Stars of 'The Electric Company' Coming to McGlynn Elementary on April 26 to Announce Partnership with Thinkfinity.org to Provide Free Educational Resources Online
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.
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Chris Sullivan ("Shock") and Dominic Colon ("Manny Spamboni") of "The Electric Company" |
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Mayor Michael J. McGlynn |
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Donna Cupelo, Verizon region president – New England |
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Melvin Ming, Sesame Workshop chief operating officer |
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Roy Belson, superintendent of Medford Public Schools |
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Beverly Nelson, assistant superintendent of Medford Public Schools |
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Diane Caldwell, director of elementary education/Title I Medford Public Schools |
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Rebecca Sargent, principal of McGlynn Elementary School |
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Jana Ewing, second-grade grade teacher at McGlynn Elementary School |
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WHAT: |
Demonstration of Thinkfinity.org and Electric Company educational Resources |
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WHEN: |
10:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 26 |
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WHERE: |
McGlynn Elementary School, Library |
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3002 Mystic Valley Parkway |
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Medford, Mass. |
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(Behind the Hormel Stadium) |
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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. |
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SOURCE Verizon