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DISD kids: Want a free computer?

3:47 PM Tue, Jan 29, 2008 |
Tawnell Hobbs   E-mail   News tips

computer.jpgCatapult Online is offering free, on-line tutoring, funded under the No Child Left Behind Act, to students in certain low-performing schools. The bonus, other than getting educated, is that kids get to keep the computer Catapult provides in their home for the tutoring if they complete all 24 sessions (about 1 hour a day).

Kids who have no intention of completing the sessions and only want a free computer, forget it. The internet is "locked" until after the sessions are completed. So no MySpace!

For a list of Dallas campuses that are eligible, click here. Also, participating students must qualify to receive free or reduced lunch.

Here's more information from Catapult Online's news release:

Parents can sign up at the Beckley-Saner Rec-Center, located on 114 W. Hobson, Dallas, Texas 75224, from 3-7 p.m., during Jan. 24-Feb. 28, and at the Fruitdale Rec-Center, located on 4408 Vandervort, Dallas, Texas 75216, Saturday, from 1 to 5 p.m., during Feb. 2 to March 22. For more details, call 1-800-417-3125 or visit www.catalpultonline.com.



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Posted by Sally @ 6:43 PM Tue, Jan 29, 2008

Is it possible to get a computer for a student from Conrad High School even though they are not on the list? Conrad is Low Performing and the students are very impoverished. There are several deserving students who would love to avail themselves of this opportunity.



Posted by Tawnell Hobbs @ 7:42 AM Wed, Jan 30, 2008

Sally, give Catalpult a call at 1-800-417-3125. You never know.



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