Stars of 'The Electric Company' Coming to McGlynn Elementary on April 26 to Announce Partnership with Thinkfinity.org to Provide Free Educational Resources Online

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Apr 21, 2011, 10:05 ET

MEDFORD, Mass., April 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Chris Sullivan ("Shock") and Dominic Colon ("Manny Spamboni") of Sesame Workshop's "The Electric Company" will be at McGlynn Elementary School on April 26 at 10:30 a.m. to entertain second-grade students and demonstrate the dynamic, interactive and free online educational resources available through Thinkfinity.org. The resources will be made available through a partnership between the Verizon Foundation and "The Electric Company." The foundation will also announce a partnership plan with McGlynn Elementary.

WHO:	Chris Sullivan ("Shock") and Dominic Colon ("Manny Spamboni") of "The Electric Company"
	Mayor Michael J. McGlynn
	Donna Cupelo, Verizon region president – New England
	Melvin Ming, Sesame Workshop chief operating officer
	Roy Belson, superintendent of Medford Public Schools
	Beverly Nelson, assistant superintendent of Medford Public Schools
	Diane Caldwell, director of elementary education/Title I Medford Public Schools
	Rebecca Sargent, principal of McGlynn Elementary School
	Jana Ewing, second-grade grade teacher at McGlynn Elementary School

WHAT:	Demonstration of Thinkfinity.org and Electric Company educational Resources

WHEN:	10:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 26

WHERE:	McGlynn Elementary School, Library
	3002 Mystic Valley Parkway
	Medford, Mass.
	(Behind the Hormel Stadium)

BACKGROUND:	The Verizon Foundation and Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, have partnered to bring the dynamic, kid-friendly resources of "The Electric Company" to Verizon's Thinkfinity.org, a free comprehensive educational program that provides thousands of educational resources for use in and out of the classroom.