILVER — More than $47,000 in new technology has been awarded to Little Silver schools by the Education Foundation of Little Silver (EFLS).

Students at Markham Place and Point Road schools will start the next school year off with $47,386 worth of new equipment.

Requests were submitted by teachers and administrators of both schools for the best and latest technological equipment such as ELMO document cameras, digital cameras, Senteo's and SMART boards.

Education foundation board members carefully consider each request and grant the schools the equipment most in need and that would best serve the students, the press release stated.

The EFLS hosts a dinner dance each year, which is its major fundraising event. This year, the proceeds are funding tens of thousands of dollars worth of new equipment.

The grants and gifts awarded for the 2009- 10 academic year benefit students across all grades and multiple subject areas and support the mission to enhance the educational experience of Little Silver students through technology. The list of the grants and gifts awarded for the upcoming school year includes mobile computer labs, ELMO document cameras, Senteo Interactive Responders, SMART Boards, digital camcorders and cameras, MPS music; Wii fitness programs; SMART document cameras.

For more information on the EFLS, or to be added to the list for future fundraisers, visit the webpage at www.littlesilverschools. org/lss/EducationalFoundation/.