Back in October, Parent University held a silent auction at the Annual Fund Banquet. The proceeds from that event ($15,065) were designated to help us replace OLD teacher computers and student computers in the classroom. We were thankful about six years ago to receive used computers from Edison College when we opened the Children’s Center – but those computers were well past their prime and took on all the updates we could lay on them.
We appreciate the help of our campus IT staff – John Davis and Wendy Davis (not related) – the computers have been installed in the classrooms! The classrooms have Dell computers with Windows 7, high speed, proper licensing, and new monitors! On top of that, we were also able to add all new monitors to our elementary lab computers. We were thankfu
So all in all, we have installed: 20 new hard drives, 20 new monitors for the classrooms, 24 new Acer 18.5 inch, flat sceen monitors for the elementary computer lab
THANK YOU! – Better yet, here are some of the comments of thanks from our teachers:
● Thank you so much for the new computer, it is such a blessing! May God richly bless you for your generosity! – Miss Schreiber
● Thank you so much for your participation in the FMCS Banquet last fall. I just received my new computer & it is fantastic! The flat screen is wonderful & everything works smoothly. Your support daily in all that we do is so appreciated but the support that you gave through your financial blessings at the banquet has been put to good use. Thank you so much! Mrs. Richards, 2nd grade class
● I’m enjoying the new computer in my classroom. It runs faster, the screen is bigger, and it also looks nice in the room. I so greatly appreciate it. What a blessing! - Thanks, Judy Sanders
● I want to thank everyone who made a contribution at the school auction. I can’t begin to tell you how wonderful it is to have such a fantastic computer. It might seem like something so simple, but it really does change the way I work as a teacher. It is much faster which means that I can spend less time waiting. The screen is amazing and I have been able to use it to show different things to the students. It is so big and the picture is so clear that my kids can see things perfectly. I know that money is tight, but I really appreciate those who gave money towards this. It is a huge blessing! – Miss McLaughlin
● I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those that participated in the FMCS auction, both by donating items and by bidding on items. I was one of the teachers that were fortunate enough to receive a new computer. My old computer literally took 20 minutes to “warm up” every morning. I now have a computer that doesn’t need a “warm up” time and is efficient! I am also the yearbook editor and we utilize an online design program. There were multiple times that my old computer would shut down in the middle of designing a page and I would have to call the yearbook company and have them save the page layout that I was working on since my computer had shut down. The new computer has enabled me to complete page layouts at a much faster pace and I don’t have to worry about my computer shutting down in the middle of working! I feel so blessed to have been given this new computer. I know it was purchased by all of you that made a donation, no matter how big or small! Thank you for believing in FMCS enough to invest in us! I can execute my job with more accuracy and in a timelier manner because of this wonderful gift! It’s perfect, I now have more time to spend with those precious little darlings I teach and less time waiting on my computer to “warm up”. Thank you! – Stacey Leatherman, Middle School Science Teacher
● Thank you so much for your support of our school, and specifically our Annual Auction in October. I have been the recipient of one of the results of the Auction. My room was fitted with a new computer, and it’s a blessing. Already I have noticed the increased speed of programs coming up on the computer as well as getting on the Internet. The software package also included Windows 7. That will take some adjusting, but it will also make tasks easier to perform. So I appreciate your generosity. Each day, right in front of me, there will be a reminder of how much you sacrificed for the sake of our school. God bless you for it. In Christ, Jonathan Blikstad, FMCS Middle School Math Instructor
● Thank you for the wonderful new computer in our classroom! With technology being such a vital part of today’s education, it is a wonderful blessing to have good access in my classroom! We plan to take some virtual field trips and use the internet more to practice our research skills! The 5th grade thanks you for your generosity! Blessings, Robin Couch and class (5th grade)
Elementary Computer lab with new monitors!
