For immediate release
June 29, 2000

Three more schools win website award

     Students, staff and parents already think the sites are great. Three school websites, Madoc Public School, Harmony Public School, and Madoc Township Public School have each received a $600 award through Canada's SchoolNet Grassroots Program. The site for the Tweed schools, Tweed-Hungerford and S.H. Connor, won this same award last month.
These sites were recognized as being among the top school websites in Canada by the Grassroots School Website Pilot Project Evaluation Committee. The evaluation committee offered congratulations to the teachers, students and community members who collaborated in building websites that showcase their school and reflect their community.
     Computer and Science Resource Teacher, Bill Lundy, is the webmaster of the Madoc Public School website and supports the use of computers and technology at the school. The Madoc Public School website is located at www.hpedsb.on.ca/madps/. The evaluation review complimented the design of the site and encouraged further student involvement in the website in the future.
     At Harmony Public School, There's a whole team of web designers, including three students, two staff members and a volunteer from the community. The evaluation committee commented that it was a very nice site and encouraged more student projects to be posted on the site. Harmony's website is at www.hpedsb.on.ca/harm.
     Madoc Township Public School has their website at www.hpedsb.on.ca/madtwp/. Teacher, Steve Badgley is the webmaster there. Students at Madoc Township Public School have been very involved in the creation of their website - from planning and research to the design, implementation and maintenance of the site.
    The Tweed Schools site at www.hpedsb.on.ca/tweed/, was awarded funding by the Grassroots Program in May of this year.
     At each of these schools, technology is a part of learning for students.
 

For more information contact:

Bill Lundy, Computer and Science Resource Teacher, Madoc Public School
wlundy@hpedsb.on.ca

Wendi Vivian, Teacher, Harmony Public School
wvivian@hpedsb.on.ca

Steve Badgley, Teacher, Madoc Township Public School
sbadgley@hpedsb.on.ca

Kent Manning, Computer and Science Resource Teacher, Tweed schools
kmanning@hpedsb.on.ca