SAN JOSE, Calif., June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DC Electronics, a San Jose, California based cable and harness assembly firm, today announced a new company initiative designed to support educational innovation in Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey counties. DC Electronics presented Beacon Education Network with a significant donation to help prepare students for success in college and the workplace.
"Our community needs a smart, innovative workforce," says DC President Dave Cianciulli. "It's in our best interest to insure that our local educational system produces top-notch people. We looked at the Beacon program and are very impressed. The results Tom and his team are achieving speak for themselves."
Beacon President and CEO, Tom Brown says, "We take the approach that we can't just do things the way we've done them in the past and hope for better results. We're always looking for ways to improve learning and the grant from DC will allow us to personalize offerings for students, their families and our teaching staff."
While most public attention and private philanthropy has focused on school improvement efforts in large urban areas like Los Angeles and Oakland, Brown and his colleagues at Beacon believe the need for school improvement is just as great in more rural areas like the Pajaro and Salinas Valleys. "We all need to find ways to do 'more with less.'"
About Beacon Education Network
Beacon Education Network was founded in 2006 to open public charter schools in high-need communities on the central coast. Beacon's first school, Ceiba College Preparatory Academy, opened in 2008 and serves 250 middle school students in Watsonville. Ceiba High School, also in Watsonville, will open this fall while an elementary school is planned for 2013. BEN schools are focused on increasing college readiness, admission and graduation rates for low-income, minority and English-learner students. For more information, visit: http://www.beaconed.org
About DC Electronics
DC Electronics provides custom cable manufacturing and engineering for aerospace, agriculture, construction, industrial manufacturing, medical, military, nuclear, semiconductor, telecom, transportation, underwater and photovoltaic industries.
DC Electronics is world class manufacturing operation with a state-of-the-art process. The company operates in San Jose, California, and employs 335. It has a 44,500 sq. ft. facility featuring a fully equipped machine shop that produces custom molds on demand. Tooling capabilities combined with five, 30-85-ton molding presses allow DC Electronics to meet injection-molding demand worldwide.
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