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Bratt Elementary To Purchase 75 iMacs, iPads With Poarch Grant
April 21, 2013
Tuesday, the Escambia County School District is set to approve the purchase of iMac computers and iPads for Bratt Elementary School as part of a cultural heritage project funded by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians.
The school will purchase 25 iMac computers with three year warranties and 50 fourth generation 16GB iPads with Wi-Fi. The $54,243.25 purchase will be covered from part of a $82,213.90 grant from the Poarch Creeks in March.
The remainder of the grant will be used to allow students to research their cultural background and present the results during a parent’s night in May.
The Poarch Creek grant to Bratt Elementary was part of more than $2 million presented to area schools.
Pictured: The Poarch Band of Creek Indians present an $82,212.90 grant to Bratt Elementary earlier this year. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
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9 Responses to “Bratt Elementary To Purchase 75 iMacs, iPads With Poarch Grant”
Thank you to the Poarch Creek Tribe for a wonderful and insightful gift to the future generation! It is past time for the schools/education of the children to be updated! Thank you for your kindness!
BRAVO for the Poarch Band Creek Indians. Thanks to each and every one of you whose efforts and labors provided such a great gift to the students in your community. I am sure that good things will come from this Wonderful and much needed donation. We have such potential in our young people and to give them an advantage in this new digital age is most welcomed.
You have shown us the good that can be done for many with the involvement of your Proud Band. Thank you many times over.
Thank you PCI! As to the children taking the iPads home I would imagine they would be fr classroom use only and left at school. They are only getting 50 so I don’t think they could select just 50 students to take them home. I am very thankful for PCI’s generosity. Maybe now people will stop complaining about the PCI bus picking kids up in the afternoons, even if they are Alabama residents.
Wow! Thank you Poarch Creek Indians! This is a wonderful investment in the community’s childrens’ future. This is wonderful news!
I have been waiting to hear that some group or organization to help our kids in North Escambia but no one has until the Poarch Creek stepped up. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING MY 3 BOYS ON THEIR EDUCATION!!
What a Blessing! Thank you Porch for investing in the future leaders of our community and world. You guys keep paying it forward. I sure wish more people in the community would step out on faith and pay it forward for just one person. It will continue to make a difference. Thanks again for blessing Bratt elementary students.
You are welcome, Linda and Puddin for your acknowledgement, and thank both of you for taking the time to say thanks…there should be scores of people that should acknowledge the generosity of my tribe, unfortunately there are those that have reaped the benefits of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and they have no intention of acknowledging our generosity… Let me publicly acknowledge my tribal elders who have all passed on, and thank them, for I have been blessed with my bloodline and I continue to be blessed with many benefits because of them…
Thats really cool. Thanks to the Poarch Indians for the grant.
My concern is, who gets the ipads? How will they be accounted for, say if your fifth grader leaves it on the bus? What if one is stolen/lost? Im not sure giving kids that kind of equipment is a great idea.
“THANK YOU” POARCH BAND CREEK INDIANS For your investment into our community and the future of our children!